Tag: cholesterol
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Silk Cholesterol Suit to Continue, Hit with Separate Vanilla Suit
A California federal court has refused to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that Danone US Inc. creates “a misleading impression regarding the health-promoting benefits” of its Silk Coconutmilk because it markets the product with an accurate representation of the product as free of cholesterol. Marshall v. Danone US, Inc., No. 19-1332 (N.D. Cal., entered September 13,…
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New York Times Editorial Criticizes Fear of Food Ingredients
Aaron Carroll, a professor at the Indiana University School of Medicine, argues in a New York Times editorial that “panic-du-jour” about unhealthy foods encourages people to unnecessarily live “in terror or struggling to avoid certain foods altogether.” Carroll asserts that the repeated condemnation of various food ingredients—including fat, cholesterol, meat, monosodium glutamate, genetically modified organisms and gluten—“shows…
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Study Finds Association Between “Good” Cholesterol and Premature Death
University of Copenhagen researchers have apparently found that extremely high levels of “good” cholesterol, or high-density lipoprotein (HDL), may be associated with premature death rates. Christian M. Madsen, et al., “Extreme high high-density lipoprotein cholesterol is paradoxically associated with high mortality in men and women: two prospective cohort studies,” European Heart Journal, August 21, 2017.…
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AHA Advisory Examines Dietary Fats and Cardiovascular Disease
The American Heart Association (AHA) has issued an advisory concluding that replacing saturated fats with unsaturated fats will lower the incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD), especially if combined with an “overall healthful dietary pattern.” Frank M. Sacks, et al, “Dietary Fats and Cardiovascular Disease: A Presidential Advisory From the American Heart Association,” Circulation, June 15,…
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Too Much Sugar in Dole Fruit Products, Plaintiff Alleges
A consumer has filed a putative class action against Dole Packaged Foods, LLC alleging the company’s products contain too much added sugar to be labeled as “rich in nutrients” or “healthy.” Amaya v. Dole Packaged Foods, LLC, No. 15-7734 (C.D. Cal., filed October 18, 2016). The complaint first details research connecting added sugar intake to…
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PCRM’s Lawsuit Alleging Inappropriate Influence on Cholesterol Guidelines Dismissed for Jurisdictional Issues
A California federal court has dismissed a lawsuit alleging the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) allowed the American Egg Board to unduly influence the government’s nutrition advice on dietary cholesterol. Physicians Comm. for Responsible Med. v. Vilsack, No. 16-0069 (N.D. Cal., San Francisco Div., order entered October 12,…
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FDA Issues Industry Guidance on “Healthy” Labeling
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has opened a docket and released industry guidance on the use of the term “healthy” in the labeling of human food products. Responding to Kind LLC’s citizen petition asking the agency to align its nutrient content claim regulations with federal dietary guidance, FDA invites “public comment on the…
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Sugar Industry Allegedly Funded Research Linking Dietary Fats to Heart Disease
Researchers with the University of California, San Francisco, including its Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, published a September 12, 2016, JAMA article claiming that studies funded by the Sugar Research Foundation (SRF) “singled out fat and cholesterol as the dietary causes of CHD [coronary heart disease] and downplayed evidence that sucrose consumption was also…