Propaganda

I don’t know why it didn’t occur to me to check back in on our friends at Sweet Surprise. Perhaps I figured they’d give up on their advertising campaign promoting high fructose corn syrup? Thankfully not! If their last two commercials didn’t sway you, this one certainly will:
Sweet Surprise Ad 3 - Grab some popcorn (don’t [...]

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Thanks to Deadspin for the scoop. Jay Cutler, quarterback of the Denver Broncos, currently stars in commercials for McDonalds. Well, I probably would too if given the chance (and maybe donate my resulting paycheck to a worthy, health food related cause?), but not as a diabetic.

This isn’t quite like a lung cancer patient pitching cigarettes, [...]

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Thanks to both Fast Food News and The Accidental Hedonist for this bit of news.
Apparently, there is enough of a building consumer push towards healthier food that the industrial food complex (I love how evil that phrase sounds, don’t you?) is running political food ads. High fructose corn syrup is getting a bad rap these [...]

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Say it ain’t so! Forbes says yes, it so. A few days ago they published this article entitled Nine Ways Food Labels Mislead. (They created a fun slide-show for those who prefer coffee table books to novels.)
But that’s what I’m here for, to give you the highlights. Like this gem:

A 2006 study published in the American [...]

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