Michael Jacobson
Michael Jacobson
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The risk to a given individual from having some saccharin-sweetened soda or coffee is really trivial. It's when you multiply that times 200 million people that the risk becomes much more significant.
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A far better step would be to provide calorie counts right on the menu board, so consumers would have that one critical piece of information before they placed their order.
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Fat slips through the intestinal wall and into the bloodstream where it distributes the nutrients throughout the body. Olestra can't get through the wall, and it continues down the intestines and out the body.
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This information on the package is useful, but it doesn't offer people an opportunity to compare products, ... Having it on the menu board would spur a lot of people to switch to a smaller order of fries, a diet soda, or a regular hamburger instead of a cheeseburger, for instance.
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Back then, saccharin was the only artificial sweetener available. Some people really wanted it, and industry certainly wanted to continue making Tab. So saccharin was let off the hook.
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Denmark has in effect banned partially hydrogenated oil; Canada is considering it. The United States ought to do the same.
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Canadian corrections are generally much more into rehabilitation in prisons and re-entry, ... They're not as punishment-oriented as we are. There is an emphasis on dealing with the underlying issues.
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Hospitals should be setting examples for the community, setting the pace, even creating the market for healthier products. These are health institutions. They should be promoting health.
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Columbus is about to become the diarrhea capitol of the nation,
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I care about my child's health at home. I want the schools to care about my child's health when my child is under their care.
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The agency has had so much turnover in the top spot, and turmoil throughout, that it could have benefited from a period of steady leadership.
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Switching to butter, palm oil, anything else would be an improvement.
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This is just warmed-over, namby-pamby 1950s nutrition education. It's telling kids what they know.
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It's almost worthless. I don't think the word soda pop is mentioned anywhere in these materials, even though it's the No. 1 source of calories for Americans.