Archive: Feb 2012

No Brotherly Love for Soda Taxes

After two years of abortive attempts to place taxes on sugary drinks, Philadelphia Mayor and soon-to-be Center for Science in the Public Interest…
PostedFebruary 29, 2012 at5:13 pm

Quote of the Week: Bittman Asks the Wrong Questions

There are food elitists, and then there is Mark Bittman of The New York Times. He raised some eyebrows with his recent call for the government to…
PostedFebruary 28, 2012 at6:11 pm

Conventional Agriculture (Still) Feeds the World

We’ve been saying for some time that organic activists who would take affordable food out of grocery stores and restaurants fail to acknowledge the reasons behind modern…
PostedFebruary 24, 2012 at5:55 pm

Are We All Ice Cream Junkies?

The idea that foods are “addictive” has been floating around for about a decade. When it was first broached, a psychiatrist cautioned in USA Today that “the word…
PostedFebruary 23, 2012 at4:24 pm

Fructose Gets a “Not Guilty” Verdict

In a meta-analysis primarily funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and published in the prestigious Annals of Internal Medicine, researchers from universities across The Great…
PostedFebruary 21, 2012 at3:27 pm

PCRM’s Hogwash Won’t Stop Bacon Festival

In November, this Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) billboard greeted Iowans near Des Moines in anticipation of the annual Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival this month. The Wall Street Journal …
PostedFebruary 20, 2012 at1:41 pm

Will Feds Put the Squeeze on Juice?

Remember the big hubbub a few months back when daytime TV drama-doc Mehmet Oz—not exactly the most credible MD—made a big deal about finding trace amounts of…
PostedFebruary 13, 2012 at3:49 pm

Ban Us This Day Our Daily Bread?

There are many things the food police can’t be given credit for, but perhaps their most glaring deficiency is in consistency. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)…
PostedFebruary 9, 2012 at4:46 pm

Food Police Go Retro, Lay an Egg

Walmart recently announced a new labeling program that would help consumers identify healthy choices. The items must meet standards informed by dietary guidelines in line with the Food and…
PostedFebruary 8, 2012 at3:56 pm

Water Water Everywhere, and it’s the Only Thing You’re Allowed to Drink

The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI)—better known as the “food police”—is well-known for despising and protesting anything and everything that tastes good. Over the years CSPI…
PostedFebruary 6, 2012 at4:53 pm