Recently by Dick Hanneman
July 1, 2009
Written by: Dick Hanneman
"Healthy Choice" marketer ConAgra Foods announced publication today of a new study in the American Journal of Health Promotion that shows how unbalanced has been the debate on salt reduction. Using data from the National Center for Health Statistics, National Academy of...
June 26, 2009
Written by: Dick Hanneman
Today, the US House of Representatives will vote on a "cap-and-trade" climate change bill embodying the mindset of Al Gore's "inconvenient truth" argument. Thus, today's Wall Street Journal editorial, a last-gasp attempt to deflect the Democrat's legislative steamroller on Capitol Hill,...
June 20, 2009
Written by: Dick Hanneman
Everyone knows prevention is better than remediation. That's true of removing snow and ice from roadways, preventing mineral deposits on hot water appliances or avoiding personal accident or injury. In health, that translates to preventing disease or treating the afflicted....
June 19, 2009
Written by: Dick Hanneman
Being pro-environment is good politics. And lessening man's "footprint" is a major policy objective. Some companies are playing the angles to capitalize on environment-related business opportunities, some with subsidies, some hoping for help from highly-placed friends. Whether it's getting subsidies...
June 19, 2009
Written by: Dick Hanneman
Earlier this week, the World Health Organization published a Global Status Report on Road Safety financed by NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg's foundation (Bloomberg announced the findings). The report found 85% of the countries in the world need more government regulations to...
June 1, 2009
Written by: Dick Hanneman
If you're not regularly reading the blog Junk Food Science, you're missing some good stuff. Today's post is another gem: "Seeing the evidence: tighter control of blood sugars in type 2 diabetics." It's an important insight into a critical flaw...
May 30, 2009
Written by: Dick Hanneman
The American Journal of Medicine published an article this week showing the utter failure of 30 years' efforts to improve the healthfulness of Americans' lifestyle habits. The findings suggest policy-makers need to be much humbler and likely less strident in their...
May 23, 2009
Written by: Dick Hanneman
Many government public health agencies recommend universal salt reduction. Unfortunate. Unjustified. But true. In the past couple weeks, however, nutri-fascists have been spewing forth wild and scary allegations about the "toxic" level of dietary salt. Their fact-free rants may have...
May 15, 2009
Written by: Dick Hanneman
Headlines across the country, and the world, alerting the public that the DASH Diet reduces the rate of heart failure. As champions of the DASH Diet for the past dozen years, we feel vindication. It was distressing, therefore, to read...
May 9, 2009
Written by: Dick Hanneman
Dietitians are in consensus: diets are important. Individual nutrients, specific foods or single meals need to be considered as part of a person's dietary pattern before they rise to the level of health significance. For years, it's been annoying to...
