FDA and Coca-Cola at War Over Stevia and Regulatory Power

December 17, 2008 - With Coke about ready to start selling stevia-sweetened products without FDA approval, the FDA realizes it must preempt Coke's launch of these products by quickly issuing a letter "authorizing" Coke to market stevia-sweetened beverages, or else it will lose fa …

Research Proves Sugar Is Addictive

A study using rats offers scientific proof for what many dieters already know: Sugar is addictive. The research showed bingeing on sugar can act on the brain in ways very similar to a drug abuse. It can produced behavioral and even neurochemical changes that

Americans may soon be sweet on stevia

Excerpt: There is a new sweetener on the horizon that may soon get FDA approval for use as an ingredient in food and beverage products here in the United States. Stevia is a shrub-like plant native to South America and part of the chrysanthemum family.

Studies Prove that Obesity has Nothing to do with Bad Genes

Excerpt: (NaturalNews) The current mainstream model of human health tells us that we are predestined to encounter certain illnesses, and that our weight is largely down to genes.

Health Care Examiner: National Diabetes Month: Generation XL and a dirty neck

Generation XL. That's the new term some are giving to children in the U.S. under 12. Why? Because they are the largest, most obese, sedentary generation we have ever produced.