This Medical Advice on Sugary Soft Drinks Brought to You By…Coca Cola
Coca Cola has joined forces with, wait for it, the American Academy of Family Physicians to provide unbiased advice on the use of sugary soft drinks in a well-balanced diet.
According to the Associated Press, in exchange for the six-figure bribe, Coke will ‘…provide education built on sound science‘, according to Coke spokeswoman Diana Garza Chialante. Didn’t the tobacco industry do something like that?
Here’s my favorite quote: “The idea is “to develop educational materials to help consumers make informed decisions so they can include the products they love in a balanced diet and healthy lifestyle,” the academy’s president-elect, Dr. Lori Heim, said at the time.
Personally, I love poison. Or would if it was available at Trader Joe’s. Especially when coated with dark chocolate like everything else there. I just wish that the Poison Industry had Coke’s foresight to fight the unfair rap that poison has gotten in the medical and nutritional communities. Taken in moderation, like Coke or congealed cheesesteak grease, it likely won’t even kill you, claims from so-called scientists and nutritionists notwithstanding.
Other corporate contributors to the Academy include the drug companies, McDonald’s, Pepsico, and the beef industry. Just remember that the next time you go to www.FamilyDoctor.org.
Tags: Coke, Medicine, Trader Joe's
Elsewhere, in a coup for House Democrats, AARP will endorse their version of sweeping health care legislation Thursday which includes a stronger PO than the Senate version and strips the Health Insurance industry of its bogus anti-trust exemption. AARP has 40 million members.
I think you would be unwise to assume that any organization of allopaths really has an interest in science.
This is part of the desperate effort to stave off taxes on soda. Their lobbyists are also trial-ballooning the idea that “it’s not worth taxing it because it wouldn’t raise all that much money.” If the American politicians will swallow that one, I believe it will mark a new low in respect for the intelligence of the electorate.
Which cash-strapped state will launch the first tax on soda? It will require a gutsier legislature than our own, but it’ll be on the table this year, deservedly. I hope the pioneer state doesn’t fall for any lo-cal exception.
Beware of processed food producers bearing gifts. See column by the terrific Karen Heller:
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/64659457.html
JM: California, naturally, is one of those considering it. And I agree that diet sodas should not be exempt. The products should be taxed not because they’re bad for you, but, per Adam Smith, because they are luxuries — tiny ones, yes, which should make the tax on them all the more (relatively) painless.
Is there a bacon lobby? If not, there should be.
“Is there a bacon lobby?”
Yep, there is:
http://twitter.com/baconbacon
” * Name The Bacon Lobby
* Location Denver, Colorado
* Web http://sizzology.com/blog/2008/10/obama-bacon-man-sizzling-dance-video/
* Bio We’re making an album. 12 Songs About Bacon. We released a song: Bacon Man. It’s about Obama. It’s a dance track.”
The Bacon Lobby is governed by “Pork Fat Rules”.
Ba-dum-bump.
Oh, and here’s someone’s list featuring the “Top 5 Songs About Bacon”:
http://fivebestlist.blogspot.com/2008/01/five-bestbacon-songs.html
Gotta love this lyric from #1. From Zack Attack’s “Incomin’ Bacon”:
You know, baby, I don’t really dig
Flyin’ strips of Porky Pig
Incomin’ bacon
Duck ‘n’ cover
She’s hurlin’ bacon at her brother
Duck ‘n’ cover
She’s hurlin’ bacon at her brother
Ow!
Great greasy art don’t get no better than that.