Not that any of the this analysis has real-world merit, but if people live longer, they will just produce more CO2. Continue reading Claim: Vegetarianism will save the planet
Category: Food, Beverages & Diet
How Vermont beat Big Food
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
Britain Goes Full Bloomberg With Soda Tax
“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
Study: School labelling of kids as fat not an effective tool in curbing obesity
Body-shaming is a food nanny fail. Continue reading Study: School labelling of kids as fat not an effective tool in curbing obesity
Claim: High daily coffee consumption may lower MS risk
Another for the “magic food” file. Continue reading Claim: High daily coffee consumption may lower MS risk
Claim: Yogurt may protect women from developing high blood pressure
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
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
Claim: Study shows broccoli may offer protection against liver cancer
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
Claim: Energy drinks trigger abnormal heart rhythm, rise in blood pressure
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
New York City salt warning law temporarily halted
Black triangles to scare people about salt? Continue reading New York City salt warning law temporarily halted
Salt and the assault of opinion on evidence
From Stanford’s John Ioannidis. Continue reading Salt and the assault of opinion on evidence
Claim: Alcohol exposure during pregnancy affects multiple generations
Nonsense. Lamarckism masquerading as “epigenetics.” Continue reading Claim: Alcohol exposure during pregnancy affects multiple generations