FDA Orders Dr. Mercola to Stop Making Unsupported Claims for Thermography
I’m sure it’s just a coincidence that his clinic offers thermographic scans… On Dr. Joseph Mercola’s popular website, women are warned against getting mammograms to screen for breast cancer. Instead, the Chicago-area physician touts thermograms — digital images of skin surface temperatures — as an early detection tool for a wide range of conditions from cancer to back pain, from lupus to arthritis. Now Mercola...
Acai Berries Back in the News
And not in a good way… The LA Times explains: The Federal Trade Commission has filed suit against 10 companies the agency says are using fake news websites to market acai berry weight-loss products. The FTC said the defendants operate websites that seem like legitimate newsgathering sites but actually promote deceptive advertisements urging consumers to buy acai berry products. The sites use names and logos of major media...
Keep Up-To-Date on Recalls
The FDA has a new site, with a current listing of all known food recalls, market withdrawals and safety alerts. If you’re concerned about whether a specific product you’ve purchased is contaminated or unsafe, this is a great place to check. The 5 pages (!) under the “Food” tab were quite enlightening. Currently, the majority of food product recalls are for potential bacterial contamination – which is...
Things Go Better With… Coca
A new superfood is making a big splash in Bolivia. It’s said to contain more vitamin A than any other fruit, as well as twice the calcium of milk. It’s stimulating and is known for its “blood oxygenating” properties. And it has a long history of medicinal use. But don’t look for it here in the US any time soon. Why not? It’s a casualty of the War on Drugs. Walk into a supermarket in Bolivia and...
Colbert on DiGiorno “Wyngz”
Ordinarily, I wouldn’t do two back-to-back Stephen Colbert postings, but this one – via Consumer Reports (CR), no less – was irresistible. Here’s CR on the topic: Leave it to Stephen Colbert to discover that “Boneless Wyngz” is not some crazy misspelling but a government-mandated way to describe food that looks like chicken wings but contains no actual wing meat. …Colbert goes on to say that...
Who Would Have Thought?
The USDA & the Dept. of Health and Human Services just released a new, updated set of dietary guidelines. Except that they aren’t new, unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for – say – the last 20 years. Seriously: the recommendations are things like: Eat fewer calories. Exercise more. Cut back on sodium. Eat less sugar, saturated fat/solid fat and refined grains. Eat more veggies, fruits, whole grains,...
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