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If You Like Chocolate, Embrace Science

If You Like Chocolate, Embrace Science

May 29 2013 | comment(s)

Everyone says they care about science. And everyone says they care about developing nations.

Chocolate may be instrumental in deliciously helping people care about both. Ivory Coast, the world’s top cocoa producer, has a problem; young people are turning to other crops or giving up on small farms because they can't improve yields enough to make their cocoa holdings worthwhile. The choice is lose out on a cultural heritage or turn everything over to giant corporate farms.
40 Percent Of Children Read Calorie Information: 33 Percent Are Overweight

40 Percent Of Children Read Calorie Information: 33 Percent Are Overweight

May 29 2013 | comment(s)

Does more food labeling related to calories and nutrition make a difference? 

About one third of American kids and teens is overweight or obese, nearly triple the rate in 1963, making it a much bigger health concern than smoking or drug abuse. Meanwhile, a paper in the Journal of Public Health says obese kids are more likely to be paying attention to calorie information in restaurants.  40 percent of kids aged 9-18 read calorie information yet 33 percent are overweight.

What gives?

Would The High Quality Research Act Cut Science Hype?

Would The High Quality Research Act Cut Science Hype?

May 28 2013 | comment(s)

I generally didn't have much of an issue with the intent behind the High Quality Research Act.
U.S. Senate Rejects GMO Labeling Amendment

U.S. Senate Rejects GMO Labeling Amendment

May 24 2013 | comment(s)

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders knows that the The Food and Drug Administration will not require any special label on foods just because a competitor seeks to market its product differently.

And marketing is the only distinction between organic food and traditional food. It's a process and they don't require regular meat to have a big NON-KOSHER label on it either. Kosher food just puts a 'kosher' label on the package and has to obey truth-in-advertising laws.
Is Everything You Eat A Drug?

Is Everything You Eat A Drug?

May 23 2013 | comment(s)

Did you ever have breast milk or spinach? You might as well start shooting up heroin.

If dihydrogen monoxide doesn't scare you enough, food activists have been rehashing an old term - opiates. 
Women Have 40% More Mental Health Issues, But The Gender Gap Will Soon Disappear

Women Have 40% More Mental Health Issues, But The Gender Gap Will Soon Disappear

May 23 2013 | comment(s)

Dr. Daniel Freeman, professor of clinical psychology at Oxford, has good news if you believe women are more nuts than men: there is a 40% chance you are right.

We know that discussing biological differences between men and women is taboo - men and women are no different in any physical way, as former Harvard President Larry Summers will rush to agree these days. But what about in psychological ways?