Even the comrades at Mother Jones are upset about “organic water” bottled by Llanllyr Source in Wales. The LLanlyr web site states: Continue reading New green fraud: Organic water
Category: Food, Beverages & Diet
Study: Eggs may help prevent heart disease and cancer
We don’t believe in magical “healthy” foods that (somehow) ward off chronic disease, but this study reports that cooked eggs have antioxidant properties equivalent to apples. An egg a day keeps the doctor away?
More salt in anti-salt's wound
“Moderate reductions in the amount of salt people eat doesn’t reduce their likelihood of dying or experiencing cardiovascular disease,” reports a systematic review published in the latest edition of The Cochrane Library.
Warmer: 'Fire Up the Grill, Not the Atmosphere'
In the wake of Brian Palmer’s BBQ-ing-causes-global-warming op-ed in today’s New York Times, we are even more excited about grilling several cows over many bags of charcoal this Independence Day weekend.
Glass-fed beef?
Grass-fed beef has been replaced by glass-fed beef as a climate palliative. “Meat grown artificially in labs could be a greener alternative for consumers who cannot bear to go vegetarian but want to cut the environmental impact of their food,” reports The Guardian.
Dead bodies demand organic food moratorium
From Dave Mastio, deputy editorial page editor of the Washington Times:
Right now, someone nearby is buying organic bean sprouts. It may be the last thing he ever does. Last week’s E. coli outbreak in Germany — potentially traced to an organic farm — was more deadly than the largest nuclear disaster of the last quarter-century.
Indeed, in the past two years, two public safety stories have dominated global news headlines – an explosion and oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and a nuclear power plant meltdown in Japan. Yet in the recent German organic-food-disease outbreak, nearly twice as many people already have died as in the two other industrial disasters combined…
Meatheads: MD Anderson grilling scare won't cure cancer or cover up failure
The University of Texas’ MD Anderson Cancer Center can’t “make cancer history” through treatment so it’s decided to blame meat? Continue reading Meatheads: MD Anderson grilling scare won't cure cancer or cover up failure
Caffeine delays conception?
Let’s see if I can do this with some, ahem, decorum… do couples trying to get pregnant get to have more fun if the woman drinks lots of coffee, tea or cola? Continue reading Caffeine delays conception?
Coffee reduces prostate cancer risk?
Can regular visits to Starbucks save men’s lives? Continue reading Coffee reduces prostate cancer risk?
The Federal Government's Killer Salt Advice
The Federal Government’s Killer Salt Advice
By Steve Milloy
May 10, 2011, Forbes.com
A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (May 4), reports that among 3,681 study subjects followed for as long as 23 years, those on a low-salt diet were more than 50% more likely to die from cardiovascular causes than study subjects who consumed substantially more salt. Continue reading The Federal Government's Killer Salt Advice
Why Illinois' proposed ban on trans fats should be stopped: Fact sheet
Publisher’s note: A bill has passed the Illinois House that would ban trans fats. Here is a fact sheet that can be used to debunk the ban. Continue reading Why Illinois' proposed ban on trans fats should be stopped: Fact sheet
New study: Low-salt diet kills
By Steve Milloy
Which is more dangerous: dietary salt or the government’s dietary guidelines? A new study confirms some old truths. Continue reading New study: Low-salt diet kills