HUFFINGTON POST– Has the FDA gone completely mad? Why are they trying to open the flood gates to genetically engineered (GE) salmon- a move that will go down in history as one of the most asinine and dangerous ever made by our government? What’s it going to take for them to actually start protecting public health? Frankenfish can promote disease … Read More
LIVE SCIENCE– The good news: Consumption of high-fructose corn syrup is at a 20-year low. The bad news: The folks who make this insidious sweetener aim to rebrand it to boost sales.High-fructose corn syrup is cheaper than cane sugar and acts as a food preservative, too, so the food industry loves the stuff. But it’s been added to so many … Read More
NEW YORK TIMES– A federal district court judge revoked the government’s approval of genetically engineered sugar beets Friday, saying that the Agriculture Department had not adequately assessed the environmental consequences before approving them for commercial cultivation. The decision, by Judge Jeffrey S. White of Federal District Court in San Francisco, appears to effectively ban the planting of the genetically modified … Read More
REUTERS– New research suggests that drinking lots of artificially sweetened beverages may be linked with an increased risk of premature births. “It may be non-optional for pregnant women to have high consumption of these types of products,” Dr. Thorhallur I. Halldorsson of the Statens Serum Institut in Copenhagen, one of the researchers on the study, told Reuters Health. “Diet” drinks … Read More
REUTERS– Pancreatic tumor cells use fructose to divide and proliferate, U.S. researchers said on Monday in a study that challenges the common wisdom that all sugars are the same. Tumor cells fed both glucose and fructose used the two sugars in two different ways, the team at the University of California Los Angeles found. They said their finding, published in … Read More
