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Originally Posted by GetrDone
were you that bored that you went and read all the labels on the medicine bottles? lol :p Thanks for the heads up, I woulda never known that shit and my wife and I both have headaches and I often get migraines
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Actually, I've been reading labels (on food, too) for YEARS...I always know what I'm putting into my body AND what goes into my kids...That's how I noticed what was going on here...When they first came out with Excedrin Migraine, I wanted to see what the 'extra' ingredient was that made it 'for migraines', so I could just buy THAT ingredient...Well...There wasn't one:mad:
I also read labels in order to save money...I read clothing labels because I dress my kids in 100% cotton, so that they'll be comfortable in the summer AND winter, and especially when they sleep...All of our sheets, comforters, quilts, towels, etcetera are 100% cotton, too
Something ELSE I found out reading labels:
When Seri and Alex were babies, I always bought them Beechnut baby food...Gerber was supposed to be the BEST, right?...It WAS the most expensive (still is actually), so it HAS to be the best, right?...Wrong...
Gerber had ALWAYS added tapioca to their bananas and other foods...They also added salt and sugar to try to make the babies like them more, because babies DO notice a difference when they have been eating salt and sugar, and then you switch to something else and they aren't getting salt and sugar anymore...Salt and sugar are BAD for babies...Gerber knows this, but they also know the babies will like it better and if mom tries to switch and sees that baby doesn't like the other product as much (even though she doesn't know WHY), she'll stop using it and go back to Gerber...Tapioca is a cheap filler, much like rice...
Beechnut has ALWAYS used ONLY 100% fruit, vegetables, FOOD...NO tapioca, no salt, no sugar...And their products are CHEAPER.
Well, just recently, Gerber stopped adding the tapioca (after MUCH prompting and many complaints), and agreed to list on the FRONT of the label if tapioca WAS in something (like it will NOW say blah, blah WITH TAPIOCA)...They also removed the salt and sugar (at least in the 1st and 2nd stage foods)...However, NOW they just add a lot more WATER
Next time you're at the store, pick up a jar of Gerber Peas and Beechnut peas...Shake them, turn them, look at them and listen to them...Do the same with Gerber bananas and Beechnut bananas...You may be surprised
Gerber disgusts me...What disgusts me MOST, is that people trust them, Gerber KNOWS that, and they USE it...Bastards