Propaganda

Have you ever wondered? I mean, aside from the occasional “other white meat” advertisement - we see relatively few campaigns for whole foods. Eat Bananas? Consume Rice? No - you only see ads for milk.

Shouldn’t we all be asking why? As a general rule, you should be wary of health claims on food. Often it [...]

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Although I have been privately criticized for my love for Whole Foods (because there are other, local grocery stores that care more about local food), I love it. You can imagine my disappointment when I walked into the Whole Foods on Arapahoe and Broadway in Boulder on Earth Day to this:

Really? Promoting Earth Day with [...]

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Or at least, the new commercials would have you believe.

The US Department of Health and Human Services has a… department? … division? … group? … called The National Women’s Health Information Center (Office on Women’s Health) running a campaign: The Heart Truth.
Apparently they thought it would be a good idea to partner with…Diet Coke!?!?!…to remind [...]

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This graph shows you why the Sweet Surprise campaign promoting High Fructose Corn Syrup effectively shot itself in the foot. The top blue line represents worldwide Google searches for the phrase “high fructose corn syrup” since 2004. The bottom blue line represents the number of times “high fructose corn syrup” appeared in Google News stories [...]

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