Volume 6 Videos

Watch videos from Volume 6

• October 17, 2011
  Alkaline Water: a Scam?

  Hawkers of "ionizer" water machines (like Kangen) claim healing alkaline water benefits; skeptics call it snake oil. They both may be wrong.
• October 18, 2011
  Is Potassium Sorbate Bad for You?

  Is the preservative used to prevent mold growth in foods such as cheese, yogurt, wine, dried meat, pickles, apple cider, and many herbal dietary supplements harmful for humans?
• October 19, 2011
  Nation’s Diet in Crisis

  Survey reveals the vast majority of Americans are not eating healthy even by U.S. dietary guideline standards.
• October 20, 2011
  Dietary Guidelines: Corporate Guidance

  Nearly 2,000 comments were submitted to the U.S. Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee. Watch what the Sugar Association, National Cattlemen's Beef Association, and the chewing gum company Wrigley's..
• October 21, 2011
  Dietary Guidelines: With a Grain of Big Salt

  The National Dairy Council teams up with the Salt Institute to downplay the risk of sodium in the American diet.
• October 24, 2011
  Food Industry “Funding Effect”

  He who pays the piper calls the tune: studies funded by the dairy and soda industries appear to be more biased than even studies funded by drug companies.
• October 25, 2011
  Dietary Guidelines: USDA Conflicts of Interest

  The mission of the U.S. Department of Agriculture is to promote agribusiness. At the same time, USDA is the agency primarily tasked with developing the nutrition guidelines.
• October 26, 2011
  Dietary Guidelines: Just Say No

  What happens when the twin mandates of the USDA to both promote agribusiness and protect our nation's health come into conflict?