As predicted, Paula Deen made the official announcement that she is diabetic. Even though she was diagnosed 3 years ago, her reason for coming forward now is that she wants to help others. In reality, she’s coming forward with a profitable new partnership with drug maker Novo Nordisk, marketing a new “helpful” web site called [...]
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Yoplait Pink Ribbon Breast Cancer Scam
It pisses me off every October when I see the Yoplait Yogurt ads for their “Pink Ribbon/Lids Breast Cancer” marketing ploy. My biggest problem with Yoplait’s Pink Lid promotion, besides the obvious trick to gain more sales, is that highly processed, highly sugary food products like Yoplait Yogurt could possibly be one of the factors [...]
Don’t Fall for Perdue Chicken’s Bogus USDA Process Verification
I just saw the new {misleading} Perdue chicken TV commercial making a big fuss about their new USDA Process Verification. I’ve only seen the commercial once so far, so I’m going on what I remember, details are fuzzy. I’ll update when I can review the commercial again. Jim Perdue is having a press conference about [...]
Ken’s Healthy Options Dressing Contain Omega 3s
Okay, I’ve seen everything now! Salad dressing with Omega 3s!! Come on! Ken’s “Healthy Options” line of dressings contain fish oil so they could market it as containing Omega 3s! How crazy! The dressing contains less than 2% fish oil. It’s just my opinion, but if the fish oil doesn’t affect the taste of the [...]
Kymaro Body Shaper
Come on ladies, are you really that stupid to believe ads like the Kymaro Body Shaper? I am sorry, but just looking at the infomercial, it looks like this product is a piece of scammy crap! For one thing, the ads shout don’t bother with exercise, just put on one of these and you will [...]
