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The federal nutrition panel that is under fire for using personal opinions rather than science in its dietary recommendations is now being accused of going after energy drinks without basis. Glenn...
View ArticleDoes Some Dietary Advice Hurt Us More Than It Helps Us?
A University of California professor is questioning whether the federal government’s dietary advice has hurt Americans more than it’s helped them. The U.S. Dietary Guidelines have given erroneous...
View ArticleBarking Up the Wrong Tree
A Rochester Institute of Technology economics professor says that a recent study from Cornell University proves that policies aimed at restricting certain foods and beverages “are likely to be both...
View ArticleDavis Businesses Voice Their Concerns About a Soda Tax
Small businesspeople in the California town of Davis are just finding out about an attempt by food police to tax beverages in the city and are warning fellow citizens about what it means. “How can you...
View ArticleWhy is Nutrition Advice Always Changing?
Health activists are constantly touting the newest study as the basis for claims against the latest food, beverage or ingredient they have targeted. So it was nice to see one of the most vocal...
View ArticleKeeping the Government Out of Our Grocery Carts
House Agriculture Committee Chairman Mike Conaway says that the government should not be in the business of telling Americans what to eat and drink. Conaway has expressed concern about discriminatory...
View ArticleSound Science Has No Substitution
The importance of relying on sound science for dietary advice cannot be understated. Issuing food and nutrition policies on anything but the highest quality research is not helpful and can even be...
View ArticleWhy “Soda Taxes Slim Wallets, Not Waistlines”
Soda taxes are often sold on false claims that they will reduce obesity and make people healthier, but the fact is there is zero evidence to back up these assertions. Yet, as Competitive Enterprise...
View ArticleSurvey Finds That 70 Percent of Americans Prefer Education Over Restrictive...
A new survey from FoodMinds, a food and nutrition consulting company, found that an overwhelming 70 percent of those polled prefer education over restrictive policies when it comes to getting help...
View ArticleBeware of Personal Agendas
It is no secret there are special interests pushing taxes that single out certain items in the grocery cart under the guise of improved public health. According to an Op-Ed in the Morning Consult some...
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