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Looking for Lies? Just Follow the Money
By Scott T. Straley Sociopath – so⋅ci⋅o⋅path –noun Psychiatry. 1. a person whose behavior is antisocial and who lacks a sense of moral responsibility or social conscience. 2. Someone whose social behavior is extremely abnormal. Sociopaths are interested only in their personal needs and desires, without concern for the effects of their behavior on others. [...]
Snopes Takes the Low Road
By Scott Straley Snopes.com, a Web site that aims to validate or debunk urban legends, fraudulent practices and other claims of questionable accuracy, did their part to support Big Money corporate interests by completely ignoring the existing backlog of independent medical research spelling out the extreme dangers of ingesting the harmful chemical compound aspartame. The [...]
Someone Doesn’t Want You to Know…
Even soy can be damaging to your body when eaten in great abundance. Vegetarians faced with the challenge of finding protein in other food sources are cautioned against too much daily intake of soy, because it’s found in so many vegetarian products. However, soy is a great nutritional source in smaller doses — unlike aspartame, [...]
Once Upon a Time In America: An Aspartame Primer
In 1965 a previously unknown chemical compound was haphazardly discovered in a pharmaceutical company’s laboratory. A subsequent discovery was made that the chemical, while not living up to the purpose for which it was intended, had an unintended effectiveness as a food-sweetening additive. Meanwhile, in the consumer marketplace, a diet revolution was taking place. In [...]
In the FDA We Trust – Really?
My own personal moment of doubt about the FDA came, surprisingly, not after my father told me about aspartame, because, well, he’s my father, after all, and his epiphany was his. Mine had to be earned, and so my disillusionment with the FDA came while while I was the managing editor at a local Dallas [...]
4-herb Tea
Those of you who have followed my father’s story know that he passed away from cancer. You think you may have to deal with something so painful once in a lifetime – with one loved one, maybe – but you never imagine having to do it twice, with both parents. It was devastating to me [...]
