Food & diet
Seed oils, trans fats, the food pyramid and food marketing: what documents show was said.
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Food & diet · 2015-09-23 · Nina Teicholz, The BMJ 2015;351:h4962 (investigation), with BMJ correction 2016
The report "fails to reflect much relevant scientific literature in its reviews of crucial topics and therefore risks giving a misleading picture," and the committee did not use its own systematic-review library "for mor…
Food & diet · 2015-08-09 · Anahad O'Connor, The New York Times, Aug 9 and Dec 1, 2015
The network argued Americans were "overly fixated on how much they eat and drink while not paying enough attention to exercise." A Coke proposal said: "Akin to a political campaign, we will develop, deploy and evolve a p…
Food & diet · 2013-08-09 · Kummerow v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration et al., No. 2:13-cv-02180 (C.D. Ill., filed Aug. 9, 2013), as reported by FoodNavigator and the Food & Beverage Litigation Update
The complaint claims "use of partially hydrogenated vegetable oils in the American food supply has contributed to a national epidemic of coronary heart disease," and that the petition, filed August 7, 2009, "never" got a…
Food & diet · 2012-09-04 · Dennis v. Kellogg Co., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 11-55674 (2012)
The opinion quotes ads saying the cereal "helps improve children's attentiveness by nearly 20%" and describes plaintiffs' claim that the marketing claims were false and that the underlying study did not support them.…
Food & diet · 2006-01-01 · Luise Light, former USDA director of dietary guidance, account in 'What to Eat' (2006), reported by The Irish Times
Per The Irish Times, Light says the advice "to limit grain consumption to two to three helpings per day became a recommendation to eat six to 11 helpings," and limits on sugar were removed.…
Food & diet · 1913-01-01 · Procter & Gamble, 'The Story of Crisco' (1913 promotional cookbook), Project Gutenberg edition
The book says "the chief point emphasized was, that Crisco was a richer, more wholesome food fat for cooking," and describes cookbooks where "the words 'lard' and 'butter' have been crossed out and the word 'Crisco' writ…
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