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Sugar Shock!: How Sweets and Simple Carbs Can Derail Your Life-- and How YouCan Get Back on Track Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

They're pursuing several angles, including over-aggressive marketing, advertising aimed at children, unfair or deceptive marketing practices, soda companies' exclusive pouring rights contracts, and misleading and inaccurate labeling (such as advertising a product as "low fat" without stating that it's high in sugar and calories).

If there's one lesson to be learned from the Miles 'light' cigarette lawsuit brought against Philip Morris, it is that the stock markets can severely punish the perception of deceptive marketing practices or misrepresentation," says London-based JP Morgan senior food analyst Arnaud Langlois. "Even if nothing illegal emerges during the process of trials (assuming they get to that stage), we believe food companies may find it embarrassing to see courts shedding light on some of their marketing practices," Langlois continues. "Were children the main targets? Were obese people targeted?

Don't Go Shopping for Hair-Care Products Without Me Paula Begoun See book keywords and concepts

For this book, I wanted to include all the information I could to provide you with as much information as possible to help you understand the sales pitches so you can focus on a product's quality, realistic performance, and "feel," and not be taken in by deceptive marketing and advertising practices.

If you decide to follow any of my suggestions, be aware that my recommendations are not a guarantee, but rather suggestions as to how to narrow down the endless options the hair-care industry sells and how to approach their relentless, deceptive marketing language more realistically. It is my earnest desire to help you choose from this very crowded field so you can make the best choices possible, but the final choice is yours. Hair Note: For all the reviews that follow, it is assumed that chemically treated hair is not automatically a hair type.

Consumer fraud alert: Swiss Diamond non-stick cookware made with same chemical as Teflon Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Based on what I have learned and will share with you here through photographs, web page snapshots, videos and microscopic evidence, it is my personal opinion that the Swiss Diamond company is engaged in deceptive marketing based on false and misleading claims about the chemical composition and durability of their non-stick cookware products. I believe that consumers are being fooled into buying Swiss Diamond pans based on the false impression that these pans are Teflon free and that the non-stick surface is made primarily of diamonds. As you will learn here, this is far from the truth.

Once exposed, companies like this try to eliminate the evidence as quickly as possible and act like they were never engaged in any kind of deceptive marketing practices or product claims. The most likely outcome of all this, of course, is that the Swiss Diamond company will threaten me with legal action for daring to go public with the truth about their products.

Medicine at gunpoint: Seattle mother arrested for "kidnapping" her own baby to seek alternative treatments Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Marshals are routinely recruited by conventional medicine "enforcers" to terrorize selected targets in order to send a message to the rest of the population that they must submit to the treatments of conventional medicine, even when such treatments are provably harmful to patients or based on fraudulent science and deceptive marketing claims. The tactics of such campaigns mirror those of terrorist cells, which rely on violence or the threat of violence to achieve a political goal.

Unsafe snacks? New "Natural" Doritos contains yeast extract Mike Adams, the Health Ranger See article keywords and concepts

Because of this, it is my personal opinion that the Frito-Lay company is engaged in deceptive marketing practices by promoting a product as "natural" that admittedly contains yeast extract. Baby food manufacturers voluntarily removed MSG from their products decades ago after realizing just how damaging MSG is to the brains of infants and young children. So why is Frito-Lay still selling regular Doritos with MSG, and now "Natural" Doritos with yeast extract?

Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century Alex Steffen See book keywords and concepts

It also means doing enough research to be able to sniff out deceptive marketing. Whether we're shopping for clothes or food, cars or housewares, or even houses, we can wise up about the goods we buy. We have the power to bring our vales to the checkout counter. We can look for clothes made with renewable fibers; cleaning supplies without toxins and pollutants; and products that don't exploit the workers who made them. As consumers, we can imagine something better than what is already there.

Appetite for Profit: How the Food Industry Undermines Our Health and How to Fight Back Michele Simon See book keywords and concepts

Never mind that the case pending in New York (on behalf of children) is based on McDonald's deceptive marketing practices and not predicated on the company making anyone fat. Why bother with legal theories that require explanation and reasoning when photos of fat stomachs that appeal to emotion and stereotypes are more effective? CCF is also running a series of television commercials to illustrate how greedy trial lawyers are.

Innocent Casualties : The FDA's War Against Humanity Elaine Feuer See book keywords and concepts

In the article, "FTC Charges Producers and Marketers of 'Immune Plus' with Making False Claims About Its Ability to Cure Aids," the FTC accused the producers and marketers of Immune Plus with false advertising and deceptive marketing. According to the FTC, defendants (True Health, International White Cross, and Alan Weiss) represented Immune Plus as a cure for patients with AIDS or ARC, causing them to go into remission or to become HIV-negative. Defendants' practices caused "substantial financial injury" to consumers and also may have led individuals in need of other treatments to forego them.

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