It isn’t just herbal supplements that claim health benefits that are false, the FDA and FTC have also questioned Kellogg and General Mills on claims that they put on cereal boxes. To be certain, Cheerios are not an effective cholesterol lowering food and Rice Krispies do not improve children’s immune systems. Both companies have recently or in the past been admonished and sometimes fined for such falsehoods.
I can’t help but wonder why the NutriSystem company hasn’t been called out. The claims that companies make have to be backed by science and can not be misleading. I feel strongly that NutriSystem ads mislead people, especially when they promote a meal plan for diabetics that states it is “based on clinical studies” – what does that mean?
What you should be more inclined to believe is this – food in its natural form – fruits, whole grains, vegetables, legumes, some seafood – THEY are antioxidant rich and a diet that is based on them is better for you than one that contains a lot of processed foods. I do not CARE what they ADD to the box it is still food in a box and that means it is processed.
Remember, maybe it was last Sunday, the odds and ends note about those vegetables – immune, vision and digestive health – I wonder if the FDA/FTC is going to check on that one. I haven’t read the rest of the label though – if the name of it is the only leading thing I bet it passes by – but if it claims to improve those things – then it is apparently suggesting that it has medicinal properties and the FDA has to approve medicines and their outcomes – which must be proven in clinical trials!
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