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Clifford the Big Red Climate Changer? (December 21, 2009)
Following on the heels of the climate change summit in Copenhagen, the Agence France-Presse newswire reports that two New Zealand researchers have identified a major source of carbon emissions – our pets. Specifically, the researchers have their eyes on Fido:
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Food Scares
Fructose Facts Finally Found? (December 18, 2009)
We’ve debunked several persistent misunderstandings about high fructose corn syrup, like the unfounded notion that scientific studies of pure fructose are relevant to high fructose corn syrup in the human diet. But some people still continue to confuse the two sugars. One over-the-top article in London’s Sunday Times is a good example. The usually reliable UK broadsheet repeated the baseless myth that high fructose corn...
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Food Police
Grinching Our Diets (December 17, 2009)
Jill Pengelley asks an important question in Adelaide, Australia’s Advertiser newspaper: “Is political correctness spoiling Christmas?” Judging from what one doctor has recently said, the answer would appear to be yes. Writing in the British Medical Journal this month, Dr. Nathan Grills of Monash University in Australia claims that St. Nick isn’t a great role model.
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Don't Sue The Hand That Feeds You (Thanksgiving Edition)
It really is the most wonderful time of the year for food activists. A cornucopia-- no, a moveable feast-- of nutritional puritans have already descended on Thanksgiving planners.
The Naturopathy Movement
Naturopathy refers to a doctrine of “natural medicine” that teaches that the body’s “vital force” is the most important factor in healing and maintaining health. The approach has been criticized as largely pseudo-scientific, relying on dogma rather than d
7 Things You Didn't Know About HSUS
The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) is a “humane society” in name only, since it doesn’t operate a single pet shelter or pet adoption facility anywhere in the United States.
It really is the most wonderful time of the year for food activists. A cornucopia-- no, a moveable feast-- of nutritional puritans have already descended on Thanksgiving planners.
The Naturopathy Movement
Naturopathy refers to a doctrine of “natural medicine” that teaches that the body’s “vital force” is the most important factor in healing and maintaining health. The approach has been criticized as largely pseudo-scientific, relying on dogma rather than d
7 Things You Didn't Know About HSUS
The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) is a “humane society” in name only, since it doesn’t operate a single pet shelter or pet adoption facility anywhere in the United States.
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