UN-HEALTHY "HEALTHY BEVERAGES"

HOW DO WE KNOW WHAT'S TRUE AND WHAT INFO IS JUST MARKETING HYPE?

I think for the foreseeable future, we are going to have to rely on "curators"... These will be people like me who will sift through the advertising storm and point us in the right direction. Here's a great example:

I was looking through the Lance Armstrong LIVESTRONG website the other night and I found a FABULOUS video about the 4 dangerous drinks in our pop culture that are considered "healthy". The video is done by a well respected Doctor at the University of Pennsylvania. It's promoting tea as an alternative to these 4 unhealthy "healthy beverages". So there is a little marketing here, but the information given in the first half of the video is great science and REALLY eye-opening. Here it is:

4 Unhealthy Drinks