Opposing Views - Food and Nutrition

Audi Pokes Fun at Environmentalists in Super Bowl Ad

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:02:10 -0600

By NRDC

By -- Most well-meaning environmentalists are chronically guilt-ridden. I constantly confront More important is the question of whether the Audi “clean diesel” is really all that...

Find Out the Best Foods for Antioxidants (Some Will Surprise You)

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:55:01 -0600

By Mitzi Dulan

You’ve heard about them from a great deal of sources but what exactly are antioxidants, and what is so good about them? Antioxidants are substances and nutrients found in food that help...

How to Cook Without Losing Nutrients

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 18:49:54 -0600

By Mitzi Dulan

With the economy the way it is, we can’t help but brainstorm about the innumerable possibilities how we can save money. It’s pretty much become second nature to finger through weekly...

The Secret to Losing Weight: Stop Dieting

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:12:21 -0600

By Mitzi Dulan

“Follow your heart, your intuition, it will lead you in the right direction,” the lyrics by pop artist Jewel make it sound so easy to lead with intuition. And yes, in theory it sounds...

Veganism & food ethics: input, anyone?

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:42:03 -0600

By Evz

For Premise 3: I think 'food-for-profit', as an exclusive model of production, has been a harmful shift in human sociology, over the last few decades... I think at least a partial shift back to...

Hidden Calories in School Lunches, Not What You Think

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:00:34 -0600

By Dr Gwenn

Bloomberg The take home message is all of these drinks are empty calories BTW, for drinks like Izze drinks, you don’t have to actually ban them from your kids diets. The goal is to...

PETA Wants 'Vegetarians-Only' Hiring at Hospitals

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:26:37 -0600

By PETA

Hospital employees should be ambassadors Here's just one example of why a vegetarians-only People, I ask you: How's If schools knowingly hired alcoholics to drive school buses, then...

Healthy Diet May Actually Reduce Cancer Risk in Smokers

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:30:21 -0600

By National Institutes of Health

Leafy smokers, according and former cells to participants for lung Jacob and vitamins The methylation cancer, please visit the NCI Web...

Are Healthy Vending Machines the Next Big Thing in Schools?

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:30:21 -0600

By Mitzi Dulan

Sometimes sugars that will quickly send your energy crashing. Trail mix can provide you with protein, healthy resemble candy bars. Baked chips or crackers are lower in fat than their...

Mitzi Dulan's 10 Ways to Lose Weight in 2010

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:30:04 -0600

By Mitzi Dulan

I’m so grateful that I have a “job” that I get to help people. I get paid to do what I love! Here’s a photo of Bryan Busby, KMBC-9 Chief Meteorologist, and I playing some tennis. I’m...

Patients Medical Warns Against The Manhattan Diet

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:29:35 -0600

By Judy Pentra

NEW YORK, Dec. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Nutritionist Judy Pentra, of Patients Medical , a multi-specialty wellness center in New York, warns that the New Year can be a vulnerable time for people trying...

Domino's Pizza Celebrates 50 by Changing Sauce, Cheese and Crust

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:29:03 -0600

By Opposing Views Editorial Staff

ANN ARBOR, Mich. --- Domino's Pizza announced that a big change is in the works. Here's what the company said: Approaching 50 years in the business, Domino's Pizza, the recognized world leader...

Animal Rights Movement Starting to Take on Religious Overtones

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:28:27 -0600

By Consumer Freedom

With the tel-evangelical activist Wayne Pacelle in charge of the so-called “Humane Society” of the United States , and the radical People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals running a...

Be Happy, Eat Up and Ignore Your Holiday Food Guilt

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:28:13 -0600

By Consumer Freedom

We “Vegan that stations banned on Santa and his “enslaved” weekend, don’t let turkey scaremongering ruin your holiday season time to launch new scare campaigns…. So...

Trans Fat Does Not Live Up to the Hype

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:28:09 -0600

By Reason Foundation

The people at the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) could give meddlesome busybodies a bad name. In fact, that almost seems to be the point of their 2006 lawsuit targeting KFC's...

Can You Be Sued Over Your Thanksgiving Feast?

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:28:04 -0600

By Consumer Freedom

It’s Thanksgiving time again, and we’re reminding dinner hosts that they should make sure their guests sign our Thanksgiving Liability Waiver . Why? Because you never know when a food feast...