FOLLOW THE MONEY.What happens when nutrition meets money? Consider: 1. When the Center for Science in the Public Interest (Nutrition Action's publisher) attacked the over-consumption of soft drinks and refined sugars, the Georgetown University Center for Food and Nutrition Food and Nutrition See also cheese; dining; milk. accubation Rare. the act or habit of reclining at meals. alimentology Medicine. thescience of nutrition. allotriophagy Pathology. Policy publicized pseudo-studies defending those foods. 2. The American Dietetic Association The American Dietetic Association (ADA) is the United States' largest organization of food and nutrition professionals, with nearly 65,000 members. Approximately 75 % of ADA's members are registered dietitians and about 4 % are dietetic technicians, registered. (ADA) publishes "Nutrition Fact Sheets" that defend fast foods, the fake fat olestra olestra Sucrose polyester, Olean® A proprietary synthetic–no-calorie fat, approved by the FDA–for use in savory snack foods–eg, tortilla chips, potato chips, and crackers; Side effects GI discomfort including cramps, diarrhea; it , and starch-filled baby foods. And it published a position paper that gave sugar a clean bill of health a certificate from the proper authority that a ship is free from infection. See also: Clean . 3. The prestigious Journal of the American Medical Association JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association is an international peer-reviewed general medical journal, published 48 times per year by the American Medical Association. JAMA is the most widely circulated medical journal in the world. published a study concluding that salt doesn't raise blood pressure. Here's what's really going on: 1. The Georgetown group that defended soft drinks and sugar has a "partnership" with the Grocery Manufacturers of America and has received grants from the Sugar Association. 2. The ADA's fact sheets on eating out, olestra, and baby foods acknowledge that they were underwritten by McDonald's, Procter & Gamble, and Gerber. And one of the co-authors of its paper exonerating sugar was a scientific advisor to the Canadian Sugar Institute. 3. The study absolving salt was financed by the Campbell Institute for Research and Technology. (Campbell makes some of the saltiest soups on the planet.) More and more "independent" professional organizations, researchers, and "consumer" groups receive funding from industry, something many fail to disclose when they talk to journalists. Examples are legion. The American Council on Science and Health The American Council on Science and Health (ACSH) is a scientific organization founded in 1978 by Dr. Elizabeth Whelan. It produces reports on issues related to food, nutrition, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, lifestyle, the environment and health. , which bills itself as a "nonprofit consumer education organization," has been funded in large part by PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, Dow, Exxon, and other corporations. The objective-sounding International Life Sciences Institute and the International Food Information Council are funded by big food companies. To counteract industry's hidden influence, CSPI has created the Integrity in Science project, which will expose conflicts of interest and encourage journalists to disclose industry funding of research and organizations. Our goal is to pry industry's thumb off the scale by letting consumers, reporters, and policy-makers know about potential biases. Michael F. Jacobson Michael F. Jacobson, who holds a Ph.D. in microbiology, co-founded the Center for Science in the Public Interest in 1971, along with two fellow scientists he met while working at the Center for the Study of Responsive Law. , Ph.D. Executive Director Center for Science in the Public Interest |
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