Originally Posted By Darkbeer Note, the Thread Title comes straight from the Drudge Report. <a href="http://wcbstv.com/health/cheerios.general.mills.2.1007986.html" target="_blank">http://wcbstv.com/health/cheer...986.html</a> >>According to a letter from the FDA General Mills' advertising violates the federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. The agency said claims that Cheerios ingredients can lower cholesterol within a certain amount of time, all while providing cancer-fighting and heart-healthy benefits, essentially makes Cheerios "a drug" by their definition. And no drug in this country can be legally marketed without an approved new drug application. As a certified dietetic nutritionist, Keri Glassman often recommends foods high in soluble fiber for patients looking to lower their cholesterol. "Because of the oats, because of the soluble fiber in Cheerios, it may help you reduce cholesterol and I think the FDA is still acknowledging that ... I just think they are saying but you can't really say that because you are a food product, not a drug," Glassman said. << So what is next, to reclassfy Fruits and Vegitables that are good for you? Are Oranges a Drug, since they are a great source for Vitamin C??? Maybe the FDA will classify Whole Foods as a Drug Store????
Originally Posted By Darkbeer Another question... Am I a drug pusher, since I feed Cheerios to Ducks???? (OK, unless Cheerios is on sale, it is generic "Toasted Oats" most of the time...)
Originally Posted By Darkbeer ^ Like the Ducks care... I also give them day old bread! I got some yesterday for just 49 cents a loaf. Heck, even got some Wheat Rolls for myself. Had one for lunch, they tasted great.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>I also give them day old bread!<< That does it. I'm calling the SPCA.
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt "And no drug in this country can be legally marketed without an approved new drug application." Is that really true? I guess I need more clarification on this. What about things like Airborne and other homeopathic medications? Those aren't approved by the FDA, are they?
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan In a related story, Cap'n Crunch and the entire crew of the Guppy has been taken prisoner by pirates off the coast of Somalia.
Originally Posted By DVC_Pongo No they are not. The FDA doesn't regulate anything that is homeopathic. Also, Airborne recently lost a court case that forced them to drop all of the false claims about preventing illnesses. <a href="http://www.cspinet.org/new/200803032.html" target="_blank">http://www.cspinet.org/new/200...032.html</a> >>>Airborne Agrees to Pay $23.3 Million to Settle Lawsuit Over False Advertising of its "Miracle Cold Buster"<<< Homeopathic meds and FDA approved drugs are very different animals.
Originally Posted By Inspector 57 On the OTHER other hand, tobacco products are soon likely to become subject to FDA jurisdiction due to Obama's support of that effort. (Bush fought against it.) Or maybe it's the same hand. I'm glad our government enforces truth in advertising. Cheerios and Marlboro's aren't remotely in same league, but I'm happy for the FDA to keep them both honest.
Originally Posted By dshyates It is the specific claim by Cheerios that if you eat it for 30 days it will lower your cholesterol 4%. It is simply un unverified claim. On a side note, I do find this "reaching" that the right is doing to be humorous. And Darkbeer seems to be eating this stuff up (the "reaching" not Cheerios).
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt "Homeopathic meds and FDA approved drugs are very different animals." Still not understanding how that is any different than the claims that Cheerios is making.
Originally Posted By Mr X ***Note, the Thread Title comes straight from the Drudge Report.*** Such a bastion of ethics from which to plagiarize. I'm impressed.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder I know. As if copying from Drudge of all places somehow makes it better. Unreal.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder And the thing is, eventually something WILL happen that can be traced back to Obama himself, whether he kicks his dog, makes a really bad policy decision, whatever. No one really outside of the lunatic fringe on either side has ever claimed Obama is perfect. When that something happens, this continual insistence of the part of the Darkbeers of the world with threads like these that try to pin ANYTHING on him will take away a large part of whatever point they might have.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder But to the point of taking on the cereal, I've always wondered how Cheerios canget away with saying they lower cholesterol. As someone who has taken blood pressure and cholesterol medicine for some time now, I notice things like this when they come up. As gullible and vulnerable as the public is, I'd hate to see someone try and "treat" a serious thing like high cholesterol levels with Cheerios, of all things, when they should be seeing a doctor. "Don't know why I had that heart attack, I ate three bowls a day."
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Yeah, I think it was the specific nature of the claim. x-percent in x-days. Most products, if you notice, say things like "Eat this, ALONG WITH A HEALTHY DIET AND EXERCISE, and you MAY be able to..." It's all very vague, often contains words like "may" and often says you should accompany their product with an otherwise healthy diet and exercise.
Originally Posted By piperlynne I think there's a serious obsession with breakfast foods on the part of someone or several someones here. First pancks Pancakes, now Cheerios . . . Is Waffle House next on the list?
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan Yep, I just happen to have a box of Cheerios (unlike the cheapie store brand stuff conservatives go for ; ) . The copy is all about "oats" in general. It isn't so much about Cheerios, other than letting people connect the dots themselves. The box copy says: "In fact, Cheerios is made with 100% NATURAL WHOLE GRAIN OATS (these words are highlighted on the box) and no other grain is better than oats for lowering cholesterol. Think of oats as sponges that can help soak up some cholesterol." Later in says "Simply put, Cheerios is still the one and only leading cold cereal clinically proven to lower cholesterol.*" In the *fine print* at the bottom, it reads: *A clinical study showed that eating two 1 1/2 cup servings daily of Cheerios cereal for 6 weeks reduced bad cholesterol about 4 percent when eaten as part of a diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol.
