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By Adapted from voices.washpost.com/checkup
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
A World Safe From Cheerios
The Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning to the folks who make Cheerios to stop printing on boxes claims that eating the breakfast cereal can lower cholesterol 4 percent in six weeks.
It's not that the claim's not valid: The science behind it appears to be fairly sound. The issue is that only drugmakers are allowed to say their products have specific, measurable health benefits.
-- Jennifer LaRue Huget
tonyholst wrote:
Are there not more important food issues the FDA can investigate?
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