Category: Food, Beverages & Diet

“A fundamental question is, who are these moderate drinkers being compared against?” Continue reading Is moderate drinking really good for you?

A federal bill to block Vermont’s anti-GMO hysteria has not been taken up by the Senate because the GOP has failed to round up enough farm state Democrats. Continue reading How Vermont beat Big Food

“In reality, critics say the Conservative government has just introduced another punitive tax on the poor.” Continue reading Britain Goes Full Bloomberg With Soda Tax

Body-shaming is a food nanny fail. Continue reading Study: School labelling of kids as fat not an effective tool in curbing obesity

Another for the “magic food” file. Continue reading Claim: High daily coffee consumption may lower MS risk

For the ‘magical food’ file — based on the perpetual junk science machine known as the Nurses Health Study. Continue reading Claim: Yogurt may protect women from developing high blood pressure

Today entry for the ‘magical food’ file. Continue reading Claim: Yogurt may protect women from developing high blood pressure

Tortured lab mice are not tiny people. No such thing as magical food. Continue reading Claim: Study shows broccoli may offer protection against liver cancer

Wow… researchers discover that consuming two energy drinks at once will jump start your body for a couple hours. Nobel prize stuff — NOT. Continue reading Claim: Energy drinks trigger abnormal heart rhythm, rise in blood pressure

Black triangles to scare people about salt? Continue reading New York City salt warning law temporarily halted

From Stanford’s John Ioannidis. Continue reading Salt and the assault of opinion on evidence