Some of you know me, many probably don’t. I have been taking The Pops for over a year now and don’t even have any other supplement in my home anymore. Back in November I went to work for a new company and there are several there who claim to be “getting healthy”. I see them eating salads for lunch, which I myself have started doing, and other things such as cutting back on soda and sweets – something I am slowly doing (side note: I haven’t had a soda in 6 months, and rarely in the past two years). I also see these same people taking a daily walk or now that the weather is nice a few even ride a bicycle to work.
Then I see it! Gulp, “Centrum” bottles in their cubicles. So off to the web site to see the ingredients:
Dibasic Calcium Phosphate, Calcium Carbonate, Potassium Chloride, Microcrystalline Cellulose, Ascorbic Acid (Vit. C), Magnesium Oxide, dl-Alpha-Tocopheryl Acetate (Vit. E), Modified Food Starch. Contains < 2%: Acacia, Anhydrous Citric Acid, Ascorbyl Palmitate, Beta-Carotene, Biotin, Boric Acid, BHT, Calcium Pantothenate, Calcium Stearate, Cholecalciferol (Vit. D3), Chromium Picolinate, Corn Starch, Crospovidone, Cupric Sulfate, Cyanocobalamin (Vit. B12), dl-Alpha-Tocopherol, FD&C Blue No. 2 Aluminum Lake, FD&C Red No. 40 Aluminum Lake, FD&C Yellow No. 6 Aluminun Lake, Folic Acid, Gelatin, Hydrogenated Palm Oil, Hypromellose, Lutein, Lycopene, Manganese Sulfate, Medium-Chain Triglycerides, Niacinamide, Nickelous Sulfate, Phytonadione (Vit. K), Polyethylene Glycol, Polyvinyl Alcohol, Potassium Iodide, Pregelatinized Corn Starch, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vit. B6), Riboflavin (Vit. B2), Silicon Dioxide, Sodium Ascorbate, Sodium Benzoate, Sodium Borate, Sodium Citrate, Sodium Metavanadate, Sodium Molybdate, Sodium Selenate, Sorbic Acid, Sucrose, Talc, Thiamine Mononitrate (Vit. B1), Titanium Dioxide, Tricalcium Phosphate, Vitamin A Acetate (Vit. A), Zinc Oxide. May also contain < 2%: Maltodextrin, Sodium Aluminum Silicate.
Wow! Look at all that synthetic garbage in this healthy product. Not sure what is synthetic and what’s actually good for you? Check out the report Are Your Vitamins Safe? and find out for yourself!
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Hi. Please join the Bicycle to Work! LinkedIn networking group. Members pledge that they will try to ride their bicycle to work or on an errand at least once a week. Although the benefits should be obvious, let me outline them here.
Right now people in the industrialized world are facing two very grave problems: obesity and a growing scarcity of oil. Compounding this problem is the new food shortage brought about, in part, by the conversion of food cropland to bio-fuel crop production. Most people feel powerless to help, but there is one thing that we can do. Ride our bicycles to work.
If everyone would agree to ride their bikes to work one day per week we could cut oil consumption by as much as 10-15%. No one would argue that riding a bike burns more calories than driving the car. Although popular politically right now, most bio-fuels consume more energy than they produce. We would be much better to eat those bio-crops then use our own energy to transport us around.
So spread the word. Make it a movement! Bicycle to work one day a week and do your part to cut back obesity and the overuse of oil and precious cropland.
Just go to my profile at http://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffreylstevenson and you can click on the group to be included. While you are there, don’t forget to ask to link to my network of more than 7,000,000 like-minded professionals. I accept all invitations and look forward to meeting you.
Jeff
Wow! What a list of ingredients. I heard once read something to the effect of, if you can’t pronounce it, then don’t eat it.
Just goes to show what good marketing can do.
I wonder who makes Centrum? If you do a little research and found out, then do another post and let us know.
Centrum products are manufactured (stress should be on that word) by Wyeth Consumer Healthcare. They also produce other “heatlh care” products such as Advil, Anbesol, Caltrate Chapstick. Their entire lineup of products is listed on their web site.
Not sure if an entire post would be necessary on this. I would prefer to focus on more important things, like finding healthy stuff.