The media plays a powerful role on how the public perceives different products. Many products are promoted by the health benefit you can receive from them. Although the advertisements can be convincing, do we really know how good the product is and are we actually getting all the benefits the company says we are from their product. Recently in the news the popular pomegranate juice drink Pom Wonderful has been under scrutiny by the Federal Trade Commission. The FTC has accused Pom Wonderful of having no evidence to support their claims that their juice helps health issues. Pom Wonderful juice is advertised to help reduce the risk of heart disease, prostate cancer and other health benefits. Currently the FTC is preventing Pom Wonderful to put out any claims of the juices benefits until they can back it up with evidence through the Food and Drug Administration. Pom Wonderful is denying these claims so we will have to keep our eye out of the results of what this juice can actually do for us. I found this interesting because you have to be careful not believe everything you heard about a product. It is easy for companies to embellish the truth to help promote there product over another one. If you would like to read more about this topic: Click Here
Very well written. Very interesting and current topic. I am glad to learn about this, as I have been skeptical and haven't had the time to do much research myself. It will be fascinating to see what comes of this. Your blog looks great - keep up the good work.
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