Monthly Archives: November 2009
Toss Out the Myths With the Embalming Fluid
(November 18th, 2009)
Activists like journalism professor Michael Pollan are quick to blame foods in our “Western diet” for a smorgasbord of problems -- heart disease being the most recent one. But a new investigation stuffs this foodie blame-game in a sarcophagus. Researchers examining Egyptian mummies discovered that our predecessors...
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(November 18th, 2009)
Activists like journalism professor Michael Pollan are quick to blame foods in our “Western diet” for a smorgasbord of problems -- heart disease being the most recent one. But a new investigation stuffs this foodie blame-game in a sarcophagus. Researchers examining Egyptian mummies discovered that our predecessors...
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Sucker, Can You Spare a Dime (for HSUS)?
(November 17th, 2009)
Wayne Pacelle, president of the animal-rights advocating Humane Society for the United States (HSUS), sent out an urgent appeal yesterday: HSUS needs to raise $25,000 in order to run pressure ads to badger a restaurant company into using only “cage free” eggs. We have to wonder: With...
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(November 17th, 2009)
Wayne Pacelle, president of the animal-rights advocating Humane Society for the United States (HSUS), sent out an urgent appeal yesterday: HSUS needs to raise $25,000 in order to run pressure ads to badger a restaurant company into using only “cage free” eggs. We have to wonder: With...
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Just “Say No” to Bogus Health Tips
(November 16th, 2009)
There’s a lot of spurious scaremongering being passed around as fact (see CSPI), but sometimes one claim really sticks out. That’s the case with a health column in yesterday’s Star Tribune, in which readers are advised to “say no” to high fructose corn syrup. Why? Because of...
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(November 16th, 2009)
There’s a lot of spurious scaremongering being passed around as fact (see CSPI), but sometimes one claim really sticks out. That’s the case with a health column in yesterday’s Star Tribune, in which readers are advised to “say no” to high fructose corn syrup. Why? Because of...
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Exposing the Animal Rights Agenda
(November 13th, 2009)
Millions have already downloaded and read our primers on animal rights groups. Called “7 Things You Didn’t Know,” these easy-to-read sheets expose the wholesale deception and backward philosophies of groups like People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), and...
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(November 13th, 2009)
Millions have already downloaded and read our primers on animal rights groups. Called “7 Things You Didn’t Know,” these easy-to-read sheets expose the wholesale deception and backward philosophies of groups like People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), and...
read more here »
The Bacon Beckoning
(November 12th, 2009)
A new blog features the interesting conversion story of a self-identified former “militant vegan” who changed his ways and became a full-fledged meat eater, starting a website called “The Ethical Butcher.” On his site, the former vegetarian offers readers tips on choosing, cooking, and keeping meat products. He’s...
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(November 12th, 2009)
A new blog features the interesting conversion story of a self-identified former “militant vegan” who changed his ways and became a full-fledged meat eater, starting a website called “The Ethical Butcher.” On his site, the former vegetarian offers readers tips on choosing, cooking, and keeping meat products. He’s...
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No Cranberries in Texas? No Lobster in Colorado? Blame the ‘Locavores.’
(November 11th, 2009)
Researchers at MIT and Columbia University believe the answer to the so-called obesity “epidemic” lies in getting Americans to eat more regional food. So they’re outlining different “foodsheds” that we should all be relying on for our needs—especially if we live in a U.S. city. Will it work?...
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(November 11th, 2009)
Researchers at MIT and Columbia University believe the answer to the so-called obesity “epidemic” lies in getting Americans to eat more regional food. So they’re outlining different “foodsheds” that we should all be relying on for our needs—especially if we live in a U.S. city. Will it work?...
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OJ with Breakfast? Repent!
(November 9th, 2009)
America’s self-anointed food police have a new punching bag in their obesity crusade: fruit juice. We’re not making this up. The Los Angeles Times reported yesterday that a growing number of dietary do-gooders are now pointing their fingers at juice as a culprit for fattening waistlines:
(November 9th, 2009)
America’s self-anointed food police have a new punching bag in their obesity crusade: fruit juice. We’re not making this up. The Los Angeles Times reported yesterday that a growing number of dietary do-gooders are now pointing their fingers at juice as a culprit for fattening waistlines:
The inconvenient truth,...
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Soda Scam Goes Hollywood
(November 6th, 2009)
The food finger-waggers were out in full force in Los Angeles yesterday. At a committee hearing more akin to a three-ring circus, state senators “explored” a supposed link between sugar-sweetened beverages and obesity. The hearing, called by state senator Alex Padilla, featured “Twinkie tax” creator Kelly Brownell...
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(November 6th, 2009)
The food finger-waggers were out in full force in Los Angeles yesterday. At a committee hearing more akin to a three-ring circus, state senators “explored” a supposed link between sugar-sweetened beverages and obesity. The hearing, called by state senator Alex Padilla, featured “Twinkie tax” creator Kelly Brownell...
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Consumer Group to Sen. Alex Padilla: Citizens Don’t Want New Taxes
(November 5th, 2009)
(November 5th, 2009)
Washington – Today, the Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) called on California Sen. Alex Padilla to reject calls to institute a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages.
Sen. Padilla’s Select Committee on Obesity and Diabetes will hold a joint hearing with the Senate Health Committee today at 10:00 AM to explore...
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