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Much Truth In Art

I came across these Photoshops of corporate logos on Worth1000.com this week. Here are a few that I found especially perfect.

Head over to the Worth1000.com to check out the rest of them.

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What Happened to Just Drinking Water?

Photo courtesy of Lost At E Minor
Last night, I just had to finally catch an episode of The American Gladiators. While that was on, I caught a commercial for Propel fitness water. You can watch the video at that link.
The basic premise is that many vitamin-enhanced waters have 125 calories per bottle. [...]

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NutriPals “Balanced Nutrition” Bars

I’ve decided that I can no longer ignore the ridiculous advertisements peddling sugary concoctions to kids (and adults) under the guise of “health” or “balanced nutrition”. Today’s lucky ducky is the line of bars from PediaSure known as “NutriPals Balanced Nutrition Snacks,” namely because I saw them on TV in the gym yesterday while [...]

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Who Owns Your Favorite Organic Brands?

Here are two images from the latest Organic Consumers newsletter showing organic brands owned by major food manufacturers and independent organic manufacturers. It’s interesting that most of the organic products that are found in a typical supermarket are from the conglomerates, rather than the independents. The only independents that I can recall seeing [...]

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