Sketchy Additives? Or Sketchy Reporting?
Although my bio on the “About Us” page doesn’t mention it directly, I have an M.S. degree in Food Science from the University of California (Davis). Most people I talk to assume “Food Science” = “nutrition” – but they couldn’t be more wrong…it’s about food technology. As I once described it to a mechanic (who was confused by the concept), Food Science teaches you...
Time For Another Rant (Multivitamin Edition)…
I’m sure you’ve seen the news about the latest study on multivitamins, and how they don’t prevent cancer or CVD in older women. I’m ok with that… And no, I don’t intend to stop taking my multi, since preventing cancer and/or CVD isn’t the reason I’m taking one in the first place. Essential nutrients are one among a larger range of lifestyle factors that weigh in on an individual’s...
Some People Take Themselves Too Seriously…
I have to admit, I got a bit of a chuckle out of a recent article by Debora Yost, entitled “Inaugural Luncheon No Model for Healthy Eating.” Take it away, Deb… The nutritional toll per person for the three-course meal: 3,048 calories and 142 grams of fat – not including the wine and champagne that will accompany each course. That’s 42 percent of calories from fat – quite a bit higher than the 25-30 percent minimum...
Dumb and Dumber
2009 is still young, but I already have one candidate for “Stupidest Food Article of the Year” on my screen: “Cheese – It’s Grosser than You Thought” over on msnbc.com. Cheese makes some foodies jump up and down like little kids, but behind that heavenly taste and texture lies bacteria, mammal stomach lining and pure fat. To ripen cheese and add flavor, bacterial strains are freely injected and...
Hold Off Dieting to Avoid the Flu???
That’s how a new study is being interpreted… Dieting at this time of year could impair your body’s ability to fight the flu virus, a study warns. US researchers found mice who were put on a calorie-controlled diet found it harder to tackle the infection than those on a normal diet. …The team at Michigan State University found even though the mice on the lower calorie diet received adequate amounts of vitamins...
False Dichotomies
The Boston Globe ran a reasonably decent article on anti-aging supplements last week, called “Time in a Bottle.” There were, of course, the usual caveats about supplements being unregulated, and the usual experts making harrumphing noises about how consumers should be skeptical, etc. etc., but the author, Kay Lazar, gave the subject a more even-handed treatment than many mainstream writers do. One of the experts she...
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