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High fructose corn syrup increases risk factors for heart disease?
I dunno…. can you get heart disease in two weeks? A new study in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM) reports that “adults who consumed high fructose corn syrup for two weeks...
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JAMA in 1911: Saccharin a drug
One hundred years ago this week, the Journal of the American Medical Association bemoaned extensions on the legal use of saccharin. In an October 21, 1911 editorial about saccharin manufacturers...
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Soda makes teens violent?
Has the “Twinkie Defense” been validated? A new study in the journal Injury Prevention reports that adolescents who consumed more than 5 cans of soda per week were more likley to engage in violent...
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High fructose consumption by adolescents puts them at cardiovascular risk?
A case of blaming lifestyle and genetic factors on the politically incorrect. Though we can do pretty could analytical chemistry and metabolic studies nowadays, the researchers can only come up with:...
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Aspartame is ‘soda poison for your kids’?
“Aspartame is like playing with a loaded gun,” shrieks artificial sweetener-phobe Dr. Teresa Hill. The commentary is below. Click here for the facts on aspartame from the Calorie Control Council. ###...
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Sugar should be regulated like alcohol, tobacco, commentary says
From nannying to Nazi-ing. CBS News reports, Should the government regulate sugar, just like it regulates alcohol and tobacco? A new commentary published online in the Feb. 1 issue of Nature says sugar...
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WashTimes: Sugar police on the prowl
“Assault on sweeteners threatens freedom to choose.” The Washington Times editorializes: Mary Poppins, call your office. That spoonful of sugar might make the medicine go down, but it also makes the...
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Fructose off the hook for overweight and obesity?
Dietary research is a fool’s errand — it’s too complex. WebMD reports: When it comes to weight gain, fructose should not be singled out for blame, a new review of the scientific literature suggests....
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Scott Dailey: Get Ready for the War on Sugar
“Excuse me, sir, could you buy me an Orange Crush?” “Sorry, kid. I could go to jail for that.” Below is Scott Dailey’s op-ed in today’s Wall Street Journal. ### Get Ready for the War on Sugar By Scott...
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NYTimes: Choosing a Sugar Substitute
From the Well Blog: White. Pink. Blue. Yellow. On restaurant tables everywhere, the colors of the sweetener packets instantly identify the contents. Sugar. Saccharin. Aspartame. Sucralose. Reaching for...
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Junk Science Week: Artificial science
Following New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s war on sugared beverages, news media seem to have sugar on the brain. An article in Tuesday’s New York Times ostensibly discusses the options involved in...
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Oops: Harvard affiliate apologizes for promotion of “weak” study
“A Harvard-affiliated hospital is backing away from its decision earlier this week to promote a paper linking the artificial sweetener aspartame and cancer, now saying the evidence was ‘weak.’” [Reuters]
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More epidemiology shenanigans
By Sandy Szwarc, BSN, RN, CCP The media has been quick to report, verbatim from the press release, of a new study finding that high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) could be contributing to a global epidemic...
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EU launches public consultation on sweetener aspartame
For those who aren’t happy with what EU regulators have to say… “The EU’s food safety agency on Tuesday launched a public consultation on its draft scientific opinion regarding the safety of the...
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Cutting down on sugar has a small but significant effect on body weight
To lose less than 2 pounds? Forget it. Media release below. ### Cutting down on sugar has a small but significant effect on body weight And should be part of strategy to reduce high levels of...
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Study: Diet sodas cause diabetes
Diet soda drinkers are probably already at greater risk of diabetes — that’s why they’re drinking diet soda. “Artificially-sweetened sodas have been linked to a higher risk of Type 2 diabetes for women...
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Study: Diet Drinks Won’t Boost Your Appetite
“Take another sip of that Diet Coke – a new study suggests diet soda drinkers don’t eat any more sugary or fatty foods than people who stick with water instead.” Read more at NewsMaxHealth.
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‘Is diet soda making you sad? New study says yes’— but there’s no actual study!
Just an Internet rumor. The rumored-hypothesis is : aspartame reduces serotonin and reduced serotonin reduces happiness. Read more at Fox-19.
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Food Police downgrade Splenda from ‘Safe’ to ‘Caution’
This is junk science because… The Center for Science in the Public Interest alarm is based on a lone Italian study in which Splenda reportedly was associated with leukemia in mice. But as we learned...
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Food nannies fail math in effort to blame obesity on high fructose corn syrup
The food nannies at Citizens for Health (And who are the Citizens Against Health) stated today: Statistics released by the United States Department of Agriculture show that per capita consumption of...
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Ron Bailey: Top 5 Bogus Public Health Scares
Reason’s Ron Bailey writes: Health activists, nutrition nannies, medical paternalists, and just plain old quacks regularly conjure up a variety of menaces that are supposedly damaging the health of...
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Coca-Cola launches ad campaign to defend the use of artificial sweeteners in...
The Daily Mail reports: Coca-Cola has launched an advertisement campaign to defend the use of sweeteners in their diet soda. The advertisement is the next phase of a campaign to push back at critics...
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Food nanny Walter Willett: Sugar causes premature death
Walter… we eagerly await some scientific evidence for that claim. The Washington Post reports: “Telling people the problem is all fructose is completely wrong,” says Walter Willett, chair of the...
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European version of FDA decides Aspartame is safe after all
[European Food Safety Agency press release] “Aspartame and its breakdown products are safe for human consumption at current levels of exposure, EFSA concludes in its first full risk assessment of this...
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Artificial Science On…Artificial Sweeteners
This one has it all: Research from a prestigious institute published in a prestige journal; a provocative and contrarian set of findings; topical subject matter, sure to attract mainstream media; and...
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Food Police at CSPI launch junk science-fueled attack against Taylor Swift…
… for advertising Diet Coke. Here is CSPI’s Twitter campaign against Swift: BUT there is no evidence that aspartame causes cancer. Click for CSPI’s long history of junk science-fueled attacks on food.
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