Category: Food, Beverages & Diet

“Soft-drink makers, restaurateurs and other businesses are suing to block the city’s move to end the sale of super-sized, sugary drinks in many eateries.” [NBC]

In cancer-prone mice, that is. Continue reading Caffeine and exercise may be protective against skin cancer caused by sun exposure

We can assure you that vegetables do not convey magical disease fighting powers to their consumers. Continue reading Cruciferous vegetable consumption linked to improved breast cancer survival rates?

Obesity is not a disease. Continue reading BMI attacked — for underestimating obesity

Obesity does not cause cancer. Continue reading Report: Obesity-Linked Cancers Increase

No joke — “It provokes an increase in mother-infant interaction,” say University of Buffalo researchers. Continue reading Shock: Researchers suggest mothers should eat afterbirth

“A randomized trial of chocolate for metabolic benefits in humans may be merited.” Continue reading Study: More frequently eating chocolate appears related to lower BMI

“If companies like Coca Cola and Pepsi believe that caving in this time to government mandates based on junk science will prevent similar actions from occurring in the future, they are badly mistaken. Negotiating with one’s enemies only emboldens them to torment you further.” Continue reading Caramel Coloring: Junk science trumps common sense again

“Heart disease is a complex problem with no single cause and no simple solution.” Continue reading Beverage Industry Responds to Study on Heart Disease Risk from Soda

Doughnuts cause irritability and aggression? Continue reading Twinkie Defense Revisited: Trans fats causes aggression?

CEO Indra Nooyi and her nutritionists may be on the way out. Continue reading Nutrition strategy fails at Pepsi

“This study adds to the growing evidence that sugary beverages are detrimental to cardiovascular health.” Continue reading Sugar-sweetened drinks linked to increased risk of heart disease in men