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Does Anyone Else Hate The Activia Commercials?

cgilsing

By cgilsing
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cgilsing Enthusiast
cgilsing
Posted

Every time I see those commercials it irritates me! They keep having some woman on their who started having digestive problems right after her baby was born or another woman who has the same digestive problems as the other women in her family and then they claim that by eating Dannon yogurt all problems will be cured. I keep thinking those people should be tested for celiac disease! :lol: To make it worse Dannon yogurt isn't even gluten-free! :rolleyes:

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jerseyangel Proficient
jerseyangel
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I have thought the exact same thing!

bakingbarb Enthusiast
bakingbarb
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When that stuff first came out I didn't know about the Celiac so I tried them even though I knew it wouldn't help. It's marketing but it angers me. Ya just like the weight loss pills (read the small print the big D is on the way). :angry:

ravenwoodglass Mentor
ravenwoodglass
Posted

That one annoys me almost as much as the little wheat guy who says he will help your kid think better in school. Yea right.

FootballFanatic Contributor
FootballFanatic
Posted

I agree Raven, those little mini wheats would not help any child in school that's allergic to him.

I find the hardest to be the pizza delivery commercials...because not only do they look so good but it would be so convenient to just pick up the phone and have dinner in 20 minutes. I guess it's keeping me skinny!

ptkds Community Regular
ptkds
Posted

Yep, I hate all those commercials, plus that one for that Rx for IBS or something. They list a bunch of syptoms for Celiac, then say it is IBS and to take this pill and you will be cured! I just feel like screaming "YOU HAVE CELIAC YOU IDIOT!!!!"

Jestgar Rising Star
Jestgar
Posted
That one annoys me almost as much as the little wheat guy who says he will help your kid think better in school. Yea right.

:lol: :lol:

me too

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Guest keegans_mommy
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I am newly diagnosed but now that you have started this thread, I will be also annoyed, THANKS LOL

zarfkitty Explorer
zarfkitty
Posted

Here's another log for the fire:

Drink 24 oz of milk in 24 hours and you'll lose weight! God, that annoys the heck out of me. I'm very biased against the dairy industry, I'll admit it, but if I drank all that milk it would kill me. Who needs to be skinny when she's dead?

I also think the talking shredded wheat is annoying.

All IBS commercials make me mad. If there were a pill for celiac, we'd have a commercial and our diagnosis rate would go up 500%. As it is, the industry is keeping celiacs miserably sick.

The main reason the Activia campaign makes me want to spit nails is because the "patented" bacterial strain is just a garden variety bacterium with a fancy Latin name. No reason to pay more for it. Or to eat it as a dairy product, for that matter. Ugh.

hathor Contributor
hathor
Posted

Yeah, I'm glad it's not just me that hates those commercials.

The "eat dairy and lose weight" thing is annoying. I think they got sued about that one. The evidence isn't there or is based on some squirrelly study or other. For instance, the one about kids who have milk end up skinnier -- the study involved giving two groups of kids different beverages at breakfast -- one got milk, and the other got regular Coke.

(Just like the one study showing dairy yielding stronger bones -- since the study they financed just giving dairy showed that the excess animal protein actually led to bone loss [they don't talk about that one, and certainly haven't undertaken another study of this type], they commissioned another where dairy plus daily antacids were given to neutralize the acid created that would otherwise leach calcium out of the bones. They also don't address the epidemiological data showing that rates of osteoporosis are directly related to dairy consumption [you read that right -- directly related, not inversely related])

The "happy cows" ad also irks me. There have been complaints about it, since the cows making the products in question aren't in pastures, are pumped full of drugs to try to keep them healthy, etc. The industry response -- well, we aren't claiming the cows are actually happy. Everyone knows this is a jokey type ad. After all, the cows are talking and cows don't talk.

Oh, I could rant some more, but I guess that's enough for now :lol:

HouseKat Apprentice
HouseKat
Posted
Every time I see those commercials it irritates me! They keep having some woman on their who started having digestive problems right after her baby was born or another woman who has the same digestive problems as the other women in her family and then they claim that by eating Dannon yogurt all problems will be cured. I keep thinking those people should be tested for celiac disease! :lol: To make it worse Dannon yogurt isn't even gluten-free! :rolleyes:

Every time I see the Keopectate ad with the guy who has diarrhea I think, "Dude, you need to get tested for Celiac."

Kate

hathor Contributor
hathor
Posted

Yes, even if one's gastro symptoms aren't celiac, regular problems are a sign that something is off. People want some pill or other to mask the symptoms, rather than to figure out and address what might be causing the symptoms. Ever tried talking to someone about diet, or at least the possible advisability of restricting something they like to eat? It is as bad as discussing politics or religion.

kbtoyssni Contributor
kbtoyssni
Posted

The Activia commercial bugs me, too! Actually any commercial that makes medical claims without evidence or the full story. There are so many things that can cause digestive issues so it's not like Activia's going to help them all, and most people don't do enough research to realize this or try other things.

I'm from Wisconsin and never saw the happy cows ad until I moved across the border to Minnesota :) It always amuses me a bit because I know I'd NEVER see that ad in Wisconsin.

confusedks Enthusiast
confusedks
Posted

I totally agree! I saw those and said to my mom, "I bet you they have Celiac!!!"

We get happy cow's come from Califorina commercials! I don't know other states have them! LOL!

Kassandra

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Peej
Posted
The Activia commercial bugs me, too! Actually any commercial that makes medical claims without evidence or the full story. There are so many things that can cause digestive issues so it's not like Activia's going to help them all, and most people don't do enough research to realize this or try other things.

I'm from Wisconsin and never saw the happy cows ad until I moved across the border to Minnesota :) It always amuses me a bit because I know I'd NEVER see that ad in Wisconsin.

I'm surprised they even show it in Minnesota. I'm originally from Wisconsin, lived in Minnesota for a long time and now live in Boston. I figured it was an East Coast thing.

Glutenfreefamily Enthusiast
Glutenfreefamily
Posted
Yeah, I'm glad it's not just me that hates those commercials.

The "eat dairy and lose weight" thing is annoying. I think they got sued about that one. The evidence isn't there or is based on some squirrelly study or other. For instance, the one about kids who have milk end up skinnier -- the study involved giving two groups of kids different beverages at breakfast -- one got milk, and the other got regular Coke.

(Just like the one study showing dairy yielding stronger bones -- since the study they financed just giving dairy showed that the excess animal protein actually led to bone loss [they don't talk about that one, and certainly haven't undertaken another study of this type], they commissioned another where dairy plus daily antacids were given to neutralize the acid created that would otherwise leach calcium out of the bones. They also don't address the epidemiological data showing that rates of osteoporosis are directly related to dairy consumption [you read that right -- directly related, not inversely related])

The "happy cows" ad also irks me. There have been complaints about it, since the cows making the products in question aren't in pastures, are pumped full of drugs to try to keep them healthy, etc. The industry response -- well, we aren't claiming the cows are actually happy. Everyone knows this is a jokey type ad. After all, the cows are talking and cows don't talk.

Oh, I could rant some more, but I guess that's enough for now :lol:

Not to mention they forget to mention the bovine leukemia your drinking in their milk. It irks me too!

ravenwoodglass Mentor
ravenwoodglass
Posted
Yep, I hate all those commercials, plus that one for that Rx for IBS or something. They list a bunch of syptoms for Celiac, then say it is IBS and to take this pill and you will be cured! I just feel like screaming "YOU HAVE CELIAC YOU IDIOT!!!!"

I have been known to scream that. Good thing about that tendency is my kids don't complain about my channel surfing the jewelry channels during ads anymore. :) Bad thing- my neighbors think I'm a bit 'off' now. :D

Mango04 Enthusiast
Mango04
Posted

The funniest commercial is the one advertising string cheese that makes you regular :lol:. It's some sort of nasty processed cheese...they basically say that eating this cheese is a cure all for women who experience digestive problems (apparantly it doesn't work for men LOL). :rolleyes:

DingoGirl Enthusiast
DingoGirl
Posted
I am newly diagnosed but now that you have started this thread, I will be also annoyed, THANKS LOL

Yay! :lol:

Every time I see the Keopectate ad with the guy who has diarrhea I think, "Dude, you need to get tested for Celiac."

Kate

Dude, he totally does!

Well then......how can we get a 30-second Celiac commercial made?? Mentioning the most relevant lovely qualities of undiagnosed Celiac AND that there is treatment for it AND that most doctors don't know about it blah blah blah....and Heidi Collins from CNN can be the commercial spokeswoman!

Who can fund this for us? Should we all donate $5 and have it matched by Dr. Green's department at Columbia U? :)

JNBunnie1 Community Regular
JNBunnie1
Posted
Yay! :lol:

Dude, he totally does!

Well then......how can we get a 30-second Celiac commercial made?? Mentioning the most relevant lovely qualities of undiagnosed Celiac AND that there is treatment for it AND that most doctors don't know about it blah blah blah....and Heidi Collins from CNN can be the commercial spokeswoman!

Who can fund this for us? Should we all donate $5 and have it matched by Dr. Green's department at Columbia U? :)

Sign me up! Let's make it a news-time commercial, too.

zkat Apprentice
zkat
Posted
Yeah, I'm glad it's not just me that hates those commercials.

The "eat dairy and lose weight" thing is annoying. I think they got sued about that one. The evidence isn't there or is based on some squirrelly study or other. For instance, the one about kids who have milk end up skinnier -- the study involved giving two groups of kids different beverages at breakfast -- one got milk, and the other got regular Coke.

(Just like the one study showing dairy yielding stronger bones -- since the study they financed just giving dairy showed that the excess animal protein actually led to bone loss [they don't talk about that one, and certainly haven't undertaken another study of this type], they commissioned another where dairy plus daily antacids were given to neutralize the acid created that would otherwise leach calcium out of the bones. They also don't address the epidemiological data showing that rates of osteoporosis are directly related to dairy consumption [you read that right -- directly related, not inversely related])

The "happy cows" ad also irks me. There have been complaints about it, since the cows making the products in question aren't in pastures, are pumped full of drugs to try to keep them healthy, etc. The industry response -- well, we aren't claiming the cows are actually happy. Everyone knows this is a jokey type ad. After all, the cows are talking and cows don't talk.

Oh, I could rant some more, but I guess that's enough for now :lol:

OOOOHHHH, I just LOVE it when other people have the same soap box issues as me! It is not very often that you find other people who believe that dairy is bad for you! No other species drinks the milk of a different species and humans are the only ones who continue to drink milk after infancy. I dislike all milk commercials!

Matilda Enthusiast
Matilda
Posted

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JNBunnie1 Community Regular
JNBunnie1
Posted
OOOOHHHH, I just LOVE it when other people have the same soap box issues as me! It is not very often that you find other people who believe that dairy is bad for you! No other species drinks the milk of a different species and humans are the only ones who continue to drink milk after infancy. I dislike all milk commercials!

Actually, there are a number of traditional societies that still consume dairy products and get quite a health benefit from them. The key is, they're not pasteurized. Anyone notice how prevalent asthma became a few years after they started pasteurizing milk? Anyone notice how healthy Amish people are? Check out the Weston A Price foundation website, lots of stuff you wouldn't ever have thought was true is on there. Including the fact that soy is BAD. You guys hate milk commercials, and I do too to some degree, because it's commercialized poisoning of something that could be good for you, but I hate the SOY commercials. LIARS!!!!!

debmidge Rising Star
debmidge
Posted
OOOOHHHH, I just LOVE it when other people have the same soap box issues as me! It is not very often that you find other people who believe that dairy is bad for you! No other species drinks the milk of a different species and humans are the only ones who continue to drink milk after infancy. I dislike all milk commercials!

lol...my best friend tells me this all the time! I have heard this since I met her iin 1971 when we were kids! But I still love her. And she might be right. ;) I agree; they are going to find that soy is a bad idea too.

I dislike the Kaopectate and Pepto Bismal commercials; they should point out that any diarrhea (or other change in bowel movements) could be serious and could include celiac disease, colon cancer, gall bladder disease, pancreatic insufficiency, IBS, stress, pancreatic cancer, digestive diseases, cystic fibrosis, etc. People fluff off diarrhea because they must feel it's dishonorable and embarassing to complain about it. It's a symptom of something major going on in your body. Yep just take this stuff and you'll be better. See a doctor in the meanwhile....

debmidge Rising Star
debmidge
Posted
I hate them all. I hate them so much that I don't own a television. I highly recommend going tv-free.

Matilda

I am beginning to consider this too....I also hate the vacuum.. :D

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