Yesterday, I told you about three decidedly unimpressive “superfoods.” The truth is, Nature doesn’t make any one plant healthier than the next. Each food found in Nature gives you a different [...]
Category: Big Food
Tell Canada to keep its canola oil
I never use canola oil for cooking and don’t recommend it. But an offhand mention of it recently ignited a grease fire of concern from some attentive Daily Dispatch readers. So today, I’m taking [...]
Putting out the grease fire over canola oil
Q: I was surprised to see a mention of canola oil in a recent Daily Dispatch. Do you recommend it ? Dr. Micozzi: In a word: No! The passing mention of canola oil that appeared in the Daily [...]
Someone please tell Hillary Clinton the “inconvenient truth” about GMOs
I recently visited a modern, co-operative living community with an old friend. My friend’s brother-in-law–a Harvard-trained scientist–actually had long ago started a successful [...]
7 sneaky foods that pretend to be healthy
In June, I sent out a Daily Dispatch e-mail about a new study that showed how people who take statin drugs are shooting themselves in the foot. Over time, statin users (now a whopping one-sixth [...]
Don’t buy Monsanto’s propaganda about American farmers
I recently came across a beautiful, glossy website that claims to show the new face of American farming. It’s called America’s Farmers. And on this website, you’ll “Explore the Family Farm” and [...]
Sports drinks a flaming failure for your health
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Nine big fat myths still being mouthed by “experts”
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Save yourself from a-salt and battery
Although it should be a settled issue by now, the great “war” against salt continues to rage in 2014. (Probably because the war helps keep a lot of political scientists and science bureaucrats [...]
Vermont’s new food label law gives hope
Earlier this month, Vermont passed a landmark bill that will force food producers to label products that contain genetically modified organisms (GMOs). And if the new law survives the ensuing [...]
