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News Bites, August 6

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  • Contesting Vitaminwater’s “benefits” in court.  Huffington Post offers good commentary: “…does it mean that it’s okay for a corporation to lie about its products, as long as they can then turn around and claim that no one actually believes their lies?” and “… it’s probably not the best idea to rely on a soft drink company for your vitamins and other essential nutrients. A plant-strong diet with lots of vegetables and fruits will provide you with what you need far more reliably, far more consistently — and far more honestly.”  Ya think??
  • Meanwhile, a Minneapolis-based legal firm is attempting to drum up support for a class action suit against a vitamin-fortified Kraft water called Crystal Light Immunity. I’ve got a radical idea: Instead of drinking crappy “health drinks” how about we drink plain water, from a tap, with a squeeze of citrus or citrus oil for flavour? You can filter it if you’d like. It’s essentially free (you don’t pay per serving) and it’s not full of sugar and other crap. We can’t stop companies from making this crap but we can avoid buying it.
  • Writing for The Atlantic, Sarah Elton finds that it’s hard to find local food on vacation abroad
  • Erin Meister at Serious Eats wants to know why restaurant coffee is so bad.
  • David Lebovitz discovers flagels in New York. Reading about it makes me crave salt.
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