False Advertising

Don't get me started on this, and how the food industry has really taken advantage of promoting "special health advantages" of their products. Vitamin water. Come on. Don't really need to be spending your money on a flavored sugar beverage like that. Please just skip anything selling health benefits. Go to the produce aisle, or better yet a farmers market. That's healthy.

Can you read past the sticker? In Spanish?
The 14 vitamins and minerals in this help...
-->Fortifiy your immune system (you wouldn't
have gotten the flu had you eaten more)
-->Good development of your nervous system,
especially your brain (sounds important)
-->Growth and development of your bones
-->Prevent anemia (no one likes low rbcs)
-->Generate more energy (why drink
coffee?? heard that was bad for you!)

Last year while in Bolivia, as most children do, I would pass breakfast by reading the cereal box over and over again. I usually made a papaya and yogurt smoothie to replace milk and threw in some of my favorite honey O's, "Angel Miel". However, like a good conscientious healthcare practitioner, I wanted to wage war against the box for the bizarre health claims they made. The cereal tastes good and has lots of sugar. True, it has vitamins and minerals, but most people aren't at risk for deficiency of these. It's not going to protect your child from cancer.

Luckily, it seems someone has taken the stand and won a small war with the ever-controlling food companies. This year, the misleading health claims on all the boxes have been... stickered over!!  Success, Bolivia! Here's a lesson for you, American food giants. Stop exploiting the masses!