We had another amazing tele-seminar with artificial sweetener expert Dr. Janet Starr Hull, who is a walking encyclopedia of information. We covered quite a bit of ground, discussing aspartame, sucralose (Splenda), neotame, Acesulfame-K, sugar alcohols, cyclamates and saccharin, as well as such "natural sweeteners" as honey, maple syrup and barley malt. We even chatted about […]
Thank you, USDA! Wow! I am impressed. Our very own United States Department of Agriculture has issued a new online table that lets you look up the added sugars and carbs in 2,041 common foods, the USDA announced in its article, Added Dietary Sugars Are Now Easily Identified.. The list of added sugars–which are defined […]
I already wrote about this development previously, but the subject is worth revisiting, because tobacco manufacturers have recently introduced a number of exotic, candy-flavored cigarettes in an effort to target the youth market, according to a study published in Health Affairs. Candy-flavored cigarettes? Talk about a way to lure innocent kids! "This research revealed the […]
Well, well, well… how is one supposed to react to this chocolate news? Mars Inc. is rolling out CocoaVia™, an allegedly "heart-healthy" line of chocolate bars and chocolate-covered almonds, a phenomenon reported in The New York Times. What makes this new marketing blitz jaw-droppingly amazing is that the chocolate maker actually is recommending that people […]
Shame on certain members of the tobacco industry! I’m horrified, as you should be, too! The tobacco industry is continuing to target teens by selling candy-flavored cigarettes, according to the American Lung Association. Not only that but the products seek to lure our nation’s young by: Making smoking look "cool" by using hip-hop imagery and […]
