If I Were The Singapore Minister Of Health 02 – I Would BAN Food Advertisements

by coachjon on March 15, 2009

Ohhh Ohhh, that sounds a little harsh! Uh huh, but it’s only because I care. I would still allow advertisements from restaurants who pass my food health standards. But ads for foods that come in boxes or fancy packages would be shut down!

Nope, None Of These!

Nope, None Of These!

Nothing good comes in a box like this. Not cereals, not fruit juice, not energy drinks (even the ones that supposed “champions” use…). None of these supposedly healthy choices are any good for you.

Fruit juice and energy drinks are repackaged sugar water.

Cereals are ground corn with its nutrients stripped out.

Why is this? It comes down to the usual culprit. MONEY. There is a lot of money to be made in producing a VERY low quality product like cereal which is mostly simple, refined carbohydrates with some synthetic vitamins i.e. forms of vitamins that don’t really work.

There is a huge profit margin for “healthy” repackaged corn flour i.e. cereal sold at 20 times it original cost.

Unfortuantely, there isnt anything fancy to say about these

Unfortunately, there isn't anything fancy to say about these

How about TRULY HEALTHY foods like… a piece of grass fed beef? Or an egg? Or an apple?

Do we have big ads for those? Do you see them on TV? On the side of the buses?

NO…

Why? There simply isn’t as much profit in selling these even though they are a billion times better for you than anything in a fancy box.

Don’t be fooled by big advertising budgets spent on low quality products. I’d ban them anyway.

The minister has spoken!

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