Behind the Times: They perpetuate one of the most ridiculous chemical scares...
There are chemical scares and there are chemical scares. Some are valid, some are not. Some are just plain crazy. Today we look at crazy. Parabens (derivatives of para-hydroxybenzoic acid, thus the...
View ArticleFear of parabens compromises safety of certain cosmetic products
Parabens are commonly used in foods and cosmetics as preservatives. Back in 2004, Dr. Philippa Darbre of the University of Reading published a study reporting that many breast cancer tumors contained...
View ArticleHealth News: Food giants' clever marketing & RealClearScience s Alex Berezow...
The latest in health news: Chipotle, Kraft, 7 PepsiCo ditch GMOs and aspartame in the name of marketing, not public health, and Alex Berezow [from RealClearScience] tells it like it is in his open...
View ArticleFood myths debunked by solid science, thanks to WSFA in Alabama
A journalist decided to tackle her favorite food concerns and check them out with experts from nearby medical centers the answers surprised her. Tags: GMOsHFCSpreservatives
View ArticleHeaven Preserve Us
In this organic-crazed world, preservatives are essentially equated with deadly cyanide in terms of human harm. But, when you examine things a little more closely, the scare doesn't match reality. And...
View ArticleWhat Can't Be Preserved in Silk?
Unlike draping yourself in velvet, which is not socially acceptable, silk remains perfectly fashionable. In fact, it is all the rage at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Tufts University,...
View ArticlePanera Bread Celebrates Wasting Food This Fourth of July
Preservatives help keep our food supply safe and reduce food waste. Apparently, Panera Bread is unaware of this. Tags: food wastefood supplyfood preservativespreservatives
View ArticlePanera Bread Takes a Page from 'Food Babe's' Playbook
Our society is woefully illiterate on scientific matters. Yet instead of taking the opportunity to educate customers about the benefits of food science, some companies have chosen to cash in on public...
View ArticleNPR Doesn't Know Spit About Saliva, Nitrates or Deli Meat
An alarmist article by NPR wants us to believe that we're in grave danger. That's because some deli meats have labels that are inaccurate, regarding the presence (or absence) of nitrate, a...
View ArticleWhole Foods Sells Both 'Nitrate-Free Meat' and Nitrate Supplements. Yup.
The giant supermarket chain is long on marketing but short on science; this is hardly news. However, its officials apparently can't fathom the irony of selling nitrate-free meat in addition to nitrate...
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