Are those toasted-oat “Os” in your
breakfast bowl of cereal really an
“unapproved new drug”? That’s what
the US Food and Drug Administration
(FDA) says in a warning letter to
General Mills, maker of Cheerios.
Citing “unauthorized health claims,”
the FDA said Cheerios can continue to
make its cholesterol-lowering boasts
only if General Mills applies for
approval of the cereal as a drug. The
agency singled out claims both on cereal
boxes and the product’s website that
Cheerios can “reduce bad cholesterol
by an average of 4%“ in six weeks.…
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Areview of the scientific evidence by
the American Dietetic Association
(ADA) has “busted” a trio of myths
about aspartame. According to the
ADA’s Evidence Analysis Library, it’s
not true that the artificial sweetener
causes a “rebound” effect, making you
more hungry: “There is good evidence
that aspartame does not affect appetite
or food intake.”…
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That ticking
sound you
hear is the medical-
care time
bomb of obese
baby boomers
heading for the
Medicare rolls.
The latest annual
rankings by the
Trust for America’s
Health spotlight
the growing
(in more ways
than one) trend of
obesity among the
“baby boom”
generation: In
every state, obesity—
defined as a
BMI of 30 or
above—is more
common among
the oldest
boomers, ages 55
to 64, than among current seniors.
Overall, adult obesity rates rose in 23
states and failed to decline anywhere.…
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