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| 3/10/09 |
Ten Food Rules For Michael Pollan
Yesterday on the New York Times health blog, food writer Michael Pollan asked readers for a few new food rules that everyone should try to live by. For too long, he declared, people have “deferred...
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| 3/5/09 |
'Heirloom Arugula Won’t Save Us'
Seeing that sentence in the new issue of Mother Jones magazine had us doing one of the biggest double-takes ever. Mother Jones – the preferred glossy of anti-burger activists and mercury scaremongers everywhere – is...
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| 1/7/08 |
It's Only Natural
In the past two years, the food nuts at the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) haven’t hesitated to drag several businesses to court over one word on food or drink packaging: "natural."...
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| 12/14/07 |
Remembering The Food Scold Days
Many health officials criticize the modern American diet, suggesting that our grandparents’ nutrition was notably superior. In reality, most people in the ‘50s and ‘60s ate a high-fat, high-cholesterol and high-sugar diet. Local grocers sold...
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| 11/29/07 |
Americans Are Gaining Laws, Not Weight
Between 1999 and 2002, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported a plateau in US obesity rates. Using data crunched from the recent 2003-2004 survey, today’s news is more of the same: Obesity rates...
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| 11/7/07 |
Catching The Fat For Your Health
Popular television shows often tap into current affairs for storylines. Last night’s episode of Boston Legal was no exception. This summer, a study claimed that people could “catch” obesity in the same way they can...
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| 11/1/07 |
If Bacon Is Wrong, We Don't Want To Be Lite
A “groundbreaking” report yesterday from the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR, known globally as the World Cancer Research Fund) revealed that diets including bacon, cheese, wine, ice cream, hot dogs, beer, and other food...
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| 4/27/07 |
Never Miss A Headline
Many of you have been asking, "How can I keep tabs on the food police and animal rights wackos while simultaneously checking the weather forecast and my g-mail?"
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| 4/19/07 |
Get Your Consumer Freedom News Fix More Often
Okay. We admit it. Readers of our free "Daily Headlines" e-mail service aren't getting the whole story. There's so much news in the world of nutrition zealots, animal rights activists, meddling bureaucrats, and sinister trial...
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| 6/16/04 |
SMORGASBORD: Stories You Might Have Missed
While our daily headlines provide an in-depth look at the biggest stories related to anti-consumer food and beverage activism, there are dozens more that we simply can't get to. Here's a sampling of what's been...
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| 5/21/04 |
Stories You Might Have Missed
While our daily headlines provide an in-depth look at the biggest stories related to anti-consumer food and beverage activism, there are dozens more that we simply can't get to. Here's a sampling of what’s been...
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| 3/16/04 |
ActivistCash Gets A Facelift
Today the Center for Consumer Freedom is proud to unveil a new and improved interface for our award-winning ActivistCash.com website. ActivistCash is in its third year of profiling shadowy activist groups that use junk science,...
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| 3/9/04 |
'Charitable Money-Laundering'
The New York Post reports today that the secretive Tides Foundation began organizing attacks on President Bush after receiving millions of dollars from foundations controlled by presidential candidate John Kerry's wife. Tides' role in this...
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| 2/27/04 |
Anti-Corporate-Hypocrites: Walk A Mile In Our Shoes
"It's gotten to the point where I almost think I've become a terrorist," Adbusters founder Kalle Lasn admitted last fall. His anti-corporate zealots make no secret about their hatred of the companies that provide Americans...
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| 2/25/04 |
Part Two: Bill Moyers Departs PBS
On Monday we told you how Bill Moyers, the departing host of PBS' "Now," has turned his show into a virtual infomercial for misguided environmental causes. Moyers used "Now" to provide a platform for the...
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| 2/23/04 |
Bye-Bye, Bill Moyers
Bill Moyers, who won more than 30 Emmy awards during a long career in broadcast journalism, will give up his weekly PBS show "Now" after the November elections. Although he claims to be "a journalist,...
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| 12/29/03 |
Mad Cow: Stories You Might Have Missed
While our daily headlines provide an in-depth look at the biggest stories related to anti-consumer food and beverage activism, there are dozens more that we simply can't get to. Here's a sampling of the mad...
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| 12/23/03 |
Militants Return To Fresno
Last year the Center for Consumer Freedom first broke the news that California State University at Fresno would host a conference on "Revolutionary Environmentalism," featuring violence promoters like high-seas pirate Paul Watson, convicted arsonist Rodney...
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| 12/15/03 |
A Potpourri Of Food Activist News
On Obesity, Peter Jennings Is WrongFormer naval surgeon general Dr. Harold M. Koenig writes: "Kids are too fat today because they no longer get enough exercise." Koenig offers a stinging critique of "How to get...
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| 12/1/03 |
A Heaping Helping of Stories You Might Have Missed
While our daily headlines provide an in-depth look at the biggest stories related to anti-consumer food and beverage activism, there are dozens more that we simply can't get to. Here's a super-sized portion of what’s...
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