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Not So Great Value
Store Brands and Savings Large corporations, like Walmart, spend tens to hundreds of millions of dollars advertising their low, low prices guaranteed to save you money. Store brand products are as common as national brands. Walmart has Great Value, Costco has Kirkland and Kirkland Signature, Kroger has multiple store brands. ... more
Read moreProtein Facts and Fiction
Want to look like a bodybuilder with six pack abs? The secret is adding more protein to your diet. At least, that is what websites and companies manufacturing and marketing protein powders, drinks, and bars want you to believe. I’m not sure how six pack abs came into being. Most ... more
Read moreWorld’s Dumbest Pizza
American pizza restaurants have developed some unique ideas for pizzas that turn the humble Italian pie into a creation that would makes Italian’s roll their eyes and wonder if Americans had lost their marble in addition to their senses. Pizza is one of the most ethnic popular foods in the ... more
Read moreNew Video Series Premiering December 2104
Fast Food Operating Room (OR), is a new series of videos premiering in December. This series of videos reveals what really makes up popular fast foods and processed foods manufactured and sold in the United States and around the world. Learn why many of these foods are truly junk foods ... more
Read more500 Calorie Cupcakes
Americans wonder why they are overweight and cannot lose weight. It can’t have anything to do with their diet. It must be genes or hormones or nasty bacteria and viruses that’s turned them from svelte to obese. The truth in most cases is the problem is their diet, lack of ... more
Read moreArizona Frys Foods Short Weights Chicken
One of the features of Italian Med Diet is providing accurate nutrition information for each recipe. To do this each ingredient must be weighed or measured. Measuring is easy using standardized measuring cups and spoons. Weighing can be tricky dependent on the accuracy of the scale used. Where’s The Rest ... more
Read moreAccentuate The Positive, Eliminate The Negative
Restaurant and food manufacturer marketing departs are always coming up with new ideas to get people into their restaurant or buy their products even when they are not as healthy as they claim. Here is a recent ad for a national chain steak restaurant. What parent doesn’t want their child ... more
Read moreWhat You See Isn’t What You Get
Welcome to a new series of posts comparing food photography used by the restaurant and food manufactures versus what you are actually served or buy. Is It Real or Is It Photoshop The food industry gets away with murder when it comes to their product photographs versus what you actually get ... more
Read moreReality Behind 100 Percent Beef Claims
Fast food restaurants have taken a beating regarding what exactly is in their all beef hamburger patties and ground beef taco filling. They claim using nothing but 100 percent beef. Here’s the reality behind 100 percent beef claims. Like many marketing terms used to sell products, 100 percent beef is meaningless like ... more
Read moreDr. Oz Testified Before United States Senate
On Tuesday June 17, 2013 Dr. Mehmet Oz testified before the United States Senate consumer protection subcommittee about the claims he made adopt weight-loss aids on this television show. Dr. Mehmet Oz is undoubtable the best know celebrity doctor with a daily television show promoting all sorts of secret and miracle ... more
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