We're all so inundated with marketing messages for food. Unfortunately, many people confuse the messages delivered through marketing with the truth.
For instance:
Pork: "The other white meat." Pork is a high-saturated fat food.
"Bananas: A great source of potassium." Bananas are a high glycemic index (rapid sugar release), low fiber food.
"Pretzels: A low-fat snack." A high glycemic index food made from white wheat flour. It makes you fat and skyrockets blood sugar.
Jif peanut butter: "Choosy moms choose Jif." Do they also choose hydrogenated fats?
Hi-C : Upbeat jingles like "Who put the straw in my Hi-C fruit drink, a new cool straw that wriggles and bends? Who put the straw in my Hi-C fruit drink, with Vitamin C for me and my friends? Who was that man, I'd like to shake his hand, he made my Hi-C cooler than before!" What about the 25 grams of sugar per 4 oz serving? And the high fructose corn syrup that creates an insatiable sweet tooth, raises triglycrides 30%, and exagerates pre-diabetes?
Marketing is not reliable, unbiased information. If Ford boasts that their cars are superior to GM, do you say "Well then, I need to buy a Ford?" Of course not. Take marketing for what it is: A method of persuading people to buy. It may or may not contain the truth. It's a big part of the reason Americans are the fattest people on earth and are experiencing an explosion of chronic diseases of excess.