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Imagine for a moment that you read a news headline that proclaimed, “Study Concludes Eating French Fries Does Not Cause Obesity.” Would that get your attention? Sure it would, until you kept reading and discovered that the company who paid for ...

Showing entries for Category: artificial-sweetener - San Francisco Examiner

Rockville, Md., January 5, 2009 Responding to the growing popularity of a plant-based sweetener, the U.S. Pharmacopeial (USP) Convention today announced it is developing a new standard to be included in the Food Chemicals Codex (FCC) that will help ...

New standard for popular stevia-based sweetener to assure product's ... - Genetic Engineering News

A: The American Academy of Pediatric suggests no more than four ounces per day and it must be 100 percent fruit juice. Q: Is a multivitamin really an acceptable substitute for kids who do not like veggies? A: We don't recommend parents give their ...

SheKnows : Health & Wellness : Diet & Fitness : Moms' frequently asked ... - Sheknows.com

Re Dec. 27 article, "NAACP: Democrats discriminate": Claims by NAACP member Fred Clark that Democrats discriminate against minorities illustrates the need to possibly adopt a more transparent selection process by the party, but more importantly, for ...

Letters to the Editor for Dec. 30 - Daily Gazette

NutraSweet Co. in Augusta isn't worried about the new plant-based sweetener that is hitting the mass market later this year. The Food and Drug Administration in December cleared the way for Coca-Cola and Pepsi to use a new zero-calorie sweetener ...

NutraSweet going sweeter - Augusta Chronicle

Have you ever seen a 'Do Not Touch' wet-paint sign, then touched the paint to see if it was wet? Unlike wet paint, frequently we cannot confirm environmental dangers with our own eyes or with a touch of our hand. In the work to identify and reduce ...

Community trust should never be a blind trust - Fauquier Times-Democrat

When Akon released his single I’m So Paid in October, he sparked a mini-controversy: a song about driving at 90 miles an hour in a 65 zone while boasting of your riches with the windows rolled down was perhaps not the most sensitive response to a ...

Cultural lessons: pop feels the crunch - Cape Breton

Please register to gain free access to WSJ tools. An account already exists for the email address entered. Drink up. The FDA just gave the nod to a natural, zero-calorie sweetener for soft drinks that’s derived from an herb called stevia. Soft ...

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This tax is absolutely ridiculous. Im still amazed at the fact that this proposed tax idea has even made it this far. The gov’t. makes millions from tobacco taxes. The gov’t. makes millions from liquor taxes. And now they want to make millions ...

What do you think of the proposed ‘fat tax’? - Times Union Blogs