It's really ironic when a superb vegan chef, who's created some marvelous no- and low-fat vegan recipes, actively promotes (and does a giveaway to drive more traffic to her site) a product that, on the surface, seems to be reasonably healthy and good, but is, in fact, far from both. However, since they sent her a free box of stuff to review, guess that's okay.
The blogger is giving away 3 "Newman's Own Premium Dark Chocolate Bars" at random to people who leave a comment on her post. They get an extra "entry" for Tweeting or Blogging about her post.
But the blogger hasn't bothered to either seek or note the nutritional breakdown of these junk bars (hey! they're ORGANIC... that MUST be good). So let's take a peek at the Nutritional Analysis of one of these puppies (Newman's own doesn't bother to provide the RDA percentages at their website):
2) SUGAR: 16 grams. That's 2/3 of the TOTAL sugar recommended per day by the American Heart Association for women (25 grams), and about 1/2 of the TOTAL recommended per day for men.
Newman's Own Dark Secret: that chocolate bar is a very effective fat/saturated fat/sugar delivery vehicle for inviting heart disease, let alone, obesity and diabetes... Even ONE high fat meal is tough on your arteries. Such a gracious giveaway... giving people a chance to win a free chocolate bar, and ultimately, giving three people a greater chance for heart disease, diabetes, and obesity.
However, to keep getting vegan freebies, one must not worry about all that fat/sugar stuff. It's someone else's decision to eat the stuff... all that matters is promoting more blog traffic to get more freebies, which will, in turn, promote more blog traffic! An endless cycle...
But then hey, a free organic heart attack is better than one that's not, right?
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