Tag: science

CMPA signs letter to the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee requesting reform

CMPA, along with the Independent Women’s Forum and various other organizations, signed a letter to the Dietary Guidelines Committee requesting reforms transparency, professional diversity and adoptability, among others.

Sweet And Sour: The Media Decided Fructose Was Bad For America; But Science Had Second Thoughts

Just as people glom onto miracle diets and miracle foods, they also look for the Darth Vader ingredients—those which use the force of taste to take over our bodies. HFCS was new, it was from corn, it was high in fructose. And it provided a simple solution to a hugely complex problem of why America was suddenly in the grip of obesity. But was this, “important potential hypothesis,” for the obesity epidemic (as the authors of the study wrote) true?

News Coverage Contradicts Science on High Fructose Corn Syrup

Media accounts contradicted the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics’ conclusion that HFCS and ordinary table sugar are equivalent in their composition and metabolism, according to a study released by the Center for Media and Public Affairs. According to CMPA President Dr. Robert Lichter, “The media still haven’t gotten the message from scientists that HFCS is essentially no different from any other nutritive sweetener.”