Those ads from A&W claiming that their beef is raised without hormones or steroids are popping up on TV with annoying frequency. The intent obviously is to suggest that this meat is somehow...
When Dr. Jim Watson speaks, people listen. But they don't always hear the right things. Many press accounts reported that Watson had said that antioxidants cause cancer. He didn't say that. He...
In North America we hear a great deal about chemicals such as plasticizers leaching out of plastic. In this case, though, the problem is not what the plastic releases but what it retains, namely,...
Nitrates and nitrites are used to "cure" meat.聽聽Their role was likely discovered by accident and can be traced to the use of salt that happened to be contaminated with potassium or sodium nitrate,...
There is lots of bluster on the Internet about "acidic" and "alkaline" foods usually based on some story that cancer cells can only survive in an acid environment and it is therefore advisable to...
It鈥檚 a compelling story. Tom Harper and his wife built a large shellfish farm in British Columbia but found it hard to make ends meet because of the expense of the feed that was needed. So Tom...
We鈥檝e grown up with the idea that dirt is bad. If you drop food on the floor, don鈥檛 dare to pick it up and eat it. Sanitize your kitchen and bathroom with 鈥済erm killers.鈥� Filter your water. Purify...
What makes people believe the unbelievable? Sometimes it鈥檚 desperation. Sometimes it鈥檚 wishful thinking about simple answers for complex problems. Sometimes it is blind trust in the untrustworthy....
Is it true that eating blue cheese causes cancer? That is what one of our correspondents wanted to know. Mercifully, the answer is: no. But I think I know how this story got started. Blue cheese is...
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