They’re testing on animals to produce health claims. So now they’ll only test on humans. Soo much better.

The animal testing would involve testing high concentrations of specific chemicals present in pomegranate juice for correlation/causation with respect to improved health outcomes. Think of the red wine studies, especially the reservatrol, falvorins, and various anti-oxidants.

The media are overly emotional and give PETA play, and suck people in with emotional arguments rather than facts or logic. Another reason not to patronize Whole Paychecks and other image only firms. If you’re looking for good produce go to your local high-end providers, or help start your own high-end grocer, produce store, butcher, or provider of fresh prepared foods.

The city I live in has a WholeFoods within 1 mile of another 2 gourmet grocer/caterer as well as a slew of high-end specialty delicatessens, green grocers, butchers, fishmongers, cheesemongers, and caterers with fresh and frozen prepared meals. Whole Foods is at the low-end of these and is usually a disappointing experience for prepared foods. It’s price to value ratio isn’t there (same price as higher end stores but dramatically lower quality) and there is far too much green preachy crap (the vast majority of customers avoid the center of the store that has all the hippy stuff and stick with the periphery of produce, cheese, meat, fish, bakery, and prepared foods). WF is an image play rather than a company actually focused on high quality food. Great for projecting an image through your grocery purchases, but not great for providing high quality food for your family and guests. It’s the logo stamped bag rather than the high-quality plain leather bag, or the Burberry plaid shirt rather than the bespoke Turnbull & Asser shirt, of course with a granola feel.

libertarianuberalles on January 18, 2007 at 3:21 PM