Episode 2059 – On this Monday show, Anna Vocino and Vinnie Tortorich talk cigarettes and TV ads, cholesterol misinformation, drug lies, crazy side effects, and more.
TV ADS
- Sometimes Vinnie’s Hulu movies have ads.
- This is really the only time he gets to see TV ads.
- Vinnie thinks of cigarette ads in the 20th century.
- Doctors were smoking.
- Nowadays, they can’t actually drink in beer ads and everything comes with a warning.
- But it’s not all good news.
- They would say in these ads that smoking ‘makes the air softer.’
- They’d even show women with black eyes in the ads.
- But now, we see lots of ads for drugs that people do not need.
CHOLESTEROL LIES
- Now ads largely focus on selling drugs.
- Vinnie plays a Lipitor ad.
- Companies need folks to stay sick to sell more drugs.
- Of course, talk to your doctor.
- But take these ads with a grain of salt — at best.
- Vinnie thinks that many of the things these drugs say they will treat may be treated better with diet — but he is not a doctor, so consult with yours.
- Never forget: ads used to tell us that cigarettes were healthy.
- Ads don’t always speak the truth.
- Vinnie hears misinformation about cholesterol all of the time.
- Doctors are spewing one thing on a commercial and another on YouTube or in the office.
- Vinnie would advise that you don’t go to a GP for cholesterol- and heart-related questions.
- Doctors are spewing one thing on a commercial and another on YouTube or in the office.
- These drug companies also make taking the drug look attractive.
- The ads tell you subliminally to get on the drug ASAP.
- Think of the Jardiance ad.
- Vinnie and Anna look at the numbers and they show that these drugs don’t often work.
KETOCON 2022
- Vinnie and Anna will be there this year!
- It takes place July 8 to July 10 in Austin, TX.
- Get your tickets now!Â
- We’ll talk about this more soon.
