Archive: Feb 2001 (page2)

Eat Like A Nanny

Neal Barnard, president of the animal rights group Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, says, “There are things I would like to eat. I would love to go back to my…
PostedFebruary 19, 2001 at12:00 am

Don’t Blame The Restaurants

The Columbus Dispatch places the blame for growing obesity rates on restaurant portion sizes. We agree with restaurant owner Peter Danis: "I don't believe that restaurants in general are a cause of an unhealthy diet or of people being overweight. People have to be smarter about how they can eat."
PostedFebruary 19, 2001 at12:00 am

Enough Said

From the Wall Street Journal Europe: "People, it's 2001, we were supposed to be in orbit around Jupiter right now. Instead, we're living in a Continent gripped by fears - of depleted uranium, mad cows, poisoned toys, and GM foods -- more appropriate to the Middle Ages." (Thanks to Junkscience.com for bringing this to our attention.)
PostedFebruary 19, 2001 at12:00 am

What No One’s Reporting

Anti-soda activists are trumpeting a new study in The Lancet by Dr. David Ludwig, purportedly linking soda drinking to childhood obesity. What the activists don’t want you to know is,…
PostedFebruary 16, 2001 at12:00 am

Down The Slippery Slope

“If the Agriculture Department can tell us what can be served in schools, how long will it be before they decide what can be sold in supermarkets?,” asks Washington Times…
PostedFebruary 15, 2001 at12:00 am

A Healthy Valentine’s Gift

Every year chocolate is celebrated on Valentine's Day for its sensual romantic symbolism, its power as an aphrodisiac to awaken slumbering passions. But now science is discovering that chocolate has many health benefits. (The nannies can't be happy about this.) Writing in the Los Angeles Times, Charity Ferreira humorously writes that "now is the time to share a chocolate dessert with your valentine, before it loses its cachet and becomes as romantic as a bowl of oat bran."
PostedFebruary 14, 2001 at12:00 am

A Fearful Valentine

Don't send your valentine flowers! Don't send her champagne or chocolates either. Forget the cuddly toys and candlelit dinner. Alan Coren pokes fun at the nanny induced fears surrounding favored Valentine's Day gifts in The Times of London.
PostedFebruary 14, 2001 at12:00 am

The Mad Cow Agenda

The authors of Mad Cow U.S.A. say of their latest book, "If we didn't have an agenda, there wouldn't be a book." Gain insight into their anti-choice agenda by reading our exclusive report, "Mad Cow: A New American Scare Campaign."
PostedFebruary 14, 2001 at12:00 am

Mad Cow Panic Syndrome

In her article about mad cow fears being overblown, The Washington Post's Abigail Trafford says, "Earth to Chicken Little! The sky is not falling on steak. Not here, anyway. Of all the things to worry about, getting mad cow disease from a nice juicy filet mignon is not one of them." Nonetheless, some anti-choice nannies continue to try to incite fear in the public. See who they are and what they're up to in our special report, "Mad Cow: A New American Scare Campaign."
PostedFebruary 13, 2001 at12:00 am

Why Label If They’re The Same?

The battle over mandatory labels for genetically improved foods continues. A Food and Drug Administration report finds consumers feel "outrage" when they learn how many supermarket products are already produced through biotechnology. Of course, nannies will be disappointed to know that when people find out that the FDA doesn't consider genetically improved foods to be any different from conventional foods, the number wanting mandatory labeling declines substantially.
PostedFebruary 13, 2001 at12:00 am