McD’s & Pepsi to Help Write Health Policy in the UK
This is pretty unbelievable! According to the Guardian… The Department of Health is putting the fast food companies McDonald’s and KFC and processed food and drink manufacturers such as PepsiCo, Kellogg’s, Unilever, Mars and Diageo at the heart of writing government policy on obesity, alcohol and diet-related disease, the Guardian has learned. In an overhaul of public health, said by campaign groups to be the...
SF Supervisors Place Restrictions on Toys in Fast Food Children’s Meals
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors just passed an ordinance that requires fast food meals marketed to young children to meet nutritional guidelines… or no toy. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors was at it again today, banning toys in McDonald’s Happy Meals that contain over 600 calories and more than 35% of calories from fat. Sorry kids, this encompasses most McD’s Happy Meals offered these days. The measure...
Supplement Ingredient or Drug?
Since I’ve been in e-book-land, I’ve fallen a bit behind the times w/respect to bodybuilding supps and ingredients. But I’m starting to make up for lost time… I’m currently working on a review of iForce Nutrition Maximize V2, which is a pre-workout stimulant product. While digging through the list of ingredients, I discovered something interesting about one of them, methyl synephrine, which is also an...
POM Sues the FTC
POM Wonderful, LLC recently filed suit against the US Federal Trade Commission, on the grounds that new FTC standards are infringing on the company’s free speech rights. According to Law.com: Juice maker POM Wonderful has filed suit against the Federal Trade Commission in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, claiming the agency has created a new standard for the evaluation of deceptive advertising that tramples...
Sci Am: “Snake Oil in the Supermarket”
Just finished scanning an editorial in this month’s issue of Scientific American: “Snake Oil in the Supermarket.” While not highly detailed, it’s a timely reminder that – just because a product contains added nutrients/nutraceuticals – it’s not necessarily a “healthy” food. For one thing, a product may still not provide a lot of “bang” for your calorie...
Unbelievably Gross
As I mentioned earlier, I’ve been keeping tabs on the news about the recent egg recall. While the initial reports noted previous sanitation and safety violations at the implicated farms, these pale beside the latest findings. According to CNN, FDA inspectors found… Rodents, piles of manure, uncaged birds and flies too numerous to count were found by investigators at Iowa farms at the heart of the recall of more than half...
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