Cherries Are 'Unhealthy,' Says the Same Government That Once Pushed Low-Fat Pop-Tarts
The FDA’s latest nutrition rules target dried cherries and cranberries, putting small farmers at risk while offering zero benefits to consumers.
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The Sindex: Cigarette Prices Outpacing Inflation
The Reason Sindex tracks the price of vice: smoking, drinking, snacking, traveling, and more.
Everglades Restoration Complicated by Florida Agricultural Interests
Tariffs and sugar subsidies have propped up overvalued land needed to fix the environmental damage.
He Wants To Label Food 'Low FODMAP.' The Government Won't Let Him.
Lots of Americans have an intolerance to FODMAPs—the sugars prevalent in garlic, onion, and many other foods.
Why Is Halloween Candy So Expensive? Sugar Protectionism.
A new report from the GAO highlights how America's system of sugar subsidies and tariffs costs consumers about $3.5 billion every year.
Diet Coke Isn't Going To Give You Cancer
Despite a World Health Organization report that says artificial sweetener aspartame is maybe, possibly, carcinogenic.
America Needs a Better Kind of Capitalism
Big corporations and entire industries constantly use their connections in Congress to get favors, no matter which party is in power.
Stossel: Sugar's Sweetheart Deal
Sugar subsidies are welfare for the rich. They cost consumers billions a year.
The FDA's 'Added Sugar' Labeling Rule Is Sugar-Coated Nonsense
What exactly does an "added sugar" label tell us that the existing total sugar label does not? Nothing worthwhile.
Don't Worry About That Diet Soda Habit: Artificial Sweeteners Are Harmless, Say Scientists
After years of being blamed for weight gain and metabolic issues, zero-calorie sweeteners and the drinks they flavor are being absolved.
Meet the Man Who Hated Carbs Before It Was Cool
Gary Taubes on how big sugar and big government wrecked the American diet
Gary Taubes on How Big Government Made Us Fat
The attack on fatty foods, in favor of carbohydrates, contributed to rising rates of obesity and diabetes.
Stossel: The Philly Soda Tax Scam
John Stossel fights with a Philadelphia City Councilman about the city's new soda tax.
California Demands Money from Gatorade to Protect Water from Slander
Silly mobile game pisses off nannies, costs company $300,000.
Is Sugar an Addictive Poison?
Hypothesis: More sugar causes both more diabetes and more obesity
Why the FDA's Updated Nutrition Facts Label Is a Stinker
The mandatory 'added sugar' disclosure is a misleading loser.
Judge Won't Halt San Francisco's Forced Nanny State Soda Warnings
Did you know sugar helps make you fat? Of course you did.
Is Mexico's Soda Tax Really Working?
Can we really say taxes that reduce consumption but aren't reducing obesity are effective?
Marco Rubio's Sweet Protectionism
The 2016 hopeful gives the feds cover to keep propping up Big Sugar.
Big Sugar Versus Big Corn: Bitter Fight Over Sweeteners in California Court
Real scandal is the amount of subsidies both Sugar Daddies are pulling down from Uncle Sugar.
Socially Engineering Food Choices Doesn't Work
To say that Los Angeles merely failed would be putting it mildly.
Big Sugar Leaves a Bitter Aftertaste
It's time to end the sugar industry's corrupt sweetheart deals.
Taxing Away Sweet Drinks: Plenty of Baptists, But No Bootleggers
Soda tax moralizers are easy to find, but where are our sweetened-beverage bootleggers?
The FDA's Idiotic Attack on 'Added' Ingredients
The FDA's growing crackdown on added food ingredients just doesn't add up.
California Considers Mandatory Warning Labels for Sugary Drinks
Because people just don't know.
Farm Bill Sugar Supports Cost Consumers and Business
Government price supports for sugar drive candy production out of the country and hike prices for American consumers.
European Regulators Say Aspartame Sugar Substitute Is Safe
Now if they can just get EU to gasp GMO foods better
