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"Smart Choices" food label is marketing fraud; Tufts University involvement questioned (opinion)

9/22/2009 - (NaturalNews) The big food companies have dreamed up yet another clever con to sell processed junk foods to parents and children: A "Smart Choices" label that implies the food product is a smart choice for health and nutrition. The problem is that the...

Why Are Smart People So Ignorant When it Comes to Health, Vaccines and Vitamin D? (Part One)

8/14/2009 - (NaturalNews) A heart disease patient of late Had an IQ of 168. His brain was immense But it lacked common sense And it never engaged when he ate. - by the Health Ranger As an observer of human behavior, one of the most fascinating things I've...

Should We Tax Sodas and Junk Food to Pay for Health Care?

8/3/2009 - (NaturalNews) Mr. Johnson weighed nearly a ton. And drank pop 'til his health came undone. His kidneys turned blue But he said, "I've got two." "So I'll drink 'til I only lose one." The debate over health care reform has run smack into a brick...

TV Triggers Deadly Automatic Snacking Behavior

7/28/2009 - (NaturalNews) Junk food television advertising may cause dangerous automatic snacking behavior and lead to potentially deadly weight gain and obesity in both adults and children alike, according to the results of a new study published in the journal Health...

The Junk Food Dilemma Calls for a Change in Mindset (Opinion)

7/15/2009 - (NaturalNews) "Oh my God, there it is"! A chocolate covered doughnut, a "Super Sized" nut and marshmallow candy bar, steamy hot, garlic Cajun spiced fries. You know this is the last thing you should eat. You know you'll get a sugar rush that will make...

Modern Medicine Solves World Sperm Shortage (Satire)

7/8/2009 - (NaturalNews) Scientists are now claiming a breakthrough in finding a new way to create sperm. This is being hailed as an amazing medical technology breakthrough that could help treat infertility. But hold on... Is there really a shortage of sperm...

Urge Nickelodeon/ Viacom to Stop Marketing Junk Food to Children

12/15/2008 - (NaturalNews) An important action step that parents can take to counter the media marketing of unhealthy foods directed towards children is to make your voices heard directly to the people in charge of making the media marketing decisions. The Center...

NaturalNews, Consumer Wellness Center Announce $5,000 in Nutrition Grants to Aid Schoolchildren

11/4/2008 - (NaturalNews) I'm thrilled to bring you this announcement today: We've collected donations from a few health supplement companies and combined them with some early earnings from our involvement with Moxxor to create a $5,000 nutritional grant fund. The...

Teach Your Children the Hidden Meanings Behind Junk Food Advertisements

9/22/2008 - (NaturalNews) As parents, we're our children's first line of defense against an array of negative influences. Constant barrages of unsavory images promoting foods of little or no nutritious value are common place. The sky rains with products of expediency...

The Health Ranger Answers Common Questions About Nutritional Supplements (transcript)

9/4/2008 - (NaturalNews) The following is a transcript of a broadcast of The Health Ranger Show. You can find the downloadable audio of this program here: http://www.naturalnews.com/Index-Podcasts.html What is the biggest myth about nutritional supplements?...

Canadian Government Pressured to Ban Junk Food Ads

8/28/2008 - (NaturalNews) The Toronto board of health has urged the Canadian government to place a total ban on the advertising of junk foods to children. Currently, advertising to children is regulated by self-imposed rules under which 16 food companies have...

Olympian Phelps Serves as "Ambassador" to McDonald's, Introducing Chinese Children to American Junk Food

8/21/2008 - (NaturalNews) On the heels of Olympian Michael Phelps' deal with Kellogg's to promote sugary breakfast cereals -- a move for which he was widely criticized -- NaturalNews has learned that Phelps is also involved in a deal with McDonald's to introduce...

Health Ranger Volunteers to be Michael Phelps' Nutritionist to Win More Gold in 2012 Olympics

8/21/2008 - (NaturalNews) In previous articles here on NaturalNews, I've criticized Olympian Michael Phelps for promoting McDonald's fast food and sugary breakfast cereals to children. I've also reported on Phelps' atrocious diet of processed foods and the astonishing...

Junk Food Advertising to Children Banned in UK

8/2/2008 - (NaturalNews) A new and more stringent ban on advertising junk food to children has come into effect in the United Kingdom, but many health advocates are saying the new measures do not go far enough. In April 2007, the British government banned the...

The Politics of National Health Care Reform: Why no Popular Presidential Candidate can Solve Our Health Care Crisis (transcript)

7/3/2008 - (NaturalNews) The following is a transcript of Health Ranger Report #16, entitled The Politics of National Health Care Reform, which is available free of charge as an MP3 download at: http://www.naturalnews.com/Index-Podcasts.html Have you ever wondered...

Advocate Group Urges Ban on Junk Food Marketing to Children

2/21/2008 - (NaturalNews) The Consumers International Congress (CI) was held in Sydney at the end of October with the theme 'holding corporations to account'. Two areas of the Congress that attracted media attention were 'Obesity and Food Marketing', and 'The Ethics...

Mid-Day Nourishment: Three Best and Worst Lunch Choices for Health

2/19/2008 - (NaturalNews) Monday, January 7th, 2008 marked the beginning of an era of healthy eating for high school students in Quebec, Canada. The provincial government in Quebec implemented new food regulations that prohibit high school students from having access...

Eli Manning: Superbowl Star Promotes Junk Food to Children

2/4/2008 - (NaturalNews) While New York Giants' quarterback Eli Manning achieved an astonishing success in leading his team to a 17-14 Superbowl win over the New England Patriots, he has so far positioned himself as a junk food peddler off the field by agreeing...

Super Food Bowl Animation Announced by the Health Ranger

1/29/2008 - (NaturalNews) Just in time for the Superbowl, NaturalNews.com has launched a "Super Food Bowl" animation featuring Superfoods' quarterback Tom Blueberry battling it out against Junk Foods running back "Big Mac." It's a five-minute animation that shows...

All Jacked Up: The Explosive Junk Food Documentary the Food Companies Hope You Never See

1/17/2008 - (NaturalNews) Back in early 2007, I was invited to participate in a pioneering new documentary that dared to explore the harmful effects of processed foods and soft drinks on teenagers. I flew to Los Angeles, spent two hours being interviewed on camera,...

Junk Food Ads, Fast Food Increasing Teen Obesity

10/9/2007 - (NaturalNews) Many of the television commercials seen by teenagers are for junk food products. According to research released this week by the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, this may be a major reason obesity rates continue to rise among 12-17...

Legislative effort targets school junk food, aims to upgrade nutritional guidelines

6/14/2007 - The Senate Agriculture Committee recently held a hearing on school nutrition that has inspired the nonprofit Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) to keep driving toward national action that will help get junk food out of the public school...

Animals are smarter than humans when it comes to feeding their children (opinion)

4/6/2007 - Humans are the only species on the planet who actually go out of their way to feed their children crap. All other animals instinctly seek out the best nutrition they can find. Birds find grubs, worms and insects to feed their young, honeybees painstakingly...

Junk food giants form "task force" that claims to combat child obesity

3/30/2007 - An alliance of major food corporations, entertainment companies, advertisers and the FCC has created a task force to combat childhood obesity. The task force, which calls itself "Media and Childhood Obesity: Today and Tomorrow," held its inaugural meeting...

The health care reform legislation that Congress should pass, but won't

2/15/2007 - All of a sudden, everyone's talking about health care reform in the United States. From corporations like Wal-Mart to the newly-elected Democratic majority in the House, it seems that everyone -- business, government and the public -- recognizes our...

Researchers seek to insert caffeine into baked goods

1/29/2007 - (NaturalNews) With a new technology involving caffeine being researched, bakeries might be adding more than just sugar and spice to pastries. Leading the charge is Robert Bohannon, who invented a patent-pending method to encapsulate caffeine into baked...

7UP drops "all natural" claim after CSPI threatens lawsuit

1/17/2007 - (NaturalNews) Cadbury-Schweppes announced last week that it would stop marketing its lemon-lime 7UP soda -- which contains high-fructose corn syrup -- as "All Natural," after consumer watchdog Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) threatened...

Acrylamide content of most foods remains a mystery

1/16/2007 - (NaturalNews) Acrylamides -- a cancer-causing agent created when foods or fried or grilled -- is beginning to concern consumers. However, those concerned hard having a hard time getting a handle on the problem. Consumers are finding it impossible to...

Kraft Foods faces suit over "all natural" claim on Capri Sun drink

1/12/2007 - (NaturalNews) A Florida resident, backed by consumer group Center For Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), recently filed a lawsuit against Kraft Foods for marketing its Capri Sun fruit drink as "all natural" despite the presence of high-fructose corn...

Pediatricians call for ban on junk food advertising to children

12/12/2006 - (NaturalNews) The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) said Monday that Congress should pass legislation prohibiting junk food commercials on TV shows aimed at children, and pediatricians should support a ban or severe restrictions on unhealthy food ads...

UK consumer group reveals junk food companies' misleading ad tactics

11/29/2006 - (NaturalNews) A new report by UK consumer group Which? charges junk food manufacturers with engaging in "underhand" marketing techniques aimed at selling high-sugar, fattening foods to young children. Which? researchers kept track of the marketing...

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