01 Nov 2007
Is Nutrition Science Really Science?

Wow. From the Grey Lady herself. I thought I felt a tremor earlier today.

I was hoping to slow the ban-trans-fat cascade by wondering if it would lead to bans of sugar and high-fructose corn syrup — but some readers liked the idea of outlawing those sweeteners. Well, I guess I shouldn’t be surprised.

(link) [NYT > NYTimes.com Home]

20:21 /Politics | 0 comments | permanent link

Millions of frozen pizzas recalled

What kinda shit ya want on that pizza?

One of these days somebopdy's gonna figure out that the problem is systemic, and can only be "cured" by changing the system for the processing of meat and animal products. Someday.

General Mills on Thursday recalled about 5 million frozen pizzas sold nationwide under the Totino's and Jeno's labels because of possible E. coli contamination.

(link) [CNN.com]

20:14 /Agriculture | 0 comments | permanent link