Lacey Donohue · 10/21/13 10:21PM
A bright pink food truck filled with $15,000 worth of cold-pressed juice was stolen from a Willamsburg parking lot Sunday morning.
A bright pink food truck filled with $15,000 worth of cold-pressed juice was stolen from a Willamsburg parking lot Sunday morning.
Were you one of those people who was always up in the grocery store with your husband or whatever saying "No dear trust me this POM juice is definitely worth $69.99 for this eight-ounce serving because, honey, listen, it is so amazing for your health, I read about it, trust me." WERE YOU? Well, you were wrong, unsurprisingly, and now the whole world will know about it.
What is the frontman of '90s rap-rock sensation Limp Bizkit up to these days? Just live-blogging his 60-day juice fast while falling slowly into despair, that's all. Welcome to the dark side of those social media public dieting miracles.
Thanks to a lengthy exposé by the Newark Star-Ledger, New Jersey lawmakers have introduced bills that would require random drug testing for anabolic steroids among law enforcement agencies, and health evaluations before prescriptions for steroids can be issued.
It only took a huge exposé, but the president of Jersey City's police union has decided that maybe officers should face more rigorous testing for anabolic steroids after hundreds of Jersey cops were implicated in an illegal 'roid ring. [Star-Ledger]
As we have pointed out in the past, "juice cleanses" are bullshit, scams peddled by sharps to to sucker the desperate. Still, today brings yet another first-person trend story about juice cleansing. But—progress is being made!
The FTC has filed suit against POM, the overpriced juice that looks a lot like blood. Apparently pomegranate juice does not have "super health powers," nor does it contribute to the "fight against cardiovascular, prostate, and erectile health." Bummer.
Pom, the maker of wildly expensive pomegranate juice products, is suing the Federal Trade Commission for infringing on Pom's First Amendment right to tell you, the consumer, any old thing about how great pomegranate juice is.
Bullshit allergies! Rachael Ray eats in the cafeteria! Michelle Obama hates Happy Meals! Books are organic to eat! Dave Zinczenko does not speak English! It's your important Health Watch, where we watch your health—while sipping juice-like beverages!