MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'cola'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:03:18 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4828983&cid=t_135323_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F05%2F17%2Fa-psychologist-and-a-superhero%2F Psychology has spilled over into pop culture in many ways throughout the years. For instance, in 1911, one psychologist saved Coca-Cola by conducting rigorous studies into caffeine’s effects on cognition and sensory and motor abilities. In 1929, another inspired his nephew’s successful public relations campaigns, which linked smoking cigarettes with female empowerment, if you can believe it. Since 1895, other psychologists were directly involved in advertising, using surveys and other new ploys to get us to buy their products. (You didn’t need toothpaste to clean your teeth; you needed it to make you sexier.) One psychologist even changed the comic book world and influenced an entire movement (that would be the feminist movement). In the early 1940s, Harvard psychologist William ... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4828983 Tue, 17 May 2011 10:30:00 +0100 4828983 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4545073&cid=t_135323_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2F2auDQU_j8WI%2F CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS Accelerating the Future of Personalized Medicine, Evian Gordon, MD, PhD and Stephen H. Koslow, PhD -> Learn More and Register to Participate in the Summit Here, and get a chance at getting a complimentary copy of the book Integrative Neuroscience and Personalized Medicine! (Source: SharpBrains) SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4545073 Thu, 03 Mar 2011 14:40:11 +0100 4545073 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4501588&cid=t_135323_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fdiet-soda-and-your-risk-for-heart-attack-or-stroke%2F2011.02.20 It tastes sweet. It’s pleasurably fizzy. And free of calories. What’s more, the FDA says NutraSweet (aspartame) is safe. So what’s not to like about diet soft drinks? A bunch. The ongoing debate about the healthiness of diet soft drinks reminds me of the old adage, “If something sounds to be true, it probably is.” Artificially-sweetened “diet” drinks get touted as healthy alternatives to sugary drinks because they contain no calories or carbohydrates. On paper it seems plausible to think they are inert, no more dangerous than water. The Coca-Cola Company sublimely strengthens this assertion by putting a big red heart on Diet Coke cans. But diet-cola news (Los Angeles Times) presented at the International Stroke Conference 2011 suggests otherwise. This widely-publ... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4501588 Sun, 20 Feb 2011 14:00:45 +0100 4501588 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4318307&cid=t_135323_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FY7S7Cf-xYC4%2F By Ian VasquezNicholas Kristof provides “a useful reminder of the limitations of charity and foreign aid” in his New York Times op-ed about Haiti today. “Nearly a year after the earthquake in Haiti,” he notes, “more than one million people are still living in tents and reconstruction has barely begun.” He emphasizes the importance of “trade, not aid” and of the role of business: “It’s hard to think of a charitable project that will be as beneficial as the Coca-Cola Company’s decision to build up the mango juice industry in Haiti, supporting 25,000 farmers.” He also cites a seemingly successful microfinance aid project that lends money to poor women in Haiti to begin and expand business ventures by, for example, investing in livestock or growing fruit for sale. It is... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4318307 Thu, 06 Jan 2011 21:09:45 +0100 4318307 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4118892&cid=t_135323_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FCjXKzstA1Yk%2F By Michael F. CannonHere’s a poor, unsuccessful letter that impressed the relevant New York Times reporters, but not their editorial overlords: It may seem counter-intuitive that bleeding-heart anti-hunger groups and “Big Food and Big Beverage” would ally to oppose Mayor Bloomberg’s request to prevent New Yorkers from using food stamps to purchase sugary sodas [“Unlikely Allies in Food Stamp Debate,” October 16].  Yet the “bootleggers and Baptists” theory of regulation explains that this “strange bedfellows” phenomenon is actually the norm, rather than the exception. Most laws have two types of supporters: the true believers and those who benefit financially.  Baptists don’t want you drinking on the Lord ’s Day, for example, while bootleggers profit from the a... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4118892 Thu, 28 Oct 2010 13:52:24 +0100 4118892 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4119080&cid=t_135323_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F10%2F28%2Fhow-does-that-make-you-feel-five-myths-about-psychology%2F Walk into any bookstore and you will find racks and racks of books claiming to cure any number of major psychological problems with easy solutions. Want to lose weight? Try hypnosis. Want to get rich? Just visualize your goals and eventually you will achieve whatever you want. The truth is that the mind is an incredibly powerful and complex instrument and we are only beginning to learn its the true potential. Although psychology may assist in explaining our rational decision-making and emotional makeup, there is still plenty of guesswork out there. Below are five commonly believed myths about psychology. 5 Psychology Myths Subliminal Advertisements Work. While advertisers everywhere would like to believe this is true, there is no scientific data to back up the theory that split-second m... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4119080 Thu, 28 Oct 2010 11:54:17 +0100 4119080 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4036735&cid=t_135323_111_f&fid=34716&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FNurseRatchedsPlace%2F%7E3%2Fvoh2rsaCFuU%2F I vaguely remember when nurses had enough time to get off the floor and meet around the old Coca-Cola machine. You could get a bottle for 10 cents back then, and you had time to drink the whole bottle before you had to go back to work. I opted to spend my time around the Pepsi machine. I like Pepsi better and the gossip was juicer around that machine. It’s important that nurses have access to Coke and Pepsi at all times. Nurses can’t function without soda. Now no one has time to leave the unit for a soda, let alone lunch or dinner. There is a nursing shortage you know and nurses barley have time to take a restroom break. And just when you think that things couldn’t get worse, in walks the Joint Commission with their big fat rulebook. Their rulebook holds the 10 Commandments ... Nurse Ratched's Place blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4036735 Wed, 06 Oct 2010 15:20:50 +0100 4036735 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3854781&cid=t_135323_167_f&fid=36994&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnutrition-news.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F08%2Fwhat-happens-to-your-body-within-hour.html : "New Golden Oldie Spot - If you have some nutritional Golden Oldies like this one please give us a tip offWhat happens in your body when you drink a soda, particularly cola and caffeinated sugary fizzy drinks.# In The First 10 minutes: 10 teaspoons of sugar hit your system. (100% of your recommended daily intake.) You don’t immediately vomit from the overwhelming sweetness because phosphoric acid cuts the flavor allowing you to keep it down.# 20 minutes: Your blood sugar spikes, causing an insulin burst. Your liver responds to this by turning any sugar it can get its hands on into fat. (There’s plenty of that at this particular moment)# 40 minutes: Caffeine absorption is complete. Your pupils dilate, your blood pressure rises, as a response your livers dumps more sugar into your bloo... Healthy Eating and Nutrition News blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3854781 Wed, 11 Aug 2010 08:56:00 +0100 3854781 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3753801&cid=t_135323_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FXmCFSDH7djw%2F By Jason KuznickiIt’s nice to get quoted in the Los Angeles Times, even if the author obviously didn’t understand what I was getting at. I’ll try to clear up the confusion here. Karen Caplan writes: Does Kuznicki (or anyone else) really think that the goal of a healthy diet is simply to minimize the total number of calories consumed? (Perhaps these are the same folks who swear by Taco Bell’s Drive-Thru Diet.) A 12-ounce serving of whole milk contains 12 grams of protein, along with 45% of the calcium and 36% of the vitamin D you need each day. The same amount of soy milk also has 12 grams of protein and 14% of the daily recommended intake of iron. Care to guess how many vitamins and minerals are in a can of Coke? I certainly don’t think that a healthy diet mea... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3753801 Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:19:01 +0100 3753801 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3740566&cid=t_135323_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2F10-things-we-want-to-do-this-weekend-7%2F After a short week, the weekend came as a pleasant surprise to us here at Blisstree. But that doesn’t mean we don’t have a ton of things we want to fit in over the next few days: Have some chocolate. Even if it’s just a little square, we’ll be having a bite of chocolate this weekend. It was its birthday, we have to. It would be rude not to. Go camping. We’re ready to head out into the great outdoors and rough it for a night or two. But only with our eco-friendly camping supplies, of course. Read some foodie lit. We love reading about food almost as much as we love eating it (okay, maybe not that much). We might even read some good advice about how to eat well without gaining weight. Have a snack. Sometimes you just feel like snacking. We’ll be ... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3740566 Fri, 09 Jul 2010 22:39:48 +0100 3740566 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3730103&cid=t_135323_151_f&fid=35818&url=http%3A%2F%2Frecoveryissexy.com%2Fis-diet-cola-bad-for-alcoholics-addicts%2F Conclusion There seems to be a small proportion of people who are sensitive and have side effects from drinking diet colas and eating foods with the sweetener aspartame. Two groups of people who may be sensitive to aspartame, and ethanol in particular, are alcoholics and drug addicts. Indeed anyone who has abused any drug or medication. For these people will have damaged their bodies and especially the liver and kidneys. Some alcoholics / addicts may also have PKU or an inherited sensitivity to phenylalanine. The Cure? The absolute cure is abstinence from all artificial sweeteners. Now this may be hard as most prepared foods contain some artificial sweeteners. You will need to find your own safe level. Detoxification When you stop using aspartame you may experience some acute withdr... Recovery Is Sexy.com blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3730103 Tue, 06 Jul 2010 19:05:59 +0100 3730103 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3652383&cid=t_135323_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fworlds-biggest-coke-lover-photo-of-the-day%2F A creative consulting agency in Johannesburg, South Africa has created a 54-foot tall man made out of Coca-Cola crates. Coca-Cola says it will recycle all of the crates. They’d better. We don’t need another massive petroleum-based disaster on our hands. photo via Inhabitat via Inhabitat Post from: BlissTree World's Biggest Coke Lover: Photo of the Day (Source: Breastfeeding 1-2-3) Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3652383 Fri, 11 Jun 2010 11:30:29 +0100 3652383 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3592274&cid=t_135323_109_f&fid=34761&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedblitz.com%2F%7E%2F12442401%2F1f0jdx%2Fneuromarketing%7ENeurons-That-Fire-Together-Wire-Together.htm One of the key factors in the human brain’s ability to change via neuroplasticity is that neurons form interconnections based on simultaneous firing over a period of time. According to Norman Doidge, author of The Brain That Changes Itself, this theory was first proposed by none other than Sigmund Freud, but was articulated in [...] CommentsThere's the self-perpetuating benefit too. The more neural ... by BrendonThis concept was beautifully illustrated in the film “What ... by Ben Sykes (Source: Neuromarketing) Neuromarketing blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3592274 Thu, 06 May 2010 12:32:18 +0100 3592274 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3524113&cid=t_135323_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Famerican-obesity-and-sugar-sweetened-beverages%2F2010.05.01 We are a nation stricken with an epidemic of obesity, which contributes to the incidence of diabetes and heart disease. Each of these has been linked to consumption of sugar intake, and in particular, sugar-sweetened beverages. There’s nothing evil about sugar — it’s just that too much of it in certain forms is bad for you. For the purpose of definition, sugar-sweetened beverages contain added, naturally-derived caloric sweeteners such as sucrose (table sugar), high-fructose corn syrup, or fruit juice concentrates. (more…) This post, American Obesity And Sugar-Sweetened Beverages, was originally published on Healthine.com by Paul S Auerbach M.D., M.S.. (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3524113 Sat, 01 May 2010 22:00:00 +0100 3524113 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3374378&cid=t_135323_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2FqUrzDZcDUAE%2F While speaking at the American College of Cardiology yesterday, Steve Nissen criticized the American Heart Association for its financial relationship with Coca-Cola. Why? He said their ties influenced AHA statements that a tax on sugar-sweetened drinks needs more study and the findings of a study linking sodas to obestiy weren’t conclusive, the Associated Press reports. Nissen blamed the AHA position on Diet Coke’s involvement in the AHA’s red dress campaign to raise awareness of heart disease among women. “Our societies have been bought, and it’s time to draw the line,” Nissen said. “When you take the money, you better accept the taint that goes with it.” However, the AP points out Nissen had the wrong red dress. The campaign he cited is cal... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3374378 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:13:23 +0100 3374378 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3083168&cid=t_135323_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F12%2F13%2Fchristmas-church-candles-and-coca-cola-chuckles%2F As I look forward to hearing and singing the music of the Christmas season I think back to the break-neck pace we kept in the family at this time of year when I was a kid. This probably would have been the Sunday for our church’s candlelight service, or perhaps the 20th, and it was always [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3083168 Sun, 13 Dec 2009 09:24:56 +0100 3083168 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3524051&cid=t_135323_85_f&fid=39183&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrbobbs.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F11%2F11%2Fstill-more-aafp-coca-cola-fallout%2F There is now a Facebook page entitled End the AAFP and Coca Cola Collaboration. From the Associated Press: Family doctors group loses members over Coke deal. And there’s an online petition: Family Doctors Against the AAFP-Coca-Cola Partnership. (Source: Dr. Bobbs) Dr. Bobbs blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3524051 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:29:00 +0100 3524051 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3524054&cid=t_135323_85_f&fid=39183&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrbobbs.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F11%2F03%2Fthe-pause-that-refreshes%2F The American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) continues to be the target of criticism in both the blogosphere and conventional media outlets for its partnership with the Coca-Cola company. From The Kansas City Star: [T]he American Academy of Family Physicians…represents about 94,000 doctors who struggle to get their patients to shed excess pounds. From across [...] (Source: Dr. Bobbs) Dr. Bobbs blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3524054 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:43:24 +0100 3524054 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2879391&cid=t_135323_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FtFbCt2kUWlc%2F This week, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) blocked an attempt by Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) to move — without a recorded vote or CBO score – H.R. 3631, legislation to freeze Medicare Part B premiums. These premiums are automatically deducted from the Social Security checks of seniors, almost all of whom are enrolled in the Medicare Part B (Supplemental Medical Insurance) program. Social Security recipients will not receive a COLA increase in their monthly checks beginning January 2010 because inflation between October 2008 and September 2009 was negative. But if Part B premiums increase, the dollar amount of their Social Security checks will decrease beginning in January 2010. What would happen if the Part B premium were frozen for 2010? Seniors would get a double benefit. First they are gaining fr... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2879391 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:35:54 +0100 2879391 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3524060&cid=t_135323_85_f&fid=39183&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdrbobbs.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F10%2F09%2Fid-like-to-buy-the-world-a-coke%2F So, any reaction to that AAFP/Coca-Cola deal? The Skeptical OB says Family docs: Have a Coke and a bribe! The Radical Clarity Group says In one stroke, AAFP has indicated that it can be bought. The Newbie Vegetarian likens the deal to the sale of the AAFP’s soul. On a practical level, the money the [...] (Source: Dr. Bobbs) Dr. Bobbs blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3524060 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 05:05:22 +0100 3524060 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2122058&cid=t_135323_117_f&fid=36026&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.healthtalk.com%2Fzimney%2Fthe-vitaminwater-scam%2F I’ve long held that most bottled water is a scam either because it’s simply way overpriced or because it’s falsely and/or misleadingly advertised as being good for you thanks to some added ingredient gimmick its marketers came up with. In fact, I previously wrote Water: A scambuster report, which deals with the issues of cost, the amount of water you need to drink each day, and safety (as in which is safer, tap or bottled water?). So it came as no surprise to me, and with a resounding “here, here” when I learned that the Center for Science in the Public Interest  (CSPI) had sued the Coca-Cola company for “deceptive and unsubstantiated claims” on its vitaminwater line of beverages.  The vitaminwater products are made by a company Coke owns called ... Dr. Z's Medical Report blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2122058 Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:15:05 +0100 2122058 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1713906&cid=t_135323_87_f&fid=34872&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthbolt.net%2F2008%2F08%2F18%2Fmyth-busters-old-wives-tales-exposed%2F You’ve debated them around the water cooler for years. Your mother has warned you about a good many of them. Seinfeld even had a whole show built around one of them (#5). What are they? Old Wives Tales, of course. But are they tales, or do some of them hold some truth a grain or two of truth? Take the quiz below to test your own knowledge on some of the most commonly accepted thoughts out there. Then check your answers and get the explanations you seek at MSNBC.com. 1. Cell phones are dangerous to use in hospitals because they can interfere with medical equipment. True / False / Maybe So 2. It’s safe to follow “the 5 second rule” for food dropped on the floor. True / False / Maybe So 3. Cracking your knuckles can cause arthritis. True / False / Maybe So 4. Cola ty... Healthbolt blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1713906 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:43:26 +0100 1713906 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1605970&cid=t_135323_134_f&fid=35152&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsstrumello.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F07%2Ftruvia-appears-in-nyc-supermarkets.html This post is less meaty than I normally do, but I happened to hear about it last night on NPR and thought it was interesting enough to share — mainly because New York City was the first place for this "new" product to appear on store shelves. (As I've written before, NYC is seldom the test market for anything, and new products often appear on supermarket shelves in Omaha or Des Moines long before they do here).What is this "new" product?The product's brand name is Truvia, which is being marketed by food giant Cargill in cooperation with Coca Cola, Inc. — certainly some big marketeing names there. Truvia is a brand of stevia, which is an herb which grows mainly in South America (Brazil, Uruguay Paraguay and parts of Argentina), but also in more tropical areas of China as well. As David ... Scott's Web Log blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1605970 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:00:00 +0100 1605970 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1544106&cid=t_135323_117_f&fid=36026&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.healthtalk.com%2Fzimney%2Fwater-a-scambuster-report%2F That’s right, even water can be a scam these days. That’s because of relentless marketing, widespread misinformation and an ingrained mythology surrounding what ought to be a pretty simple fact of modern life: If you’re thirsty, have a glass of tap water. That would stand in contradistinction to a claim such as, “You need to drink at least eight eight ounce glasses of water a day (the 8×8 rule), preferably bottled, regardless of whether you’re thirsty and regardless of whether you live in a hot climate or engage in strenuous physical activity.” In fact, the 8×8 rule is so thoroughly entrenched in our common psyche that even most healthcare practitioners and nutritionists will spout it without a moment’s hesitation. Unfortunately, however, the 8×8 rule is a comp... Dr. Z's Medical Report blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1544106 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:32:15 +0100 1544106 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1229339&cid=t_135323_85_f&fid=36194&url=http%3A%2F%2Ftesstermulo.com%2F2008%2F02%2F14%2Fcokes-biggest-surprise%2F It all started when this arrived in my email inbox: Actually, I thought it was a hoax first, because it arrived at a time when I was busy answering comments left by MLM employees in my blog. So, I emailed the sender and asked how she came by my email address. And quite promptly, she replied that she got the email address from my personal blog (this blog). I googled her name, Greta Razon, and her affiliation, Keren Pascual Public Relations and Events Management Services and found nothing wrong. I replied to the RSVP invite and fixed my schedule. The event is supposedly Coke’s “Biggest Surprise” to be held at BGCEA Community Facility, right across the NBC Tent. So, okay, I do not really know what to expect from this event nor could I really bother Ms. Razon about it, si... Prudence and Madness blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1229339 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:52:17 +0100 1229339 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=721368&cid=t_135323_134_f&fid=35137&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdiabetesupdate.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F07%2Fcoke-adds-death.html A disturbing little study published recently in the journal, Epidemiology, received no coverage at all by the media. It found that drinking as little as two "cola drinks" a day could double the risk of "chronic kidney disease."This was true for both regular and diet sodas. The study also found that drinking non-cola sodas did not appear have any impact on the incidence of chronic kidney disease.The culprit appears to be the phosphoric acid found in cola drinks but not other kinds of sodas, which usually contain citric acid. Before this study was done, phosphoric acid was already known to promote the formation of kidney stones.But this study was not reporting the incidence of kidney stones, it was reporting the risk of developing "chronic kidney disease" among people who drank various bever... Diabetes Update blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=721368 Mon, 09 Jul 2007 14:11:00 +0100 721368 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=696855&cid=t_135323_87_f&fid=34867&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thediabetesblog.com%2F2007%2F06%2F26%2Fsnack-food-makers-on-the-offensive%2F Filed under: Type 2, Diet, Daily NewsSay you're in the snack food business. Your products are popular amongst kids and adults alike. You rely on an arsenal of creative marketing to keep the money rolling in. Also, although your snack products are - when you get down to basics - really just reconstituted corn and its byproducts, they involve some pretty high-tech manufacturing techniques. So when the profitability of those products is threatened, you'd fight like the Dickens to protect yourself, wouldn't you?That's exactly what's going on now, as manufacturers like Coca-Cola, Hershey, Kraft, Kellogg and Frito-Lay tweak their product lineup a little. Juuust enough, mind you, to meet criticism that they are contributing to the so-called obesity epidemic - and it's terrible health complication... The Diabetes Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=696855 Tue, 26 Jun 2007 04:00:00 +0100 696855