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| 8/19/09 |
Straight Talk About Sugars? That’s Sweet.
Consumers are often confused by all the conflicting information out there about sweeteners. To help clear the air, we’ve built a new website to help bust the myths about the sweeter things in life. SweetScam.com...
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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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| 2/27/09 |
The Week In Review
With the exception of an unfortunate slip-up by one major news outlet, there was a promising pattern in this week’s food news: common sense. A landmark study broke the bad news to dieters in denial about the importance of...
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| 2/10/09 |
There Goes the Neighborhood
A famous Italian writer once said, “If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them.” That advice has never been more helpful: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is moving...
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| 2/2/09 |
Quote of the Week
This week’s quote is brought to you by Tessa Williams, a lifelong vegetarian who discovered the joys of eating meat as an “almost fortysomething.” This born-again carnivore explains what went into her decision to shun...
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| 3/14/08 |
Do-Gooder Double Standards
In the ‘80s, Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) sold several posters featuring information about nutrition and exercise to health-conscious consumers. But in recent years, that activity has fallen by the wayside. The...
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| 2/15/08 |
Too Short For This Ride, Too Poor For This Loan
This month, the bureaucrat-knows-best mentality that has been sweeping the nation hit the Palmetto State. Assuming that we are too stupid to choose for ourselves, South Carolina legislators are planning to usurp control of our...
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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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| 12/3/07 |
Surgeon General vs. North Pole
Popular Christmas movies would have you believe that Santa’s biggest problem is people who stop believing. (See Miracle on 34th Street, The Year Without a Santa Claus, Elf, etc.) But today it’s the believers who...
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| 11/30/07 |
Salt Shaker Shakedown
This has never happened before. Yesterday’s FDA hearing on limits for salt in food marked what may be an unprecedented shift in the agency’s regulatory role. This is not the first time that federal officials...
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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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| 11/26/07 |
Real Food Cop Facts
Over the years, we’ve heightened public awareness of the serious shortcomings of countless food cop claims. And now the BBC is joining our chorus. Responding to a recent government report forecasting future problems from obesity...
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| 11/21/07 |
Food Cops Aim Below The Belt
Most strategies shift to a “Plan B” when the original plan disappoints. The food cop agenda is no different: If you can’t scare people from eating the foods they love, disgust them. Just as a...
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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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| 3/22/07 |
CSPI's Chop-Hooey Leftovers
Do these people really have nothing better to do with their time? Yesterday, the self-described food police at the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) published a new report revealing the mind-blowing fact...
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| 11/27/06 |
Crashing The Christmas Party, PETA-Style
As the Christmas holiday season begins this week, the animal rights nuts at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) remind us all that their ridiculous philosophy knows no bounds. No longer satisfied with...
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| 11/1/06 |
Arizonans Get An Animal-Rights Reality Check
The people who brought you constitutional rights for pigs and the "Fish Empathy Project" have descended on the Copper State. And through a series of crafty campaigns of bait-and-switch, they're hoping to impose their destructive...
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| 10/25/06 |
Breast Cancer (And Animal Rights) Awareness On The Air
As National Breast Cancer Awareness Month comes to a close, the Center for Consumer Freedom is taking the opportunity to remind the public that the animal activists are among the biggest obstacles to a cure....
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| 10/9/06 |
Happy Columbus Day
There's no better time than Columbus Day to sample what Italian cuisine has to offer. And you'd better hurry before it's all banned. Let's face it: Today's food police have Americans convinced that fried calamari...
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