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Looks like the venerable American Diabetes Association is not immune to the lure of dollar. Just shows that you’ve got to look way below the surface to get to the true motivation for all the recommendations these outfits promulgate.

A new study in the current issue of the American Journal of Clincal Nutrition suggests that elderly women may need more protein than currently recommended to protect their bones from osteoporosis and the risk of fracture. The authors conclude: These data suggest that protein intakes for elderly women above current recommendations may be necessary to

The American Heart Association (AHA)promotes their latest weight-loss scheme in a new book, The No-Fad Diet. This book advises those wishing to lose weight to cut calories by 25% and–Voila!–a slow but (according to the AHA) permanent weight loss ensues. And they recommend moderate exercise to aid the process. The circle has come full round.

Melanie Warner writes about the ongoing battle between Michael Jacobson, leader of the notorious Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), and his nemesis Rick Berman, who heads up the Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF), a “consumer’s” advocacy group. At issue is the right and moral obligation of manufacturers to either sell or quit

Read what one of my all time favorite columnists, Mark Steyn, has to say about the econimic tsunami that is supposedly heading our way from China.