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!

While browsing the aisles at the grocery store today I became very frustrated in the juice aisle looking for some cranberry juice. Though it’s always been hard to find just straight cranberry juice, not a cocktail or combination, I never realized just how many juices out there that are not 100% juice actually say they are on the bottle. It’s amazing to me that anyone could claim their product is 100% juice when they clearly are not. Will someone please explain to me how a product made from concentrate with “enough water to reconstitute” is 100% fruit juice? Doesn’t that little bit of water mean that it is no longer 100% juice?

It was astounding to look at bottle after bottle of “100% Fruit Juice” to see water listed in the ingredients. When did water become fruit juice? Is it safe to assume then that the water coming out of my kitchen faucet is fruit juice? Eew, what about the stuff in my toilet – is that fruit juice? And just where are they getting this water from to “reconstitute” the fruit juice? If it’s 100% natural spring water, then it’s not so bad, but are there regulations on that?

So, the next time you pick up a bottle of “100% Fruit Juice”, take a look at the label and see if it really is 100% Juice. I bet you will be surprised. And for those that care, I left the store with no cranberry juice – I couldn’t find any that were 100% juice.

Warning: I actually found TWO bottles of “100% Fruit Juice”, as stated on the label, that actually had High Fructose Corn Syrup in the ingredients list. Funny, I thought corn was a grain, but I guess now it’s fruit.