Comments on: Europe demands scientific support for health claims. Why can’t we?

By: Top-Five Thursdays — This Week’s Best Real Food Links | Food Renegade

Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:30:40 +0000

[...] author of Food Politics: How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition, and Health, wrote a spot-on blog post arguing that we should only allow health claims on labels if they’re actually backed by real [...]

By: The Ethicurean: Chew the right thing. » Blog Archive » Digest - Features & Blogs: Local or just “good,” Marler takes the stand

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 04:01:36 +0000

[...] No “hearth healthy” soup for you! Nutritionist Marion Nestle wants the Obama Administration to take a cue from what regulators in Europe are doing — and just say no to label health claims. (Food Politics) [...]

By: sid

sid — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 20:49:39 +0000

Um, because americans are uncritical enough that they can and should be sold anything that anyone with no scruples wants to sell them? (ref: see Hummer, pringles chips, war in iraq, sub-prime mortgages, etc).

By: RTAddison

RTAddison — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:12:46 +0000

By rights, we should also demand that RDs, and ‘nutritionists’ provided peer-reviewed research documentation for the health claims THEY make.

By: The US could stand to follow Europe’s lead in some things « Later On

The US could stand to follow Europe’s lead in some things « Later On — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 01:01:27 +0000

[...] in Business, Congress, Daily life, Food, Health, Science at 6:01 pm by LeisureGuy For example, Marion Nestle in Food Politics: The European Food Standards Agency (EFSA) has just rejected a proposal from Merck to allow it to [...]

By: Daniel Lewis

Daniel Lewis — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:02:35 +0000

I simply avoid all food or supplements that make any health claims. Also, if the manufacturer put any nutrients in the food, I also try to avoid that. Like sugar cereals that are somehow healthy because Post adds 13 vitamins and minerals to them.