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We Won't Cure Obesity With a Label Makeover
By Bonnie Goldstein - Politics DailyWomanUp welcomes writer Sascha Rothchild to our midst with the post below. The Center for Science in the Public Interest, the group that spearheaded legislation requiring packaged foods to carry nutrition disclosures, is now fighting for a label makeover. Over the past 20 years, food manufacturers have apparently found ways to manipulate nutritional information to hide unhealthy ingredients, such as high fructose corn syrup and polydextrose, and to make false claims about added health benefits. While it is true that phrases "low fat," "high fiber," "all natural" and "heart healthy" are ...
Et Tu, Potatoes? Spud Is Among 'Riskiest' Foods
By Domenica Marchetti - Politics DailyWell, fellow WUppers, it looks like I may have to retire my fork and knife forever. First came Sunday's gruesome New York Times story detailing what happened to a young woman who ate a hamburger that was tainted with a virulent form of E. coli bacteria. On Tuesday, the food watchdog group Center for Science in the Public Interest hit us with its Top 10 list of the riskiest foods -- that is, foods regulated by the Food and Drug Administration that accounted for the largest number of food-borne outbreaks since 1990. Are you ready? They are: leafy greens, eggs, tuna, oysters, potatoes, cheese, ...
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