Protecting the Food Chain

My latest column on BusinessWeek.com reports on how the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has  come down on small cherry farmers and distributors for claiming that tart cherries can improve your health. I still can’t figure out why the FDA decided...

Why Doesn’t the Government Go After KFC?

The Center for Science in the Public Interest, a non-profit organization, says it has a message for fast food fried chicken chain KFC: "See you in court, Colonel Sanders." CSPI is suing KFC over its use of trans fat in its fried chicken, which it says...

California Authorities Rule on Malpractice Case

The office of California’s Attorney General has advised the father of a young woman who died shortly after giving birth to her first child that the evidence is insufficient to warrant legal action against the two physicians accused of screwing up. I wrote about...

Throwing Away Food

I’ve been trying to avoid as much as possible consuming three biggies in our diet: sugar, dairy, and wheat (along with all the artificial sweeteners and caffeine).  I’ve actually gotten pretty used to not consuming these items. The big challenge...

Exposing the Conventional System

The key to changing America’s approach to healthcare from obsessing about curing disease to encouraging robust health as a way to avoid disease is education. The best way to educate people about the problems of our conventional health system may be to regularly...