Saw this article in yesterday’s press.
I won’t duplicate it here, but the section titles are listed below:
- The sun is behind global warming
- The Maldives aren’t sinking (nor is Tuvalu)
- CO2 levels are not at unprecendented highs
- Polar Bears are not dying out
- And neither are Penguins
- The Gulf Stream is not under threat
- Global warming could be good for us
- There are few ‘bad’ foods
- Organic food is not better for you
- There’s no need to cut back on salt
- Turkey Twizzlers are fine
- We don’t know what causes heart disease
- Eggs rarely contain salmonella
- Cholesterol in the diet doesn’t cause fatty deposits in arteries
- There is probably little difference in the effect of saturated and unsaturated fats
- Salt doesn’t cause high blood pressure in normal people
- Mercury fillings are probably harmless
I’ve said before that taking salt out of food is making it taste like crap!
Mini Cheddars have been screwed up by taking it out, most Chinese takeaways have been screwed up (especially the rice, which they now cook in plain water instead of salted), Cornish Pasties usually taste like cardboard because the salt is gone, Pot Noodles the same… the list goes on. Indian restaurants appear to have used a little more common sense (except the ones who offer ‘healthy’ options – what the hell is a curry without oil and salt in it?)
The article was apparently extracted from a forthcoming book: Global Warming And Other Bollocks: The Truth About All Those Science Scare Stories by Professor Stanley Feldman and Professor Vincent Marks. I fancy a look at that to see what the evidence for these claims is.