Guest guest Posted March 2, 2004 Report Share Posted March 2, 2004 Don't forget the power of advertising. No publication is going to risk angering a big advertiser to the point of pulling their ads. In this country drug companies advertise HEAVILY to the general public. The TV is full their blather. THEY know that coconut oil is healthy and want no part of it. The more coconut oil we consume the lower their profits will be. Any station that runs a news bit on CNO risks losing quantities of advertising dollars. The only thing that will change that is people like us using it and sharing it, and our knowledge, with others. In time it should do what low carb has done. That is if all the coconut trees are not cut down. Judith Alta -----Original Message----- From: Sharon M [mailto:smaas@...] I think these people - and the media in general - just are not yet ready to investigate coconut oil. Speaking from Britain, I can say this: for the past five- six months I have been writing to various newspapers and magazines with offers of articles (I am a journalist) about coconut oil. They have all without exception rejected my articles - even though the information I gave was quite dramatic. I've only had one minor success: a columnist for the Observer (one of thre main Sunday newspapers here) on nutrtition wrote about free radicals and since he says he welcomes comments and suggestions from members of the public I wrote him about coconut oil. he replied in a very friendly way and said he had heard about coconut oil, and would look into it. I sent him a few website links and recommended Fife's books; I haven't heard from him since and I don't know if the article he promised to write ws ever done. perhaps I'll write and ask in a day or two. But it's essential for the mainstream media to wake up. I suggest we all keep eyes and ears open and just keep battering them with readers' letters. Sooner or later they have to take note! I think the moment one serious newspaper or magazine (Woman's World is not serious enough!) takes an interest in coconut oil and prints something positive, the others will follow suit, or at least investigate. It's up to us to get the word out. For example, recently Newsweek did a cover story about fats where they said a lot of nonsense. I immediately wanted to send them a reader's letter but I was abroad and had no access to internet and by the time I returned it was too late. But I think this is one way of making ourselves heard. Why don't we start a campaign of bombardment? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 2, 2004 Report Share Posted March 2, 2004 ----- Original Message ----- Don't forget the power of advertising. No publication is going to risk angering a big advertiser to the point of pulling their ads Judith, Don't you have anything like the BBC over there? They is supposed to be neutral... the only problem would be getting them to investigate because of course they too are brainwashed! Look at this anti-coconut-oil article by a BBC nutritionist: http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/ask_doctor/coconuts.shtml I loved this sentence in the Barry Groves article: 'If you have a diet that results in weight loss, lower cholesterol, and a better lipid profile, eventually everybody will be eating that way. It's going to come whether we like it or not.' It's true; Word of Mouth is going to do the trick. The very success of the ATkins diet mst have traditional nutritionists shitting in thewir pants! Because one day the bubble HAS to burst. Sharon M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 2, 2004 Report Share Posted March 2, 2004 Sad to say the advertisers run this country. If Big Advertiser says don't publish, the media does not publish. But the power of the people to talk is greater than the power of the advertisers to threaten to withhold their advertising. People are sick and tired of being sick and tired and are taking matters into their own hands. If it will improve health or not, with all the junk low-carb, remains to be seen. It almost HAS to have some positive effect. I just hope that Common Human does not fall prey to the bad mouthing from the big companies that have the most to loose. Judith Alta -----Original Message----- From: Sharon M [mailto:smaas@...] ----- Original Message ----- Don't forget the power of advertising. No publication is going to risk angering a big advertiser to the point of pulling their ads Judith, Don't you have anything like the BBC over there? They is supposed to be neutral... the only problem would be getting them to investigate because of course they too are brainwashed! Look at this anti-coconut-oil article by a BBC nutritionist: http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/ask_doctor/coconuts.shtml I loved this sentence in the Barry Groves article: 'If you have a diet that results in weight loss, lower cholesterol, and a better lipid profile, eventually everybody will be eating that way. It's going to come whether we like it or not.' It's true; Word of Mouth is going to do the trick. The very success of the ATkins diet mst have traditional nutritionists shitting in thewir pants! Because one day the bubble HAS to burst. Sharon M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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