As if the health consequences of "super-sizing"the sugars in colas weren't enough, a court in India has accepted the government's argument that there are  pesticides connected with cancer  risks in the drinks.

The manufacturer's defense?  Get this!  " Oh your Honor!  We don't add the chemicals to the drinks - they are the consequence of the pesticides used growing the sugar"

Are we to assume that different sugar is used in the colas in this country?

Losing sleep is a stress factor, stress raises cortisol, cortisol depresses leptin, the appettite control hormone.

These are facts that nutritionists have proposed for quite some time, and a recent study confirms.  For  more detailed information about the effects of stress, and how to counteract them, read my article.

What concerns me about the press reports on this new study, however, is the connection they are making between insomnia and obesity, seeming to suggest that if it were not for the nationwide aepidemic of sleep deprivation, there would be no fat people.

As if a healthy diet had nothing to do with it - First Amendment be damned, this is an extreme disservice to our Nation's health, and an insult to our intelligence!