Category: Food, Beverages & Diet

From the perpetual junk science machine known as the “Nurses Health Study.” Continue reading Claim: Potato consumption before pregnancy linked to diabetes risk during pregnancy

Harvey Levenstein explains how a now-discredited diet theory became a national mania. Continue reading Lipophobia and the bad science diet

Ridiculous. Continue reading New UK guidelines: Drinking any alcohol regularly is risky

More junk science-based advice from the gooberment. Continue reading Government releases new dietary guidelines

Not science. Stupidity. Continue reading Sugar may not only cause cancer — it may spread it

Reality: Claim a myth. Continue reading Claim: Fat-but-fit a myth

So that’s the good news. Continue reading Congress: We need to review the Dietary Guidelines for Americans

Coke’s CEO ought to be fired for knuckling under to food nanny bullying. Continue reading Coca-Cola intimidated into stopping scientific defense of its products

USDA nutrient database is 21% off. Continue reading Government can’t even measure energy content of nuts correctly

In addition to the fact that the government has other, more constitutional things to do, a new study explains why government dietary advice is folly. Continue reading Why the government should stay out of the nutrition/diet recommendation business

These guys understand the junky nature of epidemiology. Continue reading Mistaken Advice on Red Meat and Cancer

The food nannies say eating sugar-sweetened foods is — get this — “destructive behavior.” Continue reading Crazy: WaPo calls for federal sugar tax