The Straight Scoop on Coffee

  So what is a discussion about coffee doing on a consumer web site?    Anything that costs consumers upwards of $1,000 per year seems to be worth analyzing.     Yup — that daily …

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Shootin’ at Gluten: How to Go Gluten-Free

So is gluten-free really a “fad diet”, as some suggest?  Will it result in Vitamin B deficiencies and fiber-deficient meals?  Should a gluten-free diet only be followed by people who have been diagnosed with celiac …

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SCAM ALERT: Zenith Labs Shady Detox Supplements

Detox:  you constantly see it mentioned but what does it mean?  Actually — nothing;  it’s a nebulous term used by snake oil-salesmen to sell products cloaked in pseudoscientific babble on late night television and throughout …

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SCAM ALERT: Pro-X10 Biotrust Probiotics

If you’ve come across Pro-X10 probiotic supplements hawked by Biotrust, we urge you to keep walking.  Don’t stop and don’t buy their overpriced placebo pills.  While probiotics can be healthful, the Biotrust marketers are promising …

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