Mrs. Cardiology, Nutella, Palm Oil and Other Food Scares

Mars bars that went from twenty-five cents in the fifties to over a dollar today, Nutella, apricot kernels and whatchamacallits. In one way or another a food scare comes up every couple of months with recalls just precautionary, some real and others vastly exaggerated. But in most cases where is the science behind it? Mrs. Cardiollogy, health fire starter and sometimes "putter outer" wants to talk turkey or perhaps just Nutella and palm oil but nevertheless on how should you weigh the vast information available to you about food recalls, bans and just plain scares.