Another Acai Scammer Bites the Dust
This time it’s FXsupplements.com, the makers of Acai Berry Maxx. FORT WORTH – Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott today resolved the state’s investigation into an Arlington dietary supplements distributor. Under the settlement, FXsupplements.com agreed to stop shipping unauthorized orders to customers, refrain from making false health claims, and clearly disclose its terms of service to future purchasers. The online vendor also...
Water, Water Everywhere…
The Environmental Working Group’s report on bottled water is worth a read… it’s quite an eye-opener. In 2008, they created a database representing 137 different commercial brands, and then analyzed both the labels and website information. The results were pretty revealing… and disappointing. Only 2 of 188 bottled waters surveyed make public 3 basic facts about their products routinely disclosed by municipal...
Superfruit Science
Kewl: someone’s actually gone and developed comprehensive criteria for superfruit status… and the few relatively fruits that actually merit the title might surprise a few people. The creator of the rubric is Dr. Paul Gross. It consists of the following measures: Popularity and sensory appeal of the whole fruit Nutrient diversity and density Phytochemical diversity and density Basic medical research intensity Clinical...
Rules Aren’t Made to be Broken
Which is something that certain supp manufacturers/retailers evidently don’t understand. Earlier in the week, I clicked through an interesting presentation given at the recent International Society of Sports Nutrition conference. Entitled “Sports Supplements, Science, and the Politics of New Washington“, it offered some explicit warnings to the supplement industry. As authors Rick Collins, JD, CSCS and Alan...
Say No to Really Stupid Gym Ads
Yes, I know it’s tongue-in-cheek, but I find the new Gold’s Gym ad campaign, “Say No to Cankles” to be really annoying. REALLY annoying. Why? Because far too many women are hyper-conscious about their bodies already. There’s no shortage of media attention to breasts, hips, tummies, derrieres, thighs, and (thanks to Michelle Obama) even arms. Inventing even more “aesthetic afflictions” to...
“I Love it When They Take the Time to Learn a Little About Us First”
That’s what Paul wrote on the e-mail he forwarded to me this morning. He was being sarcastic, of course, but I could hardly blame him. Here’s the message he received: I would like to introduce UltimateFatBurner.com, and your valued customers, to Cellulean, the most effective Active Cellulite Solution on the market. I believe Cellulean is a perfect complimentary product to be utilized with all your weight loss and fat...
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