“Public health” researchers have a bad habit of proposing radical regulations on food to try to slim the nation down. The recent call by Robert Lustig to regulate sugar like alcohol or tobacco (does anybody fancy a run to the … Continue reading →

According to two top medical researchers, the hype behind the wild claims of the “sodium police” isn’t, well, worth its salt. Salt is routinely demonized in the media, by regulators, and activist groups like the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), which has called salt … Continue reading →

“I’m actually trying to undo the nanny state.” Coming as it did from a public health researcher, that sounds like a breath of fresh air, right? Has Kelly Brownell met his professorial arch-nemesis? Sadly, no. That is in fact the … Continue reading →

Genetically modified (GM) food may have the potential to feed an ever-growing world population, but it just can’t catch a break from activist scaremongering. Combine misinformed propaganda with trial lawyers who want to diversify their income out of the ambulance-chasing business, and food … Continue reading →

As expected, the new year brought a new push from do-gooder public health activists intent on taxing soft drinks. In Oregon, advocates proposed a ballot initiative to place a penny-per-ounce wholesale tax on sugary soft drinks. A Portland physician modeled the measure after a 2009 proposal by Kelly “Twinkie … Continue reading →

A few years back, we released a handout called “7 Things You Didn’t Know About HSUS” as part of our effort to expose the true nature of the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). Most people do not know that HSUS doesn’t operate … Continue reading →

Even symbols of Americana like Girl Scout cookies aren’t immune from the food police, so we wondered what the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) and other scolds might do to them next. Sound crazy? CSPI originally defended … Continue reading →

It’s been a few years since America’s pork producers suffered a sustained deluge of failed lawsuits from Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Waterkeeper Alliance, but that doesn’t mean that the group hasn’t been busy making life difficult for the families that … Continue reading →

If sprinkles-hating MeMe Roth was the national education czar, then schools across the country would be purged of everything from birthday cupcakes (replaced by birthday salads) to Halloween candy to Valentine’s Day candy-grams. But hey, aren’t all those sugary treats making kids … Continue reading →

It’s no surprise that the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) is behind the ridiculous new billboards attacking cheese. The two new billboards, located near Albany, NY, show a man’s belly fat and a woman’s thigh fat with the respective captions “Your Abs on Cheese” and “Your Thighs on … Continue reading →