Are you healthier if you eat cupcake from a mix you buy in a grocery store, which would be required to have a GMO label if California's Proposition 37 passes, or an 'organic' cupcake from Whole Foods?On a science site, you know I would not ask that question if the answer were not obvious. Humans are inherently irrational, even in our quest to rationalize our odd behavior, like claiming...
read moreDon't have room in your stomach for 36 eggs but you really want those equivalent calories in one delicious treat? Head to The Cheesecake Factory with me and get their French Toast Napoleon, which is basically bread dunked in cream and powdered sugar. It clocks in at a delightful 2,530 calories(!) read...
read moreThe American College Of Obstetricians And Gynecologists (ACOG) has issued new guidelines to endorse IUDs and implants as first-line birth control options for teens. Despite widespread availability of condoms and birth control for women at very low cost (31-year-old Georgetown law students disagree, of course, they think the government should pay for it so they can instead spend $50,000 a year...
read moreDo you have freedom to eat whatever you want? Maybe. Just like you have freedom to smoke, with a whole lot of exceptions. Confectionery markers say they are worried that the march of a ‘super-nanny state’ will trample all over them in the quest to blame everything for obesity except the people who eat too much. They are concerned people who eat candy will be vilified, like smokers. Smokers,...
read morePoliticians make a lot of promises when they are trying to get elected. So many they probably can't keep track of them of them. That's understandable. Believing candidates is one of the 'sweet little lies' we tell ourselves.(1) read...
read moreThe food business, including those claiming to be superior because they are selling organic or 'health' products, is still business. They exist to lure you in and make you buy as much stuff as possible.Toward that goal, food stores that frame themselves as 'healthy' use every trick they learn from conventional grocery stores to get you to open your wallet - but the more you buy, the more...
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