Big Fat Lies (page9)

This Week in Food Freedom: Pop Tax Zombies, Vegetarian Researcher Discovers the Obvious, and More

Despite overwhelmingly cataclysmic defeats in the Bay Area city of Richmond and the San Gabriel Valley city of El Monte, activists still hope to force through extra taxes on sweet drinks. Reports…
PostedNovember 30, 2012 at4:59 pm

More Addiction Mythmaking Hits Bookshelves

The latest gambit of the food police to get people to give up their freedom to choose foods and drinks that they enjoy is to categorize that very enjoyment…
PostedNovember 29, 2012 at5:01 pm

New Sweetener Study Refines Same Old Sour Falsehoods

A new study in the journal Global Public Health resurrects one of the most pervasive myths surrounding public health nutrition today; namely, the claim that high fructose corn syrup (HFCS)…
PostedNovember 27, 2012 at2:41 pm

Tryotophan Is No Excuse for Lazy Food Activists

We’ve written plenty about the lunacy from activists who think people are just like cocaine junkies when presented with a plate of bacon. Now, we’re spreading the news…
PostedNovember 26, 2012 at5:11 pm

Studying the Nation Toward Menu Mandates

A study out of the University of Illinois-Chicago claims that restaurant food is driving up the number of calories consumed by kids and teenagers. According to Reuters,…
PostedNovember 6, 2012 at5:03 pm

Even Brownell’s Fellow Yalies Find Personal Responsibility Matters

The Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity — Kelly Brownell’s outfit — is the idea and policy shop for activists trying to define anything…
PostedNovember 1, 2012 at4:36 pm

Folding Newsmagazine Endorses Fishy Food Theory

Newsweek, which recently announced it would cease print publication, is the latest media outlet to be suckered by the most resilient fad in food-bashing. The blog-to-be printed…
PostedOctober 30, 2012 at3:16 pm

This Week in Food Freedom: The World’s Best-Known Convicted Dogfighter—and HSUS Ally—Is Back, Canadians Say Food Is not Tobacco, and More

In case you missed it, our HumaneWatch project released a full-page advertisement in USA Today criticizing the outrageous image rehabilitation that the Humane Society of…
PostedOctober 30, 2012 at9:11 am

Diet Soda Smacked with “Latest Study” Nonsense

If you’re a regular here, you’ll be familiar with our disdain for “the latest study.” Good science comes from replicating results from well-defined examinations. Sometimes media-hyped “latest studies”…
PostedOctober 23, 2012 at11:30 am

CCF Hops the Pond While “Food Addiction” Jumps the Shark

Our Senior Research Analyst J. Justin Wilson at the Centre for Consumer Freedom took our message worldwide this week. He was a guest on the BBC’s Newsnight, facing off against panelist Aseem…
PostedOctober 17, 2012 at1:08 pm