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Coke is a healthy snack: How company pays to get out that message
If a column in honor of heart health suggests a can of Coke as a snack, you might want to read the fine print. The world's biggest beverage maker, which struggles with declining soda consumption in the U.S., is working with fitness and nutrition experts who suggest its cola as a healthy treat. In February, for instance, several wrote online pieces for American Heart Month, with each including a mini-can of Coke or small soda as a snack idea.
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Just like big tobacco
Yup. And who do they think they are fooling?
No they don't,they want to keep people guzzling their drinks and raking in the $$$.
People can drink whatever they want whenever they want and there shouldn't be anyone telling you otherwise... but a dietitian recommending a mini can of coke as a healthy snack idea is just ridiculous! It's like my physician recommending me that I have a smoke every now and then as a healthy "snack" with my scotch.
I thought April Fools day was still a few weeks away.
They moved it back this year it seems.
lol what a farce