Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 CAI told NewsTarget that within 30 minutes after the call-to-action announcement went live, PepsiCo's consumer phone lines were no longer being answered and would not allow callers to leave voice mails. pepsi executives reportedly held an emergency meeting and made a decision to add the phrase, "Public water source" to Aquafina labels.
Reluctantly admitting a small part of the truth
Even then, the phrase "public water source" isn't very descriptive. To some people, the phrase simply implies that Aquafina is itself a public water source. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 It's easy to sell pepsi, cigarettes and lotto tickets to people in a country like Panama, for example, where the education level remains low and people are easily tricked into thinking that western products will make them happier. pepsi, in fact, is the dominant consumer product throughout most of Central and South America. You can hardly travel anywhere south of the U.S. / Mexico border without being inundated with pepsi propaganda. The pepsi logo is more prominent than images of the Virgin Mary or the Pope, even though many South and Central American populations are Catholic. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 This grassroots consumer action aimed at Coca-Cola follows the hugely successful effort launched earlier this year to pressure pepsi into making the same admission on its own branded water product: Aqua Fina. As reported by NewsTarget on August 2 of this year, pepsi was bombarded by consumer complaints and, in response, agreed to add the phrase "Public water source" to their bottles. As I mentioned in that article, it's not a crystal clear phrase that openly admits the water comes from the tap, but it's a step in the right direction. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| Mexico border without being inundated with pepsi propaganda. The pepsi logo is more prominent than images of the Virgin Mary or the Pope, even though many South and Central American populations are Catholic. (It's quite clear what they actually worship!)
These international product invasions are important to the bottom line of U.S. corporations, of course, who are expanding their propaganda campaigns to non-U.S. countries following the wising up of American consumers. Only uneducated, ignorant consumers drink soft drink products in America these days. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| My take on the issue
If you want an example of two companies engaged in hyping worthless beverages, look no further than Coke and pepsi. In my opinion, both of these companies operate with an astonishing lack of integrity -- not only in the way they hype their bottled water products, but also in their ongoing marketing of beverages that I am convinced are closely tied to the obesity and diabetes pandemics now ravaging our world.
Coke and pepsi have, in my opinion, played a significant role in the destruction of human health among advanced nations over the last three generations. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| Mexico border without being inundated with pepsi propaganda. The pepsi logo is more prominent than images of the Virgin Mary or the Pope, even though many South and Central American populations are Catholic. (It's quite clear what they actually worship!)
These international product invasions are important to the bottom line of U.S. corporations, of course, who are expanding their propaganda campaigns to non-U.S. countries following the wising up of American consumers. Only uneducated, ignorant consumers drink soft drink products in America these days. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 Forget about Coke and pepsi. Support small sustainable farms, organic farms, family farms, your local food co-ops and your local farmer's market.
Another, huge step you can take is to have your own garden. Grow heirloom plants, not hybrid plants, so you can save your seeds and use them generation after generation. The very act of saving and using seeds is, in its own way, a respectful ritual for nature. Who knows? Someday you may have to depend on those seeds, because all the other corporate seeds out there have terminated themselves and can't be counted on anymore. |
Andreas Moritz
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 It has recently been proven that women who drink one regular soda such as Coke or pepsi per day have an 83 percent chance of developing diabetes. (One can of soda contains about 12 teaspoons of sugar or the equivalent amount of high fructose corn syrup, amounting to 200 calories.) However, sugar pales as a cause for diabetes when compared with meat.
If you eat concentrated protein foods such as meat or chicken, your body requires much insulin to synthesize proteins from the amino acids derived from these foods. |
| Research from a British university suggests a common preservative found in drinks such as Coca-Cola, Fanta and pepsi Max has the ability to switch off vital parts of DNA—a problem more usually associated with aging and alcohol abuse. This can eventually lead to cirrhosis of the liver and degenerative diseases such as Parkinson's. The findings reveal serious consequences for the hundreds of millions of people worldwide who consume carbonated beverages. They also reopen the debate about food additives, which have been linked to hyperactivity in children. |
| The suits allege that the food companies committed fraud and breach of warranty by marketing products to the public such as Diet Coke, Diet pepsi, sugar-free gum, Flintstone's vitamins, yogurt and children's aspirin with the full knowledge that aspartame, the sweetener in them, is neurotoxic. Although such lawsuits can last many years, they bring an increased awareness about the fraudulent practices of the pharma-medical and food industries to the unsuspecting population.
Aspartame is a drug masquerading as an additive. |
Jonathan V. Wright, M.D. and Alan R. Gaby, M.D.
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 Get rid of the doughnuts, pastries, other white-Hour and sugar products, the pepsi and other soft drinks. Drop out of the 'Pepsi de-generation!'"
"How about drinking milk?"
"In general, cow's milk should be reserved for little cows. If you like 'milk-type' products, there are many types and flavors of soy milk, rice milk, and almond milk available in all the natural-food stores and now in most grocery stores. |
Jacky Law
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 PepsiCo, in contrast, only spent $125 million advertising pepsi that same year. The drug money was well spent. Sales of Vioxx rose to $1.5 billion, 3.6 times what it had earned in 1999,7 and this can be taken as some indication of the enormous untapped demand for drugs that promise better quality pain relief - and therefore the reason why such promises should approximate to the truth. By the time Vioxx was withdrawn in September 2004 it was earning $2.5 billion a year and more than 100 million prescriptions had been filled in the US alone. |
Tori Hudson, N.D.
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 Due to the high intake of soft drinks in the United States, we can probably expect to see increased osteoporosis in the "Pepsi generation" for many years to come. The American per-capita consumption of soft drinks is about three quarts per week.
Other nutritional factors also accelerate calcium loss and may be implicated in osteoporosis. Refined sugar may raise the risk for osteoporosis by increasing the loss of calcium from the body and by causing a significant increase in fasting serum Cortisol levels. |
Henry Hobhouse
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 Nor is it easy to analyze the chemical distinctions between Coke and pepsi, though consumers always claim to be able to tell the difference.
There is an important mythic biochemical difference between the two drinks—Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola—apart from any differences arising from commercial rivalry. From the first, Candler, days of 1891 it was always said in the South that Coca-Cola was a useful spermicide. As a post-coital douche, Coca-Cola was claimed to be in wide use by 1910. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| Coke and pepsi have, in my opinion, played a significant role in the destruction of human health among advanced nations over the last three generations. Not only do they aggressively market disease-promoting beverages containing high-fructose corn syrup (linked to diabetes) and phosphoric acid (linked to osteoporosis), but they also use another chemical substance in their diet drinks that many naturopathic practitioners consider to be a neurological poison: Aspartame! |
Shannon Brownlee
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 As NIH director Elias Zer-houni recently put it, "We don't do Coke versus pepsi."
We need an institution that is dedicated to providing independent, reputable medical research that can lead directly to improving clinical practice.
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One of its first jobs would be assessing the current evidence available for drugs. For instance, the ALLHAT trial has already shown that diuretics, which cost pennies a day, should be the first line of defense against high blood pressure. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 It's classic American contradiction: Returning a Mattel toy at the local toy store while taking your child to a dentist to have mercury implanted in the cavities caused by all the soda the kid consumed at home (because the parents keep buying Coke and pepsi). If it all weren't so downright tragic, it would almost be funny.
Almost. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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 And from now through January, we will all get to witness free market gluttony at its best: Commercially-driven caloric consumption sponsored by Kraft, or pepsi, or Snickers or practically any food or beverage manufacturer you can imagine. They're all in this together, and in order for them to profit over the next quarter, consumers have to CONSUME! |
Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D.
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 A recent pepsi ad celebrated teens who had been arrested for downloading music illegally."
Previously, health advocates also were horrified by a dubious marketing tactic by soda companies to reach parents of nutrient-needy babies: they licensed their logos to a large manufacturer of baby bottles. "Infants and toddlers are four times likelier to be fed soda pop out of those bottles than out of regular baby bottles," fumed Dr. Michael Jacobson, CSPI's executive director. |
Andreas Moritz
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| Aspartame and Other Sweet Killer Drugs
Aspartame is the sweetener in Diet Coke, Diet pepsi and thousands of "diet" foods. Donald Rumsfeld, who once was the CEO of a major drug company, managed to bring this poisonous food/drug to market during the Reagan administration. He used his political influence to quash an FDA toxicologist's report naming aspartame as a cause of not only cancer, but brain tumors as well. |
Jack Challem
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 If you drink just one can of regular Coke, pepsi, or Mountain Dew a day, all that sugar can pack on fifteen pounds over the course of a year. That alone can put you on the fast track to prediabetes.
Consider soft drinks a source of stealth calories. Serving sizes have increased substantially over the years, contributing to a growth in waist sizes. During the first half of the twentieth century, Coke and other soft drinks were sold either as fountain drinks or in 6.5-ounce bottles. |
| Fuelosophy drinks have the same amount of sugars as an equal quantity of regular pepsi but almost twice the calories.
The calorie- and sugar-rich Frappucino beverages from Starbucks are nothing more than caffeinated dessert drinks. A Venti-size (20-ounce) Banana Coconut Frappucino with whipped cream packs 730 calories— about one half of a woman's daily caloric requirement—and a quarter-pound (119 grams) of sugars. A Tazo Iced Green Tea Latte might sound healthier, but the Venti (24-ounce) size has 350 calories and 51 grams of sugars. |
| For example, Wild Oats' Organic Limeade might sound like a great drink to quench your thirst, but an 8-ounce glass has 100 calories and 30 grams of sugars—the same as 8 ounces of Coke or pepsi!
Nature's Choice Multigrain Blueberry Cereal Bars might seem like a quick, healthy breakfast. One bar provides 150 calories and 29 grams of carbs, but more than half of those carbs are pure sugar. Similarly, Nature's Path Apple Cinnamon Toaster Pastries contain 210 calories each, with 18 grams of sugars and 22 grams of other carbs. They're basically desserts masquerading as breakfast foods. |
Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D.
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| Nestle, Coke, pepsi, Cadbury Schweppes, Hershey, Kraft, ConAgra, ADM, Cargill, M&M/Mars, Tyson, Campbell's, etc.—there isn't a mainstream food company that isn't using high-fructose corn syrup," one source points out. "They're making a profit at the health expense of the consumer."
Marketing of Sweets and Quickie-Carb Snacks Influences Our Buying Patterns
Clearly, companies making soda, cookies, crackers, cereals, candies, donuts, and other sugary and quickie-carb foods are caught in an awkward predicament. |
| Model Cindy Crawford has pushed both pepsi and Pizza Hut.
Baseball player Sammy Sosa and singer Christina Aguilera put their backing behind Coca-Cola.
Basketball star Michael Jordan lent his clout to selling Gatorade.
Venus and Serena Williams smilingly favored Wrigley's Doublemint chewing gum.
Actress Christina Applegate allegedly revealed to a reporter, "I did a commercial once where I ate 50 bowls of Frosted Flakes." (Are we supposed to be sympathetic that she was forced to take a sugar overdose?)
Even entire sports teams have backed sugary foods. |
Jack Challem
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 The caffeine in coffee (and in many soft drinks, such as Coke, pepsi, Red Bull, SoBe No Fear, Full Throttle, Monster, and Mountain Dew) can contribute to impatience and irritability.
Examples: Water might seem a bit boring, but a wedge of lemon, lime, or orange can make it more interesting to your palate. Mineral waters, especially European brands, have appreciable amounts of calcium and magnesium, which are good for the body and mind. Green, black, and white teas contain caffeine (less than coffee, though), but the effect of the caffeine is often neutralized by their L-theanine content. |
Brigitte Mars, A.H.G.
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 Edible Uses
The leaves are edible and were once an ingredient in root beer and pepsi. Both the stems and the roots make a pleasant wintergreen-tasting tea. In Mexico pipssisewa is an ingredient in navaitai, an alcoholic beverage made from fermented corn.
Other Uses
Pipssisewa is a good ground cover. The flowers are used in perfumery. In folkloric tradition, it is carried to attract positive energy and prosperity. |
Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D.
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| For instance, 27 percent of commercials in 100 shows aired on Channel One during the five-year period from 1997 to 2002 were for junk food or sweet drinks such as Mountain Dew, pepsi, Mug Root Beer, Snickers, Twix, Juicy Fruit Gum, Hostess Cupcakes, and Gatorade, tallied up Jim Metrock, president of Obligation, Inc., a Birmingham, Alabama-based children's advocacy media watchdog group.
... But the Tide Has Turned as Soft Drinks Are Banned from U.S. |
Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
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| Knowing the true history of Coca-Cola and pepsi (click here to read the unauthorized history of Coca-Cola), it's no surprise that these two companies would find a way to dishonestly market bottled water products, too. Failing to disclose the real source of these bottled water products is, in my view, an inexcusable lapse in corporate responsibility. I have no doubt that whatever products these two companies may market in the future, they will always be marketed in a way that is dishonst, harmful to human health and damaging to the environment. |
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