If you can’t diet or exercise it off, you can now try to freeze or zap it off. The Food and Drug Administration gave the green light for new weight loss treatments: one that freezes fat cells and another that uses a low-energy laser to shrink them.
Freezing Fat: FDA Green Lights Weight-Loss Treatment Zeltiq – ABC News
Fat Thanks to Chami P. for the tip!
On September 14, the Corn Refiner’s Association said in a press release posted on its website that it has asked the Food and Drug Administration to allow manufacturers of high fructose corn syrup, or HFCS, to use the name “corn sugar” instead of high fructose corn syrup.
The FDA considers HFCS as natural, even though critics point out that this sweetener consisting of both glucose and fructose is in reality, not found in corn. This product is made by enzymatically converting some portion of glucose, which is derived from corn starch, into fructose.
Use of high fructose corn syrup has been linked to an increased risk of overweight and obesity, among other things.
foodconsumer.org – Corn sugar new name proposed for high fructose corn syrup
