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V8 Juice: What it takes to convert original to the diet

V8 Juice: What it takes to convert original to the diet

[ 1 ] March 31, 2012 |

When occasionally plain pure water is not available, I choose V8 original vegetable juice with its only 50 calories per 8 OZ serving.  It’s a healthy stuff! The Diet V8 Splash  is a “diet” version of V8 Splash with “all the flavor and vitamins of regular V8 Splash—but with just 10 calories and 3 grams […]

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Swedish Fish: What do you chew?

Swedish Fish: What do you chew?

[ 0 ] March 28, 2012 |

Swedish Fish is a soft & chewy fish-shaped candy made in Canada. The fish is originated from in Sweden where it is generally much paler in color and more translucent. The taste also differs slightly, the Swedish version being less sweet but more fruit-flavored, especially the yellow one. Why, why so many American versions of […]

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CVS cough drops with Red 40

CVS cough drops with Red 40

[ 1 ] March 25, 2012 |

In America, Red 40 is the most-widely used dye, which is capable of inducing immune-system tumors in laboratory animals. The dye causes allergic reactions in a small number of consumers and may trigger hyperactivity in children. CSPI warns that considering the safety questions Red 40 should be excluded from foods unless and until new tests […]

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Spectravite Senior multivitamin with AZO DYES

Spectravite Senior multivitamin with AZO DYES

[ 0 ] March 21, 2012 |

Hidden azo dyes In today’s America you have to be extremely vigilant to keep your blood stream clear of sneaky artificial colorants and sweeteners. A while ago I was quite surprised to find yellow azo dyes in dried fruits: papaya and mango sold at Walmart stores. Quick thought followed: maybe they inject Red 3 or […]

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Crystal Light Energy Squeeze

Crystal Light Energy Squeeze

[ 0 ] March 17, 2012 |

I have already reviewed a number of popular energy drinks earlier. Here is simplistic and yet very straight forward analogy to consider. If your car doesn’t run very well there is a good chance that the quality of the gasoline is poor so either it doesn’t burn fast enough or it carries some stuff that […]

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Health effects of drinking sodas

Health effects of drinking sodas

[ 8 ] March 14, 2012 |

I don’t drink Coca-Cola, Pepsi or Dr Pepper. Why? Well, classic Coke contains too much sugar, 55 g per 0.5 L, so you have to run 2 miles to burn off a bottle of Coke. From the other hand, both diet and, especially, zero Coke are nothing else to me but chemically contaminated water. I […]

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belVita Biscuits: Worth trying!

belVita Biscuits: Worth trying!

[ 2 ] March 10, 2012 |

Last November Kraft Foods announced its intentions to introduce belVita in the USA, which was sold in Europe for the last decade (what took them so long to bring a healthy product to America?) marked the food company’s re-entrance into grain-based breakfasts. When I first spotted belVita Blueberry on Walmart shelves, I pulled out my […]

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Strawberry Glaze to mess up fresh fruit

Strawberry Glaze to mess up fresh fruit

[ 0 ] March 7, 2012 |

Strawberry is beautiful and healthy fruit. You may want to add some glaze to it, I can understand that. But what I do not understand is why the glaze should necessary be dyed with a dangerous azo compound, Red 40, which I have detected in Sweet Lava Strawberry Glaze (of Walmart) in the amount of […]

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Aspartame or Sugar: You Decide

Aspartame or Sugar: You Decide

[ 1 ] March 3, 2012 |

Quick fix syndrome. Americans, like people in other developed countries, commonly tend to overeat and then get obese and sick miserably (see America’s Health Rankings). What is even worse is that instead of quickly to cut our meals and start exercising we are looking for an easy solution, like “magic pill” or some effortless dodge […]

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Sierra Missed Natural lemon-lime

Sierra Missed Natural lemon-lime

[ 0 ] February 28, 2012 |

Sierra Mist Natural lemon-lime soda looks like an attempt to lurk you into buying 0.5 L of water sweetened with 62 g of sugar under the pretension of something bigger than that. Trying to convince you the manufacturer, PepsiCo, throws redundant statements at you: No artificial ingredients; lemon-lime and other natural flavors; 100% natural flavors; […]

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