Fake Fat Linked To Weight Gain

Rats fed a high-fat diet gained more weight after eating low-calorie potato chips made with “fake fat”, a synthetic fat substitute designed to taste like fat but without the calories, according to a study due to appear online in the journal Behavioral Neuroscience this week…

Harper Government’s Canada Consumer Product Safety Act Comes Into Force

Today, the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Canada’s Health Minister, and the Honourable Steven Blaney, Minister of Veterans Affairs, are pleased to announce that the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act is now the law of the land. The Act will replace 40-year old legislation with modern laws to protect Canadians from unsafe products…

Childhood Food Allergy In The US Affects 8 Percent Of Children Under 18

A national study of food allergies in the US, the largest of its kind, finds that more children have food allergies than previously reported…