Will Irresponsible Advertising Continue on TV?

This article appeared on MSNBC.com which clearly states to "Skip all Soda", a first step in a well known diet plan -The Vice Busting Diet - due to the high amounts of sugar and therefore calories and the unhealthy nature of those beverages. But with Coca-Cola being one of the biggest corporate advertisers in the world, you find it hard to believe that such a recommendation would be given on the network's website. These are good points in this article, but you don't usually here this one on such a site because they would not want to offend their big money advertisers. This is why you never see a 'Skip all Fatty Fast Foods" because the biggest fast food restaurant in the would never allow it. Nonetheless, here is an excerpt of the article --

Let it slip that you’re trying to slim down and suddenly everyone you meet is a weight loss expert. Don’t eat white food, they’ll say. Drink gallons of water. Don’t eat after 5 P.M.

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Skip all soda
At roughly 225 calories a pop, a 20-ounce bottle packs nearly the same calories as a chocolate bar but is far less satisfying. Diet soda is no body bargain, either. For every can you sip daily, your risk of becoming overweight rises by 37 percent, researchers at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio found. Other studies hint at why: Regular use of artificial sweeteners may interfere with the body’s ability to estimate calories you’ve ingested, so you eat beyond what you need. Read more...

Comments: There's no doubt that this is helpful advice on ways to reduce the unhealthy calories in order to reach a healthy weight. But be sure as you embark on any changes in your diet, that you're doing so with the intention that you're going to live a healthy life. The by-product of those changes will be a healthy body, and you'd certainly like to maintain that healthy and fit body for good. So start with some simple changes and work up to a permanently healthy lifestyle. You can help your efforts with a sensible meal plan. If you are interested in a meal plan to assist with your weight loss and health, Medifast provides a diet that makes it easy to plan the foods and meals you will eat. Click here - Medifast - to try the Medifast diet meal plan to help you get started losing weight. Medifast is physician-developed.

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