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Big Fat Lies Are Restaurants Really Supersizing America? Nope. (January 6, 2009) There are only so many stop-the-presses moments you get in a year, but it’s not a week into 2009 and we’ve already encountered one. U.S. News & World Report tipped us off to a study out of Northwestern University and UC-Berkeley that backs up exactly what we’ve been saying all along: There is “no evidence of a causal link between restaurants and obesity.” read more here » Seafood Keeping Our Menus Safe From Shamu (January 5, 2009) Do you eat whale meat? Probably not, if you’re an American. But if you’ve been following the recent seafood battle between the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), chances are you will still be interested to hear the latest news from researchers in the Faroe Islands: The mercury-related health hazards that were identified several years back in an ongoing study... read more here » Food Police Ringing Out 2008: A Look Back (December 31, 2008) As we prepare to chronicle (and resist) a 2009 full of assaults on our food freedoms, we’re also reflecting on the year that’s drawing to a close. Here are some of the stories that made 2008 “The Year of the Food Activist”: read more here » 7 Things You Didn't Know About HSUS The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) is a “humane society” in name only, since it doesn’t operate a single pet shelter or pet adoption facility anywhere in the United States. 7 Things You Didn't Know About PCRM The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine is an animal rights group in disguise. 7 Things You Didn't Know About PETA PETA kills thousands of homeless dogs and cats, donates large sums of money to violent criminals, attacks research that aims to cure cancer and AIDS, and targets young children with its propaganda. Most Popular Pages BMI Scale The FDA Loves Stevia. Guess Who's Panicking? Humanely Killed Halibut 7 Things You Didn't Know About HSUS List Of Holiday “Health Myths” Comes Up Short. Here’s A Better One.	New year, new anti-obesity campaign Study: Unwanted fat cells may reduce diabetes risk in women CCF on trimming waistlines in The Washington Times Government intervention in fat battle isn't the answer Columnist: Soda tax a slippery slope Jeremy Piven's "Sushigate" Mercury Poisoning Claims Don’t Jibe With Seafood Science Today the nonprofit Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) called on actor Jeremy Piven to come clean about the reason for his departure from the Broadway production of David Mamet’s "Speed-the-Plow."... read more here » Here Comes The "Don’t Sue Me Santa Claus," Right Down Lawsuit Lane In today’s era of frivolous lawsuits, serving baked goods to the jolly old fat man could put you on the receiving end of a very un-merry obesity lawsuit.... read more here » Fishy Omega-3 risks If the FDA's report becomes official policy, the conventional wisdom urging women of childbearing age to eat less fish will be turned completely upside-down.... read more here » Taxes on soda, juice an ‘experiment’ we should skip In an attempt to shore up the state’s $13.3 billion deficit, Gov. David A. Paterson is trying to give New Yorkers a Christmas present they do not want: Taxes.... read more here » Solution to holiday weight gain? Get moving As usual for the holiday season, newspaper health pages have been full of tips on how to make it through December without looking like a fat Santa Claus by New Year’s.... read more here »