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The $2 Artificial Frozen Pizza
It takes over 30 ingredients, excluding vitamin and minerals, to make “America’s Best Selling Frozen Pizza.” The ingredients include mozzarella cheese substitute made with rennet casein, sodium aluminum phosphate, artificial color and 14 other ingredients. Real mozzarella cheese is made from milk…. The package photo shows a “supreme” pizza loaded ... more
Read moreIf You Love Junk Email – Sign Up at America’s Test Kitchen
If you watch America’s Test Kitchen (ATC) on PBS, you’re told you can find lots of useful information on their website. But there’s a catch. Recipes and ratings from the current season is free. Older recipes, ratings and online cooking school requires a paid membership. To view free recipes from their ... 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
Read moreHugh Jackman Tony Award Opening
On June 8, 2013, Australian entertainer Hugh Jackman opened Broadway’s 2014 Tony Awards presentation with a 5 minute hop, skip and jump performance from the red carpet in front of the theater, on stage, backstage and back on stage to sing the opening song. His performance blew me away. Within minutes the social media ... more
Read moreCooking Dry Beans
Advantages of Dry Beans Canned beans are convenient, but there are several reasons for buying and cooking dry beans instead of canned beans: Lower Cost More Variety Significantly Less Sodium BPA Free With dry beans you get just beans and no chemicals, additives or preservatives. Beans are an excellent source of ... more
Read moreLegumes Lower LDL Cholesterol
What to lower your LDL cholesterol and heart attack risk? Then give peas a chance and beans, chickpeas and lentils. A research study reported a 5 percent drop in blood LDL cholesterol by eating a three-quarter cup (180 ml) serving of legumes a day. Not bad for a food thats only ... more
Read moreEat a Handful of Nuts Per Day
Nuts are an in food! A handful a day may help you live longer, doctors say according to NBC news. The story went on to say people who eat nuts every day were 20 percent less likely to die from heart disease, cancer and other causes over 30 years. And ... more
Read moreAngus Beef vs Certified Angus Beef
Marketing wheels never stop turning. If sales are down or there is a need to boost profits begin promoting something old as if it were new. Sound familiar? The motive is getting uninformed consumers to spend more thinking they are buying a higher quality “premium” product. The recent trend is heavily promoting ... more
Read moreBuy 1 Get 2 Free Myth
Buy 1 Get 2 Free! According to marketing experts, Americans love things that are Free or Secret. Secrets are revealed every day. Usually, the “secret” is not a secret but common knowledge being labeled a secret to attract attention to a website, article, news story, blog post and television or radio ... more
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