The first issue that comes to mind when reading the below article is the recent media blitz by the corn industry, with their ads touting the “benefits” of high fructose corn syrup.
Read this article from U.S. News & World Report, which tells how Pepsi (of all companies), is supposedly trying to get kids healthier…yeah right:
10 Things the Food Industry Doesn’t Want You to Know
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Now let us know some examples YOU can think of, when food companies attempt to “help us get healthy”, but you know it’s either a big farce, or they’re grossly misinformed about what is really beneficial to our health.
- Is Corn Making Us Fat?
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- What’s so bad about soda pop?
- Creamed Soup Alternatives
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Anna 11.16.08 at 11:00 pm
“as well as to more nutritious products such as Quaker Oatmeal and Tropicana Orange Juice.”
Since when is a glass of concentrated liquid sugar and a solid bar of concentrated sugar healthy?
Kelly, you must have seen that coming! LOL
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Michigan Mom2three 11.17.08 at 4:29 am
Aw NUTS. I just left a nice lengthy comment…… but for some reason it deleted when I pushed the “post” button.
Okay – well, to try again, more succicntly this time….
I did finish the article. What is appalling to me is the spin that the food industry puts on everything. Like the “smart spot” business that Pepsi is doing – GIVE ME A BREAK. Rather than put a “lable” on a “healthy food choice in a category” (i.e. low fat doritos), how about just NOT eating doritos!
Ah, well – I had more to say – but I’m not going to type it out again….
Shauna
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MidniteSiren 11.17.08 at 6:10 am
How about the corn syrup ads that are now on TV?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEbRxTOyGf0
It boggles the mind that this is allowed.
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Anna 11.24.08 at 1:05 pm
I’m not really bothered that this sort of advertising is allowed, because frankly, I don’t want a government agency or bureaucrat making decisions for me, nor do I want a lot of censorship. What I do want is to be well informed so I can make my own decisions.
I think this is an area where many people are greatly misinformed and a bit naive, in terms of how much truth is required in mass media messages. They make assumptions that there are “truth filters” in place in the media, so if these messages make it through to the public, then they must be true or at least have some truth. But that’s not so, one needs to think critically whenever we come across this propaganda.
I remember when the pet food contamination scandal hit. I knew many who were very shocked to learn that there are minimal regulations for the pet food industry. Regulations are useful in a “blind” commerce situation, such as when consumers buy from entities that are impersonal and anonymous, but not as necessary when the transactions are more personal.
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