31 Lies Hydraulic Pressed Into Your Brain by Marketing and Advertising

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31 Lies Hydraulic Pressed Into Your Brain by Marketing and Advertising
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Have you ever noticed that trendy buzzwords in commercials tend to come and go. Everyone was going off about cholesterol until trans fats became the real enemy. Words like “organic,” "cage-free" and “grass-fed” are also huge in the food game, but mass production finds a way to cut serious corners with clever little technicalities. 

This marketing trickery isn't solely in the food industry, but it does feel extra gross when it is. Here’s a bunch of buzzwords and cut-corners that you need to watch out for…

Mountain Water

DID THEY ACTUALLY CLIMB A MOUNTAIN TO GET THAT WATER? TAKE A GUESS. An awful lot of mountain PURE QUALITY water comes from as high up as a tap. The only ICE MOUNTAIN BRAND mountains involved are the 100% NATURAL SPRING WATER mountains of cash from the huge markup on water from municipal sources. CRACKED.COM

Threads Counts

IT'S LIKELY YOUR BED SHEETS AREN'T REALLY 800-THREAD COUNT. Many bedding companies count the number of plies (fabric strands) that make up a single thread. So a 200-thread count sheet with 4-ply threads is advertised as 800-thread count. CRACKED.COM

Before and After Pictures

CRACKED.COM BEFORE AND AFTER PHOTOS CAN BE TAKEN A FEW MINUTES APART. Change to better-fitting clothes, change your posture, suck in your gut, and... that's it! No weight loss or any other real change is needed, as shown by this personal trainer on her Instagram account.

Extra Sudsy Suds

DOES THAT BEER LOOK DELICIOUSLY FROTHY? IT MIGHT BE SOAP. A little bit of dish soap is added to beer, coffee, milk, and other beverages for ads to make them look bubblier than they are when you pour them. CRACKED.COM

Polishing Meats

CRACKED.COM SHOE POLISH MAKES MEAT SO APPETIZING. Grilled meats looks delicious in ads-even if it's raw meat with shoe polish rubbed on. It's easier than grilling it for real.

Fake Hair in Ads

CHECK OUT ALL THAT FAKE HAIR. Shampoo ads are just the beginning-most fashion shots enhance the model's hair with extensions. CRACKED.COM

Supplements

immune Support Supplement with neros, or Ministrate Helps Support Your Immune System* No Water Needed SUPPLEMENTS CAN HELP YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM- EXCEPT THAT NO, THEY CAN'T. Immunity boosters have minerals, vitamins, and herbs. You may have noticed they also have a nifty asterisk. It leads you to the small print, which tells you they don't have any evidence, and you shouldn't use them for their advertised purpose. CRACKED.COM

‘No Animals Were Harmed’

NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED. Animals were harmed, or even died, while filming movies such as Life of Pi and The Hobbit. Those got the American Humane Association's seal of approval anyway, so as not to upset Hollywood types. CRACKED.COM

Ink Cartridges

ARE YOU SURE YOU'RE OUT OF INK? BK Y C - LC525XL-Y PUSH Not only are ink cartridges mortgage-your-house POUSSEZ expensive-they are somethimes rigged to stop PUSH MUSSEZ printing while they still contain ink, so you have to buy more before you really need it. CRACKED.COM

Canned Pumpkin Purée

Libby's For One 9° Pie WHEN IS A PUMPKIN NOT A 100% Pure PUMPKIN PUMPKIN? ALL Canned pumpkin purée is often made with winter squash, as it has better texture and flavor. These are all related species, so the FDA is OK with labeling any of them as pure pumpkin. SEA - CRACKED.COM

Serving Sizes

CRACKED.COM BEWARE OF SLY SERVING SIZES. Nutrition Facts 2.5 Serving Per Container power-c Serving Size 12 fl oz (360 mL) dragonfruit flavored + other natural Amount Per Serving 60 Calories % Daily Value excellent source of C and b V Total Fat Og 0% vitamin C 90% Sodium Omg 0% vitamins b5 b6 b1 60% Total Carbohydrate 6% 17g zinc & chromium Total Suppre 10- ninwater® AU vie 60 calories per serving? 17 grams of carbs? servinos DEI bi That sounds OK-until you realize that a relatively small container is supposed to be more than one serving, so you're getting several times that.

Prolific Novelists

HOW DO 10LOSI THRILLER N AUTHORS You messed up big-time. Dr. Cross.* WRITE SO MANY JAMES BOOKS? TERSO JAMES PATTERSON EASY-EXA THEY DON'T. CRISS Best-selling authors such as James Patterson, Wilbur Smith, and others just write a short outline for each chapter. Hired co-writers do most of the work. CRACKED.COM

Activia

NO, THAT YOGURT DOESN'T HAVE ITS OWN KIND OF BACTERIA. WITH BIFIDUS REGULARIS® TIVI Did you notice the ® symbol next to Bifidus Regularis? That's there because it's a made-up name. The Bifidus in Activia is Bifidobacterium animalis, also found in other brands of yogurt. CRACKED.COM

Fake Wasabi

THAT WASABI YOU'RE PAYING FOR IS LIKELY NOT WASABI. Real wasabi is very hard to come by. Unless you're eating at an expensive place, the paste on your sushi is mainly horseradish with green food coloring. CRACKED.COM

Fuel Economy Tests

CAR MAKERS KEEP CHEATING ON FUEL ECONOMY TESTS. Manufacturers have learned that their cars don't need good mileage on the streets-only during the tests. It doesn't help that the EPA only checks 15% of new car models, and they take the manufacturer's word on the rest. CRACKED.COM

Hand Sanitizers

HAND SANITIZERS KILL 99.99% IN OF GERMS- A LAB. HAND SANITIZER KILLS 99.99% of GERMS DÉSINFECTANT Sanitizers are tested in lab conditions that don't match those of the real world, where they are supposed to do the bug-killing. Also, the surviving germs may or may not be the worst of the bunch. CRACKED.COM

No Trans Fat

CRACKED.COM NO TRANS FAT MEANS OK, MAYBE A LIL' BIT. According to FDA regulations, products can be labeled as trans-fat-free as long as they contain less than half a gram per serving. That means you can swallow half your maximum daily intake with just two servings of healthy stuff.

No Hormones Added

PERDUE Fit& - PUBLIC - Le Easy EL 15.72 .. Fresk -Al - - UK BONFESS MUNCASE Chicken Thigh Filets ms. USDA NO V AMEZ Win sn HORMONES Fresh MADE MADE adidas SUP California Grown ADDED!!! adidas Even though that is a great thing, it's there just to trick people. The truth is that artificial or added hormones are forbidden to use in any poultry production in the U.S. Poultry brands like to put that label on their products to make it seem like their product is healthier and eco-friendlier than it really is. CRACKED COM

Professional Endorsements

THIS 10-IN-1 Daily Moisturizing TURN-BACK-TIME CREAM LOTION HELPSTO: dimethicone skin protectant 1 promote collagen production 2 visibly diminish wrinkles clinically proven to CRACKED COM 3 visibly fill fine lines relieve dry skin 4 boost oxygen microcirculation moisturizes for 24 hours 5 even skin tone 7 6 8 hydrate and plump fragrance free repair and soothe smooth skin's texture 9 brighten and clarify 10 improve skin's firmness DERMATOLOGIST APPROVED Companies who use words such as clinically tested or helps improve skin's firmness rarely publish studies showing that their products contain enough substances to be considered effective.

Grass-Fed Cows

CRACKED COM PCO CERTIFIED 100% GrassFed We know any beef products with the label 'Grass-Fed' are significantly more expensive than those without. But how do we know the cows are 100% grass-fed? There's no way to find out. The USDA dropped the official definition of this label in early 2016 because they couldn't really prove the claims due to the lack of on-site inspections.

The Net Weight of Foods

Net weight does not refer to the total weight of the food inside your canned good. In 2013, it has been found that the actual food product in canned goods represent an average of only 57% of the net weight. Great Value Mandarin Orange - The rest was just water. GRAGKED.COM

Whole-Grain Foods

WHOLE GRAIN DOES NOT ALWAYS MEAN WHOLLY WHOLE GRAIN. NEITHER DOES WHOLE GRAIN MULTIGRAIN OR ROTINI EVEN MADE WITH 51% WHOLE GRAIN PASTA INGREDIENTS: WHOLE WHEAT DURUM FLOUR, WHOLE GRAIN. SEMOLINA, DURUM WHEAT FLOUR, OAT FIBER. CONTAINS: WHEAT. A WHOLE GRAIN OR MULTIGRAIN PRODUCT MIGHT CONSIST OF A TINY PERCENTAGE OF WHOLE GRAINS COMBINED WITH A LOT OF UNREFINED FLOUR. IF YOU WANT TO BE SURE YOU'RE BUYING 100% WHOLE GRAIN, LOOK FOR THE WHOLE GRAIN WHOLE GRAINS COUNCIL'S 8g or more per serving WHOLE GRAIN STAMP. CRACKED.COM WholeGrainsCouncil.org

Oil-Free Products

PEOPLE INSECURE ABOUT THEIR ACNE BREAKOUTS EMPTY THEIR WALLETS FOR OIL-FREE CRACKED COM COSMETIC PRODUCTS. However, a simple look at the ingredients will tell you that the natural oils have just been swapped out for synthetic variants. OFR OIL FREE MOISTURIZER - - - - - I - - - - ...ironically these synthetic - - - - - Three en - - il | I I - - I - 7 I - - - - - oils irritate the skin more. -

Light Foods

Federal rules state that the word 'light' K should describe the product as having II 'lower calories' Laure comm APPLES GISHI SIDELLE / ST SLT BROWN - 100 NEW GOOD SOURCE OF FOCK - - - Amazing Prune Light DELICIOUS LIGHT TASTE CRACKED.COM city apaderts NR A or as having 'less taste or color' which can be very misleading.

Sodium Levels

ON THE INGREDIENT LIST, SALT HAS MANY NAMES. CRACKED.COM Sodium benzoate, Disodium and Monosodium glutamate (MSG) are just some of the names to hide how much of the silent killer there actually is in your food.

‘Chateau’

Château on a bottle of wine implies that it's French and made adjacent to a mansion. No...it's just a buzzword that any mansionless wine company around the world can use to make its wine seem more appealing. CHATEAU MONTELENA - 2010 Chandonnay CRACKED.COM

Buying Organic

BUY ORGANIC It's the healthier choice! Except that... 100% Organic is the only option that's truly organic, and even that doesn't mean it's free of pesticides. Organic only has to contain 95% organic ingredients. Made With Organic Ingredients only has to be made with 70% organic stuff. GRACKED.COM

Omega-3

Manufacturers can slap the buzzword Omega-3 label on pretty much anything with even a trace of any type of fatty acid in it. Some brands of cereal and eggs brag about their Omega-3 content, but fail to specify whether it's one of the good fatty acid types (DHA and EPA) or the third kind (ALA) which has no proven health benefits. Some brands of yogurt and soymilk label their products as containing Omega-3 even if a serving contains as little DHA as a bite of salmon. CRACKED.COM

Zero-Cholesterol Foods

Quick&Easy Recipe ORIGINAL PREMIUM Seneible Bracking Mo Cholesterol No Saturated ... - fat SALTINE CRACKERS ME - - CONTROL NET WI J LB (453g) Quick& Easy Recipe onBack! NABISCO 1 ORIGINAL PREMIUM Sensible Snacking - No Cholesterol 7 No Saturated Fat SALTINE CRACKERS CONTANE Lig FAT PER SERVING are AUTHOR APORIMATION NET WT 1 LB (453g) - Look! No cholesterol! That means it's healthy! Not really; since grain is naturally cholesterol-free these claims shouldn't even be mentioned. They're only there to distract you. CRACKED.COM

Zero Trans Fats

The very small serving size allows Coffee- Mate to say The it doesn't Original contain Nestle® trans fats, even though Coffee- it does. COFFEE CREAMER mate® CREMA NO LÁCTEA PARA CAFE Nutrition Facts/Datos de Nutrición Serving Size/Tamaño por Ración: 1 tsp/cucharadita (2g) Servings per Container/Raciones por Envase about/aprox. 150 Amount per Serving/Cantidad por Ración Calories/Calorías 10 Calories from Fat/Calorias de Grasa %Daily Value*/% Valor Diario 1% Total Fat/Grasa Total 0.5g 3% Saturated Fat/Grasa Saturada 0.5g Trans Fat/Grasa Trans 0g The Grasa Poliinsaturada 0g Monounsaturated FUR THE Fat/Grasa Monoinsaturada 0g Original 0% Cholesterol/Colesterol 0mg Sodium/Sodio Omg 0% CHOLESTEROL FREE, LACTOSE FREE 0%

Antioxidants in Drinks

GRAGKED COM cherry Pasas de Ca 7UP California SOURCE OF Antioxidant ate 100% le ANTIOXIDANTS NATURAL FRUIT DARK LESS CHOCOLATE FROM 30% THAN THE LEADING CHOCOLATE FAT BRANDS Nother ser nutrition Information - safering for - . HERSHEY'S NATURAL FLAVANOL ANTIOXIDANT vaalia digestive systems your Helps nationally regulate MILK CHOCOLATE x antioxidants vitamins Y CBE plus goj berry, oçoi, ргарения and green too extracts smooth & osomy 2 x 175g NET Many products claim to have antioxidants, giving you the illusion that they are healthy. Most of these products have very small amounts of antioxidants, which won't give you any

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