diabetes
Still drinking diet coke?
I recently noticed that a friend’s bottle of “Orangina Lite” proudly proclaimed: “No sugar or artificial colours or flavourings”. It looked so wholesome I actually initially misread this as claiming it had no artificial sweeteners. However, a read of the ingredients revealed that it contains aspartame. I suppose the claim is true in a legal sense but hardly fair.&n Read more »
GM foods and mutant hamsters
Until recently, I hadn’t come down strongly on one side or the other in the GM foods debate. I thought there could be benefits given the number of people we have to feed in the world, although better access to contraception and less food waste would seem a preferable (albeit less profitable) alternative. Read more »