CT Insider – The president of McDonald’s this week served what he called "a side of facts," taking aim at claims of high prices at restaurants across the country, and saying that a nearly $17 Big Mac meal bought in Connecticut was an aberration. McDonald’s President Joe Erlinger wrote this week in a post on the company’s website: “I can tell you that it frustrates and worries me, and many of our franchisees, when I hear...

“Deny, denounce, delay”: The battle over the risk of ultra-processed foods

FINANCIAL TIMES – When the Brazilian nutritional scientist Carlos Monteiro coined the term “ultra-processed foods” 15 years ago, he established what he calls a “new paradigm” for assessing the impact of diet on health. Monteiro had noticed that although Brazilian households were spending less on sugar and oil, obesity rates were going up. The paradox could be explained by increased consumption of food that had undergone high levels of processing, such as the addition of preservatives...

Former Taco Bell Exec Plans Total Transformation of Cracker Barrel

Main Street Media – Cracker Barrel leaders recently unveiled plans to spend $700 million for rebranding and revitalizing their restaurants to elevate the company’s appeal to customers. Cracker Barrel President and CEO Julie Masino, who was named to the position about nine months ago, detailed the Lebanon-based company’s “strategic transformation plan” on a conference call with investors last week. “All the core elements are in place to be successful over the long term, but to ignite...

4 Ways Vaccine Skeptics Mislead You on Measles and More

Robert F. Kennedy. Jr. argues that clinical trials of new vaccines are unreliable because vaccinated kids aren’t compared with a placebo group that gets saline solution or another substance with no effect. Instead, many modern trials compare updated vaccines with older ones. That’s because it’s unethical to endanger children by giving them a sham vaccine when the protective effect of immunization is known. In a 1950s clinical trial of polio vaccines, 16 children in...

Scientists Find Way To Make Chocolate Healthier

Newsweek – Good news: scientists might have found a way to make chocolate a bit healthier, a new study reports. Chocolate is made from the cocoa fruit by extracting cocoa mass and cocoa butter but there are actually many ingredients in the cocoa fruit that go unused. Researchers at Swiss university ETH Zurich set out to learn more about how they could fully utilize the fruit's valuable ingredients and how chocolate could become healthier in the...

Salmonella infections linked to Cracker Barrel restaurant in Illinois

FOOD SAFETY NEWS – The Kankakee County Health Department and Illinois Department of Public Health are investigating an outbreak of Salmonella infections associated with a Cracker Barrel restaurant. As of May 14, the county department had identified eight people who had eaten food prepared at the restaurant at 50 Ken Hayes Dr. in Bourbonnais with Salmonella infections. Cracker Barrel voluntarily closed the restaurant on May 4 and is cooperating with the county health department to determine...

Report: 84% of Chicago’s Measles Cases Traced to Venezuelan Migrants

BREITBART – A report from the Centers for Disease Control has linked 84 percent of Chicago’s recent cases of measles back to the wave of illegal aliens from Venezuela. The report found that 84 percent of the identified cases were found in illegal aliens from Venezuela who were unvaccinated and can be traced to a single migrant boy who arrived in Chicago with the communicable disease, according to the Daily Mail. Fifty-seven cases were found in...

Alarming Virus Evolution – Scientists Identify First-Ever Mammal-to-Human Bird Flu Case

Texas Tech’s BTRL confirmed the first human case of HPAI A (H5N1) transmitted from a dairy cow, marking a significant milestone in understanding the virus’s transmission and prompting immediate and effective collaboration with the CDC for further research and response.

How Long Does Chicken Last in the Fridge?

Your Meat Expiration Date Questions, Answered

Child Rapists to Face Death Penalty

NEWSWEEK – Tennessee Governor Bill Lee has signed into a law a bill that would see those convicted of child rape be eligible to receive the death penalty. The law, which goes into effect on July 1, authorizes the state to pursue capital punishment when an adult is convicted of the aggravated rape of a child. Those who are convicted could be sentenced to death, imprisoned for life without possibility of parole, or simply imprisoned for...

Patients with female doctors have a lower risk of death or serious complications, research shows

A new study found that higher gender diversity on surgical teams was associated with a slightly lower chance of serious complications for patients after major, non-emergency surgical procedures.

Fast Food Forever: How McHaters Lost the Culture War

According to McDonald’s, which currently employs about 700,000 people in the United States, one out of every eight Americans has worked for the chain.

‘Failure to Thrive,’ or a Failure to Investigate?

Just as pediatricians were beginning to challenge the wisdom of this term, the use of “failure to thrive” spread to a new field, geriatrics.

McDonald’s is considering a $5 meal to win back customers. Here’s what you’d get.

CBS NEWS – McDonald's is considering adding a $5 meal to its menu across the U.S. as a way to coax customers back into its restaurants, according to a source familiar with the plans. The meal could include a choice of either a McChicken, a McDouble or four-piece chicken nuggets as well as fries and a drink, the person told CBS MoneyWatch. Leaders at McDonald's corporate offices are still in talks with franchise owners about introducing...

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