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Researchers analyzed data from almost 43,000 men in the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study and found that those who drank one 12-oz. sugar-sweetened beverage a day had a 20 percent higher risk of heart disease than those who didn't drink any sugar-sweetened beverages. Another article: http://vitals.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/12/10656108-soda-drinking-men-at-higher-risk-for-heart-attack "Two sugary drinks a day was linked to a 42 percent increase in risk, while three was associated with a 69 percent increase."

What can I say? "Aarrrgh!" is not very coherent, and "Good grief" doesn't quite cover it. Treating an emergency with sugar pills that have once been in contact with water that was once in contact with poison is just offensive to all reason and logic.

A coalition of the nation's largest food makers on Thursday unveiled a plan to set new nutrition standards for foods that can be advertised to children. The standards include reducing sugar, salt, calories and trans fat and saturated fat. According to Kolish, about one-third of products currently advertised to kids don't meet the new nutrition criteria. By Dec. 31, 2013, products must meet the new standards or they can't be advertised to kids.

This is a sobering thought.