Other FAQs

“Don’t judge a book by its cover,” we’ve been advised since childhood.  But how about judging a food by its label? Food labels are cluttered with information, in both big print and small, intended to both inform you and entice you to buy. Some of it is accurate, complete, and useful; some may, at times, be incorrect, misleading, and even deliberately deceptive.  Does the government make any effort to keep labels honest?  Is the nutritional information correct? In the Q/As below, two scientists on our Advisory Board and many other reliable sources provide answers to some key questions.

Time was, the only defense for eating chocolate was that, momentarily at least, it made us ecstatically happy. As it melted over our taste buds, the brain registered sheer joy and the thrill of being royally indulged. Now we know why chocolate creates all these pleasant emotions.