Health Experts Call for Coke Snub
Citing Coca-Cola’s agressive marketing of nutritionally deficient beverages to children, more than 40 health care professionals and children’s advocates signed a letter […]
Category: Kudos Corner
Just Say No Virtually!
If you grab a cookie, you’ll get a "Whoa" warning from Cathy, the cateferia worker. On the other hand, when you choose […]
Splenda Slips into School Bake Sales, But Is It Safe?
The top-selling artificial sweetener Spenda is now being promoted to encourage kids and their parents to bake "lower-sugar treats with SPLENDA® Sugar […]
Don’t Discriminate Against Diabetics
As the number of diabetics continues to climb to beyond 18 million, it’s vital to combat skewed and misinformed views of diabetes […]
More Fizz Than Substance to New Soda Guidelines
I’m glad to see that the Washington Post agrees with my assessment that the revised soda guidelines for the schools are only […]
Are Oreos Addictive & More?
Hurrah to the Chicago Tribune for its fabulous, comprehensive, well-researched special report, "The Oreo, Obesity and Us," that explores whether or not […]
Atlanta Triggers Sizzling Soda Talk
Hurrah to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution for launching some tantalizing talk about soda in the schools with their "Talk of the Town" item, […]
Doctors’ (D.I.E.) Role in Double Diabetes
Kudos to nutritional and metabolic expert Ron Rosedale, M.D. (author of The Rosedale Diet) for insisting that physicians are dispensing bad advice […]
The Processed Food Industry’s Quest for Taste & Healthy Options
Food scientists are hard at work to help companies in the $550 billion processed-food industry to make "healthier" but tasty products, according […]
Sugar’s Sweet, But Campaign’s Bitter
Sugar may taste sweet, but the sugar industry is showing a bitter edge these days. So writes Deb Kollars, whose insightful article […]