Robo-Coke
Introducing Coca-Cola Freestyle, the soda fountain of the future. According to the San Diego News Network, test units are being employed in Atlanta, GA and Southern California. They’re planning a nationwide roll-out in 2010. The Coca-Cola Freestyle uses a touch-screen interface that presents consumers with a choice of 18 “parent” brands like Coke, Diet Coke, Coke Zero, Sprite, Diet Sprite, Fanta, Powerade, and more. After...
HealthNewsReview.Org
…looks like a pretty interesting site. Here’s the guy who runs it: Gary Schwitzer Associate Professor, University of Minnesota School of Journalism & Mass Communication, Health Journalism MA program Gary Schwitzer is the Publisher of HealthNewsReview.org. He specialized in health care journalism in his 30-year career in radio, television, interactive multimedia and the Internet. He joined the faculty of the School of...
Cancer Project Sues Hot Dog Manufacturers
Another lawsuit’s in the works: the Cancer Project – a vegan-oriented physician’s group concerned with dietary approaches to cancer prevention/survival – is suing the major hot dog manufacturers for fraud on behalf of three New Jersey consumers. WASHINGTON—Three New Jersey residents are suing Nathan’s Famous, Kraft Foods/Oscar Mayer, Sara Lee, Con Agra Foods, and Marathon Enterprises for failing to warn...
I Am Going to Try This Circuit Tomorrow…
Found this ab circuit workout by Vince Del Monte on Facebook. Looks wicked… [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtPak0u4anw]
Denny’s Sued Over Sodium Content of Meals
It’s a class action lawsuit, supported by the Center for Science in the Public Interest. Most meals at Denny’s restaurants meals are dangerously high in salt, putting the chain’s customers at greater risk of high blood pressure, heart attack and stroke, alleges a class action lawsuit filed Thursday by a New Jersey man with the support of the nonprofit Center for Science in the Public Interest, CSPI. …The...
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...