Vitamin D is for Dangerous???

In a never-ending cycle of “we say it’s good today, then we say it’s bad tomorrow” the recent raising of the vitamin D daily recs, while acknowledging the need to increase levels in Americans, confuses consumers with a concern about whether to supplement and what levels are actually best. The following review on the matter [...]

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AKA: Ask FDA to vote NO on Genetically Altered Fish

AKA: Ask FDA to vote NO on Genetically Altered fish: “one (genetically altered) fish, two (genetically altered) fish, green fish is now a blue fish…” Is genetically altered fish OK? FDA to decide By Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. health officials are set to rule on whether a faster-growing, genetically engineered fish is safe to [...]

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FDA Targets Nutritional Claims on Food Packaging

WSJ: FDA Targets Nutritional Claims on food packaging Finally! Is all I can say. Finally! Is all I can say. The above Wall Street Journal article examines the issue that led to a “Smart Choice” labeling on a box of Froot Loops (Thank you folks like Bill Mahrer for publicly outing this ridiculousness). My take? [...]

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