Separating the sensational from fact – finding the truth about food, nutrition, eating, and health

Carolyn Dunn, Ph.D.Professor and Nutrition Specialist

NC Cooperative ExtensionNC State University

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Is organic produce better than conventional?

Farm-raised or wild, which salmon is king?

Tap versus bottled water: which to choose?

*High fructose corn sweetener – just another sweetener or nutrition demon?

Canned tuna – good inexpensive source of protein or deadly source of mercury?

Organic or conventional milk?

Are you a good tax or a bad tax?

Can choosing healthy foods be made easier with new front-of-package labeling?

Are there good foods and bad foods?

Burger cheap – salad expensive?

Which icon is great, the Pyramid or the Plate?

Organic or Conventional Milk?

Milk can only be labeled organic if the cows:1.Have been fed exclusively organics feed2.Have not been given synthetic hormones3.Have not been given antibiotics4.Are kept in pens with adequate space5.Are allowed access to the outdoors

Hormones and Antibiotics

Check the Nutrition Facts Panel

Organic and Conventional are identical

Nutrition

Organic is more expensive than Conventional

Price

Are you a good tax or a bad tax?

Should we tax sugar-sweetened beverages?

Are you a good tax or a bad tax?

Will it fix the obesity problem?

Are you a good tax or a bad tax?

Why pick on soft drinks?

Are you a good tax or a bad tax?

Will it save money on health care?

Are you a good tax or a bad tax?

Will it raise money?

Is it right to have the government regulate what we eat and drink?

Can choosing healthy foods be made easier with new front-of-package labeling?

Are there good foods and bad foods?

Is this a bad food?

How about this?

How about this?

Who is the keeper of the “there are no bad foods flame?”

Burger cheap – salad expensive?

Help from Subsidies?

WheatHamburgerHFCS in soda

Little to no help from subsidies

Which icon is great, the Pyramid or the Plate?

Separating the sensational from fact – finding the truth about food, nutrition, eating, and health

Carolyn Dunn, Ph.D.Professor and Nutrition Specialist

NC Cooperative ExtensionNC State University

Continued