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(47,245 posts) Thu Sep 17, 2015, 10:46 AM Sep 2015

Cracked.com has an article about some really stupid "health foods."

I mean, "detoxing" babies?

Making a smoothie with an frog?

And this one, from Whole Paycheck...I mean Whole Foods:

http://www.cracked.com/article_23070_6-trendy-new-health-foods-that-are-full-crap.html

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Say "health food," and the idiots will buy it. [View all] Archae Sep 2015 OP

John Oliver's take on Whole Foods. progressoid Sep 2015 #1

Also, progressoid Sep 2015 #2

Did you know that garlic kills cancer? DetlefK Sep 2015 #4