Food Features

Food Fodder and fat: A year later

Looking back at the past year of Food Fodder, I can see a trend in nutrition news. We're still fat as hell, and not too many people are doing anything about it.
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Drink our snake oil and lose weight!

This week's battle: Coca-cola and Nestle vs. the CSPI. The food and beverage manufacturers claim their sody-pop can actually cause you to lose weight. The CSPI calls no way on that action.
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Is nutrition science biased by big business?

David Ludwig and colleagues have charged onto the scene claming something is rotten in industry funded research.
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Eating well for Queen and country

In the battle of British food labels, let's hope the winners end up being the consumers.
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There once was a book from Nantucket

Hello all, what better way to get back from vacation than to read up on new diets? I've just read a popular diet book that actually makes some good sense. For that alone, they get a gold star.
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It's a food world gone mad

Lawyers, lobsters, and fluffer-nutter--oh my!
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Big bad salt?

When it rains, it pours. The AMA wants Americans to cut sodium intakes by up to 50%, and has some pretty aggressive suggestions.
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Un-balanced energy bars

I can't believe it. There, flashing away like only an annoying animated ad banner can, it begged me to click it. A spanking-new energy bar. Without all that much energy.
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Multivitamins: State of the science

Before you throw up your hands in dismay over the latest headlines on multivitamins (Are you getting too much? Are they doing anything at all??), check out the full report from the NIH.
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Happy Passover, y'all

What's a shiksa like me to do? Seders? Matzot? What are the four questions? Thankfully the Internet is a great educational tool.
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