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National food science

Science holds out hope for impatient ketchup users

It’s the age-old question: How to get the ketchup to flow in a less leisurely fashion onto your burger and/or fries. So vexing has the...
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White House's flawed "scientific response" to We the People raw milk petition

The Administration recently posted a response to the September 23, 2011 petition asking for legalization of raw milk sales on a federal level. The...
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Hot dog health warning outside NASCAR event is bogus

The press was awash in stories last week covering the billboard placed outside the Brickyard in Indianapolis claiming that “Hot Dogs can...
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HFCS shown to reduce rat life span

The history of the adoption of High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) is fraught with controversy. On the one side, the food crazies are certain that HFCS...
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Fizz or fizzle: Pop press spreads spurious FUD on diet soda

An article criticizing the safety of diet sodas appeared this week in the Albany Times-Union and was picked up by several syndicates and spread...
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Do food additives cause hyperactivity in children?

Artificial food colorings and other additives have been under suspicion of causing hyperactivity in children, particularly ADHD children for some...
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Fooducate iPhone app provides food facts and FUD

The new Fooducate iPhone app has been available for a few weeks now, and many people find it quite helpful. The idea is that you point your iPhone...
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Diet crazies deny effects of saturated fat and cholesterol

If you were to search for the following phraseIn Framingham, Mass, the more saturated fat one ate, the more cholesterol one ate, the more calories...
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Butter makes for a healthy diet?

  • Butter diet
  • February 20, 2011
The USDA just released new dietary guidelines for 2011, including the expected sensible advice of “enjoy your food, but eat less.” Some...
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Does junk food make you stupid?

Junk food may be consumed by stupid people but is there a causal link? Can junk food make you stupid?A paper just published by Kate Northstone and...
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