Archive: Mar 2012 (page2)

UN Bureaucrat Pens Manifesto for Global Food Police

The United Nations has a bureaucrat with the title Special Rapporteur for the Right to Food, currently Belgian Olivier De Schutter. This might seem like the name of…
PostedMarch 14, 2012 at4:41 pm

Animal Models OK for Vegan Propaganda, not Children’s Research Hospital

The bacon- and cheese-hating vegan scolds at the misnamed Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (only ten percent of its members are M.D.s) are back to their…
PostedMarch 13, 2012 at4:50 pm

CCF Dispels Sugar Scare

Last month, University of California-San Francisco professor Robert Lustig made headlines with his Nature article claiming that sugar was toxic and must be regulated like alcohol and tobacco.
PostedMarch 12, 2012 at3:20 pm

“Food Deserts” not the Obesity Culprit

Among the food-related bogeymen that activists blame for America’s bulging waistlines is the so-called “food desert,” an urban or rural area that has a shortage of supermarkets. At first…
PostedMarch 9, 2012 at10:10 am

Serious Science Smashes Soda Scare

At least the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) can be given points for consistency — consistency in needlessly overblowing fears about many of the foods we…
PostedMarch 6, 2012 at1:56 pm

Shock: Organic Farmers Use Chemicals Too

Despite considerable evidence that the “health halo” surrounding organic foods is just hype, many activists still claim that organic produce is healthier than conventionally grown produce. One…
PostedMarch 2, 2012 at4:02 pm

Foodies Cry Fatties but Ignore the Facts

A favorite claim of elitist food commentators like Michael Pollan is that subsidies for farmers are contributing to obesity. Leaving a wider discussion on national farm policy for another…
PostedMarch 1, 2012 at6:06 pm