Maintenance Phase

The rags-to-riches tale of how an illegal methamphetamine manufacturer became a legal methamphetamine manufacturer.
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How the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 Weakened the FDA
Mad About Metabolife
Stimulant Propels Diet Empire
The dangers of the herb ephedra - Harvard Health 
An Historical Review of Steps and Missteps in the Discovery of Anti-Obesity Drugs 
Weight Loss the Herbal Way: No All-Natural Silver Bullet
Over-the-Counter-Strategy - The Washington Post 
Anxious Pill-Maker Puts ABC Interview on the Web
A 'Neutral' Comment, a Company's Tough Reaction
Metabolife Intern., Inc. v. Wornick (S.D. Cal. 1999) 
Ephedra hearings in the US House of Representatives 
Expert Panel Finds Flaws In Diet Pill Safety Study
Letter Urging a Criminal Investigation of Metabolife - Public Citizen 
Perspective; Regulation of Dietary Drugs Is Long Overdue
No Limit, for Now, on a Dieting Supplement
U.S. Bans Dietary Supplement Linked to Number of Deaths
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Once widely banned, raw milk consumption is on the rise and states are repealing their bans. No one’s happier about that than the far right. How did we get here?
NOTE: In the retelling of Pasteur’s early pasteurization, Aubrey misspoke! The culprit wasn’t lactic yeast, it was lactic acid bacteria. Sorry for the slip up!
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Milk!: A 10,000 Year Food Fracas
U.S. Consumer survey
The Effects of Pasteurization on Vitamins
Lingering Heat over Pasteurized Milk
How pasteurization improves safety
Swill-Milk and Infant Mortality
Alta Dena (Court case 1, Court case 2, Alta Dena's raw milk history)
A Raw Milk Magnate Has Spent Years Fighting Public Health Agencies
Should This Milk Be Legal?
The Amish farmer who ignited outrage over raw milk
Why Are People Promoting Raw Milk? 
The Quest for Raw Milk
Some Raw Truths About Raw Milk
Right Wing Commentators Are Pushing Misinformation
How Raw Milk Went From Hippie to MAGA 
Here's why raw milk drinkers need to be concerned about bird flu
Influencers promote raw milk 
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One blogger bravely pushes back against Starbucks, Subway and basic scientific facts.

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Taking On the Food Industry, One Blog Post at a Time
How the ‘Food Babe’ Went From Obama Ally to Trump Crusader
Activist or Capitalist? How the 'Food Babe' Makes Money
Latest Food Scare: What Is The 'Yoga Mat' Chemical - And Why Is It In Your Food? 
Almost 500 Foods Contain The 'Yoga Mat' Compound. Should We Care? 
Are You Eating This Ingredient Banned All Over the World?
The "Food Babe" Blogger is Full of Shit 
Are Microwaves Safe? 
Global Food Security Index 2022 
Differences between EU and US nutrition labels go far beyond ounces and grams
Is Food Really Better in Europe?
Vani Hari: How She Grew Her Food Blog Into An Empire
Food blogger asks Kraft to stop using dye in mac and cheese
Meet the food blogger influencing RFK Jr.
Food Babe blogger Vani Hari taking heat over health science 
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Why are you, as a man, afraid of sunflowers.
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The O6-O3 ratio: A critical appraisal
Seed Oils: Are They Actually Toxic?
No need to avoid healthy omega-6 fats
Omega-6 Fatty Acids and Risk for Cardiovascular Disease
Do Seed Oils Make You Sick?
Seed oils: Are they healthy or harmful?
ToxGuide: Hexane
Dietary linoleic acid intake and blood inflammatory markers
Effect of dietary alpha-linolenic acid on blood inflammatory markers
Changes in consumption of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids
The Skinny on Fats
Dietary oleic acid drives obesogenic adipogenesis
How Seed Oils May Be Affecting Your Body Fat and Health
Stanford nutrition expert breaks down effects of seed oils
The Newest Bitcoin Diet Trend Is Hating ‘Seed Oils’
Omega-6 Fatty Acids and Coronary Artery Disease
The Great Con-ola
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We’re talking about our first diet MLM and IT’S A REAL DOOZY!
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Herbalife: Weighty Profits and Government Probes 
Herbalife Exec's Death Prompts Bizarre Fallout
Autopsy on Herbalife founder finds death caused by accidental overdose 
The Uncertain Start of a Remarkable Life
Nobel Prize Winner Didn't Disclose Herbalife Contract 
Latinos crucial to Herbalife's financial health
Latino Group Demands Herbalife Probe
The Big Short War 
The Siege of Herbalife
After Big Bet, Hedge Fund Pulls the Levers of Power
Herbalife Will Restructure and Pay $200 Million to Settle FTC Charges 
An inside look at the $200 million FTC settlement 
U.S. says Herbalife to pay $123.1 million to resolve China bribery case 
Herbalife announces new CEO to lead the L.A. nutrition company

Clips!
Mark Hughes' origin story
Senate committee hearing 
Celebrity endorsement
Former Herbalife Distributors Speak Out
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