January 15, 2005
2005 Dietary Guidelines
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The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) applauds the new “Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005.” Released on January 12, 2005, the “Guidelines” has been published jointly by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) every five years since 1980.
The new "Guidelines” is the most health-oriented ever. The guidelines provide stronger recommendations for consuming less sodium and trans fat and more whole grains, fruits and vegetables.
Importantly, the guidelines apply to the federal school lunch and breakfast programs. Under the “Guidelines,” schools will need to offer less-salty foods and more fruits, vegetables and whole grains. However the guidelines will not apply to foods sold outside of school meals through vending machines, cafeteria snack lines, fundraisers, and school stores.
As good as the “Dietary Guidelines” is, it will do little to improve the public's health without vigorous efforts to improve nutrition policy and the food environment. To support the guidelines' healthy-weight goals, CSPI calls on Congress to provide the Centers for Disease Control with greatly increased funding for programs that promote nutrition and activity and pass laws requiring calorie labeling on menus at chain restaurants, improving school foods, and shielding children from junk-food marketing.
Because industry has done little voluntarily to implement past “Dietary Guidelines for Americans,” government regulatory agencies need to take such actions as limiting the salt content of processed foods, eliminating the use of partially hydrogenated oils, and lowering the current limits on fat in processed meats.
Visit http://www.cspinet.org/nutritionpolicy/index.html for more information on nutrition policy.
Visit http://www.healthierus.gov/dietaryguidelines/ to review the “Guidelines”.
January 12, 2005
Inauguration
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CSPI v Quaker
The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) would like your views about several products made by Quaker Oats. We would greatly appreciate your participating in our survey, which I am sure you will find fun and interesting. The survey is short and will take only a few minutes to complete. Of course, your answers will be considered confidential.To take the survey, please go to:
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Executive Director
Center for Science in the Public Interest
January 10, 2005
January 09, 2005
More on Celebrex
From our February 2005 issue: How industry is undermining academia. Adapted from the book University, Inc.
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Web Exclusive: 01.07.05M. Michael Wolfe, a gastroenterologist at Boston University, admits he was duped by the Pharmacia Corporation, the manufacturer of the blockbuster arthritis drug Celebrex prior to its purchase by Pfizer in 2003. In the summer of 2000, The Journal of the American Medical Association asked Wolfe to write a review of a study showing that Celebrex was associated with lower rates of stomach and intestinal ulcers and other complications than two older arthritis medications, diclofenac and ibuprofen. Wolfe found the study, tracking 8,000 patients over a six-month period, persuasive, and penned a favorable review, which helped to drive up Celebrex sales.
January 08, 2005
January 06, 2005
Marketing Food to Children
Dear Sciencegrrl,The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), with input from leading experts in children’s health, has developed guidelines to provide companies who manufacture, sell, market, or otherwise promote food to children with criteria for marketing food to children in a manner that does not undermine children’s diets or harm their health. You will find the “Guidelines for Responsible Food Marketing to Children” at: http://cspinet.org/marketingguidelines.pdf
To learn how you can use the Guidelines to make changes in your community, click on: http://cspinet.org/nutritionpolicy/guidelines_organizing_tool.pdf
For background information, see “Pestering Parents: How Food Companies Market Obesity to Children” at: http://www.cspinet.org/pesteringparents
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January 02, 2005
Salt Water Gargle
My throat hurts, i cannot believe i am getting another cold. i was deciding whether to gargle with salt water. i decided on YES when i found thisNews Review from Harvard Medical School -- Inhaler May Limit Spread Of Germs
December 2, 2004It seems like it could be a similar mechanism to the Zinc sprays which i use because they do seem to help shorten colds and limit disease spread, and because it cannot really hurt. Research (sponsored by the company) suggests many reasons why it helps. Salt is a hell of a lot cheaper, though, and can reduce inflammation by simple osmosis when used in moderation.Inhaling salt water as an aerosol spray may reduce the number of germs exhaled and therefore the spread of germs, says a small study reported November 30 by the Associated Press. The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found that the effects lasted about six hours after using the salt-water treatment. Harvard University researchers concluded that the treatment turned nasal fluids into larger droplets that were less likely to be exhaled.
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i plan to use BOTH methods, i am tired of this.
