Truvia and PureVia – A Window to the Past or the Future?
In the coming weeks, we will be examining two new sweeteners called Truvia and PureVia that are being released into the American food supply in the first half of 2009. They are derivative of a...
View ArticleThe Science Behind Truvia and PureVia Sweeteners (Rebiana)
The idea of a real, zero calorie sweetener has been a goal of many agribusiness giants for some time but have Truvia and PureVia been adequately tested? Nutrition Wonderland has gone through the...
View ArticleTruvia and PureVia: The Controversy of Stevia
In our first two pieces about the new sweeteners Truvia and PureVia, we covered the history of saccharin (another artificial sweetener) and the science behind rebiana, the latest sweetener in both...
View ArticleThere Is Something Fishy About Intelligence
Some fresh-caught research from Sweden found that a fish-laden diet improved the cognitive performance of teenage boys even when a whole slew of other variables were taken into account. [Great photo...
View ArticleFood Safety – The Recent History
The early part of 2009 has witnessed one of the largest food contamination cases in US history. The Peanut Corporation of America had a salmonella outbreak in one of their factories, contaminating the...
View ArticleFood Safety – The US Policy Dimensions of HR 875 and HR 759
With the recent spat of recalls surrounding pistachios and peanut butter in the US, there has been a large response from the public to better safeguard the food supply. Here we review some of the...
View ArticleFood Safety Enhancement Act (HR 2749) Advances Out of Committee
June 10th marked a historic day in food safety as the Food Safety Enhancement Act (HR 2749) moved out of subcommittee for a vote in the US House. UPDATE: It has now formally also moved out of committee...
View ArticleNestle Cookie Dough Recall, Suspected E.coli 0157:H7 Outbreak in 26+ States
Nestle USA today tacitly confirmed in a press release early reports that Nestle Toll House brand raw cookie dough was giving many people E.coli 0157:H7 infections by voluntarily recalling their entire...
View ArticleDeja Vu? FTC Sizes Up Food Marketing and Childhood Obesity
The breath of the obesity epidemic being witnessed in the United States is troubling. Theories have been entertained to determine what is causing the obesity problem in children. Sedentary activities...
View ArticleGMOs: Frankenfood or Evolutionary Advance?
Why are crops and animals being modified? What GMOs are currently on the market? What new GMOs are being created? Good questions... (thanks to klar!! on flickr for that cool art.)
View ArticleGMOs: Does Regulation Ensure Safety?
The public's biggest concern when it comes to GMOs is their safety. There are a lot of misconceptions about genetic engineering. When pressed on science of GMOs, I have often heard people fear that the...
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Book Review: The Fluoride Deception by Christopher Bryson
Few public health issues in American history have riled people quite like fluoride. Its story is replete with famous figures in American history, dramatic tales from the Manhattan Project, corporate...
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