by OneMoreBite | Apr 5, 2005 | Diet Products
Those wacky kids at Google are at it again. If you don’t know right away what I mean, check out this new offering:
Visit Google Gulp
What’s this? “Think fruity. Think refreshing,” says Google.
“Think a DNA scanner embedded in the lip of your bottle reading all 3 gigabytes of your base pair genetic data in a fraction of a second, fine-tuning your individual hormonal cocktail in real time using our patented Auto-Drink™ technology, and slamming a truckload of electrolytic neurotransmitter smart-drug stimulants past the blood-brain barrier to achieve maximum optimization of your soon-to-be-grateful cerebral cortex. Plus, it’s low in carbs!”
Who ever has this job has gotta be having a great time, and that’s all I know, so hats off to you Google Guys for making it real, er, in a fake product kind of way.
BTW, notice how their page makes you want this, even though they say it will analyze your brain, and even though it’s basically hopeless you’ll find someone with a cap so you can get one too? That’s my point. Advertising. Watch what you see and read and pay attention. Ads are designed to make you want what they offer so they make big promises and you may just not even notice what the ad really says at all. “Results not typical,” and whatnot. This is an excellent example of pure marketing in action. Even I want some. 😉
by OneMoreBite | Mar 22, 2005 | Diet Products
Big surprise here but experts are weighing in on the new “lowered sugared” versions of pre-sweetened cereals and their findings shouldn’t surprise anyone. You can’t take sugar and a splash of flour, and switch it around and make much difference. It’s still sugar, and a splash of flour.
Although the new cereals do have less sugar, the calories, carbohydrates, fat, fiber and other nutrients are almost identical to the full-sugar cereals. There is no benefit to the consumer at all, but who thought there would be?
Lower fat products usually have more sugar. Lower carb products have artificial sweeteners (debate rages on their safety), and now the “Low Sugar” versions are really just a disguised marketing ploy. They’ll probably cost more too, so watch out!
Give your kids some oatmeal once in awhile. I loved it when I was a kid, brown sugar on top and all! Far healthier than Sugar Pops (oh, right they changed their name awhile ago), or Sugar Smacks (oh, wait! They changed the name of that cereal too!). Where is the graveyard for all the old cereals who featured “sugar” in their names? That sounds like another research project … how many cereals have changed their names to appear more healthy when in fact, they are the same garbage disguised as good food as always?
That’s why I argue that eating cake for breakfast is no different than eating a bowl of sugared cereal. So go ahead. If you want something sweet. Hold off in the evening, and have that dessert the next morning. It works for me
by OneMoreBite | Mar 14, 2005 | Diet Products
Picked up a “Fat Mat” at the bakery supply for no good reason except it looked cool. What’s a Fat Mat? Glad you asked. It’s sort of a heavy-duty reusable paper towel, but more expensive and had a nice package. I picked one up at the bakery supply for no good reason except to satisfy my required “impulse purchase” quota for the day.
It could be months before I’ll have an opportunity to test the Fat Fat, so I went looking to see what others had to say (I should have done this first). Today’s my lucky day because I found Does it Work? a regular segment at KCBD News Channel 11 in Lubbock, Texas. Wow! Now this is quality broadcasting. Useful. Timely. I love it!
I don’t know about you but I’ve been duped by that “As Seen on TV” crap time and again. How many times I’ve bought something, took it home, it didn’t work, only to find you can’t return it to the store, oh, no, it’s only returnable to the manufacturer, and guess what? It costs money to ship merchandise. Yes, indeed. They know they’ve got you because who’s going to spend $5 to ship off a faulty product then wait around to see if you ever see either it or your money back? Not me. So when someone else does the testing, well that’s top notch, quality reporting in my world, and I tip my hat to those brave folks at KCBD.
by OneMoreBite | Feb 21, 2005 | Diet Products
Frankly, it’s their retro girl imagery that gets me. I always liked the Varga girl look, I admit it.
that gets me. I always liked the Varga girl look, I admit it.Here’s what’s cooking: You’ve done lunges until you think you’ll die of a heart attack, yet still your rear stays flat as a pancake? What’s a girl to do? Bubbles Butt Boosting Lingerie to the rescue!
Bubbles are simply stockings with an elastic band that lifts that asset, where it belongs; up, high, in the sky. It’s a bird, it’s a plane, no it’s an as*s! And isn’t it lovely? You’ll have them following you down the street when you wear your Bubbles.
The downside (there’s always a downside) is you need to be fairly slim (the largest size fits a 21 inch thigh) to wear Bubbles lest your backside may become somewhat lumpy, bumpy and otherwise frumpy, so if you need assistance in that regard, get The Daily Bites Free Weight Loss Tips for instruction and hints on using EFT and NLP for weight loss.
by OneMoreBite | Feb 4, 2005 | Diet Products
Secondly, I have no problem with affiliate arrangements but I don’t like being lied to and they have no intention of purchasing ad space so representing themselves in this manner leads me to believe they are less than honest. Then comes the weight loss patch itself. Can you spell RIP OFF?
Can You Lose Weight with a Weight Loss Patch?
Yes, if you place it over your mouth. I checked out their site and the main ingredient (I think it’s the only listed ingredient) is bladderwrack, an herb. You can buy bladderwrack in bulk for pennies, make tea or put powder into capsules and take it by the boat load, but it will not help you lose weight. Sorry. No magic here. It is useful if you have a low thyroid, but not as a weight loss aid. There are lots of other herbs that would be far more beneficial, so why they chose bladderwrack is beyond me.
Next comes the biggest lie, that you can get the herb into your body via your skin. Yes, if you drink it, no if you use these silly patches. You could make a strong tea and dip in a cloth then rub your skin with the liquid and you might absorb a tiny amount of the herb, but is that going to be enough for any effect? Not likely.
Weight loss patches do not work, period. Frankly, none of the pharmaceutical drugs sold for weight loss work well at all, unless you also eat less calories than you require and exercise (always written on the label insert), but if you’re already eating less and exercising more, you don’t need the pills or the patch do you?
If you want a way to stop your cravings, or stop the overeating, then learn EFT for Weight Loss. It’s the simplest way to get started toward the road to losing weight for good. Get started by reading some articles on weight loss, or get one of my free weight loss ebooks.
by OneMoreBite | Jan 27, 2005 | Diet Products
Everyone knows the pesky problem of toting bananas in your backpack; they get squished and squashed and frankly, are no fun to eat when smeared everywhere, so this genius inventor, Paul Stremple, Artist/Inventor/Architect decided something must be done, and voila! Instead better mousetrap.
The Banana Bunker looks just like a … well a …. banana? Yep, that’s right. It’s protective gear for that favorite of fruits: BananaBunker.com
This is sure to become an instant cult favorite.
