Word: diets
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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When I walked into store 24 one day to grab some munchies for my evening at The Crimson, I beheld a most in-triguing sight. There in the front display case, was a three liter bottle of Diet Crystal Pepsi...
...takes a couple of minutes for the tongue and the brain to comprehend what has just happened to them when you first ingest Diet Crystal Pepsi. At first, you think you've just drunk a lightly sweetened mineral water. On the second sip, your nose tingles and your throat burns slightly, alerting you to the fact that the drink is carbonated...
...flat, unpalatable, and visually uninteresting. How does Pepsico expect anyone to buy Diet Crystal Pepsi? If isn't even that much healthier than regular caffinated caramel colored Pepsi. That ominous "natural flavorings" entry is still on the ingredients list...
...almost a century, medical researchers have tried to figure out why colon cancer seems to run in certain families. Did their misfortune result from blind chance, a shared exposure to some cancer-causing trigger in the environment or their diet? Or could they have inherited a rogue gene that made them more susceptible to malignancy? Now a team led by scientists from Johns Hopkins University and the University of Helsinki believe that they have found the answer. "What has heretofore been called familial colon cancer can now be called heritable colon cancer," says Dr. Bert Vogelstein, professor of oncology...
...didn't take long for the vultures to get wind of the financial collapse of Nutri/System. Heavy debt forced the diet center to close its headquarters and 283 company-owned weight-loss clinics. As Nutri/System struggled to find a buyer, its competitors ran ads to lure the company's customers. Jenny Craig offered to sign up abandoned calorie counters at "no additional service fee," while stressing that it is "a debt-free, $500 million company." Weight Watchers told Nutri/System customers, "Don't worry." At week's end Heico Acquisitions of Chicago tentatively agreed to manage the firm while seeking...