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Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Go Eat a Worm!--Weight Loss Advice of Yesteryear!

Hi Ya'll--

Advertising is NOT a new thing. The Egyptians used papyrus to print their sales messages. And I suppose cave paintings can be thought of as a sort of outdoor billboard, no? The French newspaper, "La Presse," was the first to actually sell ad space. And the rest is history.

Of course, you may not know this, but one of Freud's relatives is largely responsible for how advertising continued in the US and the world, with a direct focus on convincing people to buy things they don't really need--to try to sell us on everything from one tooth paste being better than another, to your self-worth being solely dependent on what car you buy. Hum....

Huffington Post ran this article today on one big money niche of advertising: Playing on women's desires to lose weight or have a certain body type. Oh girls, we ARE big business.

Having been overweight myself when I was a teenager, before high school, it resonates with the feelings I had at the time... being made to feel less than normal if your body type didn't fit a mold, thinking a little appetite suppressant was going to help and at the same time, being bombarded with the benefits of fast food...and someone on the other side of those commercials racking in millions.

I eventually did lose weight, actually over one summer, and realized that the ideal weight for you, is totally dependent on the individual. And eating healthy is the best way to keep you where you want to be. i.e. Don't listen to those coke ads ya'll. You can "smile" without one. :-)



And now, here is the article in it's entirety and the original link. Some of these ads are simply fascinating from an archaeological point of view. The cave paintings of our time.

--R.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/25/vintage-weight-loss-ads_n_1373856.html?ncid=wsc-huffpost-cards-image#s804288&title=Eat_Sugar_To
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Vintage Ads on Weight Loss for your Consumption:


Would Don Draper approve these messages?

With Mad Men's season five premiere bringing everyone's favorite vintage show back to television on Sunday, we decided to take a look back at the ads that influenced our dieting styles and body images over the years.

It's easy to think of the current glut of half-baked weight loss solutions as a modern phenomenon. But these vintage advertisements for the wacky weight loss "cures" of yesteryear prove that snake oil and pseudo-science are not a 21st century invention. But from "obesity soap" to soda for infants, we can appreciate how far we've come over the past century in terms of understanding what our bodies need to function healthfully:

Eat Sugar to Lose Weight



"When you're hungry, it usually means your energy is down," reasons this ad from sugar manufacturers that was in circulation in the early 1970s. "By eating something with sugar in it, you can get your energy up fast."

They advertised sugar as only 18 calories per teaspoon and "all energy." Of course, they neglected to mention that immediately after creating a surge of energy, unfettered sugar consumption leads to a blood sugar crash that triggers appetite and brings on fatigue.

Curb Appetite by Smoking Cigarettes:



We don't need to review the damaging effects of cigarettes, do we? Smoking is associated with heart disease, stroke, many different cancers, and emphysema and other respiratory diseases -- just to name a few. In fact, smoking remains the number one preventable cause of death in the United States, killing 393,000 Americans each year.

This 1929 advertisement for Lucky Strike cigarettes reveals how tobacco products were marketed to women primarily as a weight loss aid.

Change Your Natural Body to Fit Beauty Ideals:



A good reminder that unrealistic body ideals skew in both directions, this was one in a series of advertisements for slender young women who wanted the voluptuous figure in fashion at the time.

Nothing wrong with a "naturally skinny figure" -- or a naturally any-kind-of figure, for that matter.

Swallow A Tape Worm:



Ingesting a parasite on purpose, to stay thin? No thanks. While there is some skepticism that pills like these actually contained living tape worms, the notion that a person could lose weight from having a parasite is not totally logical. As Los Angeles Times health writer Elena Conis explained, "Some tapeworm species can bring on not just weight loss, but also malnutrition, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, anemia and the formation of fluid-filled cysts that can damage organs, block circulation and cause seizures."

Vegetables Are For Squares:



By feeding into the notion that vegetables are tasteless and undesirable, this "dieting candy" company got it all wrong. The vibrant colors, textures and flavors of vegetables are palatable and make you feel good.

Flavored with chocolate, butterscotch, peanut butter and other candy flavors, the appetite suppressant candies were first made with a local anesthetic, benzocaine, and then with the stimulant, phenylpropanolamine.

But clearly, a carrot is the offensive option.

Taking A Pill Is The Solution:



Industrious companies have been trying to sell the idea of a quick fix for weight loss for a long time, as this ad proves. With vague, "fine vegetable" ingredients, the pill company claims that their supplements "redistribute fat" as you sleep.

Now we know there are no short cuts: an active life style and careful eating are the only way to achieve a healthy weight.

Wash Away Your Fat With Soap:



Has there ever been a more clearly stated subtext than appears in this ad? Fat is dirty, the ad implies, and all one must do is simply wash it away.

Strength Training Changes Bust Size:



While strength training with bands is an effective and efficient workout that's back in vogue, the resistance exercises can only help tone muscles and improve alignment and strength -- they can't change cup size.

Short of surgical intervention or overall weight gain, nothing can.

Skip Meals:



Replacing meals with processed shakes and bars might help you reduce calories, but that doesn't mean you're getting complete nutrition. Eating a variety of whole, unprocessed foods is a better bet than depriving yourself of meals in favor of sugary shakes.

Feed Your Infant Sugary Soda:



According to this ad, it's never too early to start plying your infant with soda. Why? Because it's "pure and wholesome." This 1956 ad for Seven-Up boasts that the drink comes with an ingredient list on the label, which wasn't required at the time. And while that's commendable, the ingredient list surely revealed how sugary the beverage truly is.

We now know that sugar-sweetened beverages like sodas and energy drinks are one of the biggest scourges in the fight against childhood obesity. While much of the current connection between obesity rates and sugar-sweetened beverages are related to growing portion sizes and increased availability, there is no benefit to serving sodas to small children.
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I hope you found that as entertaining... and kinda shocking.... as I did, kids. We all like to think we are not as pliable as generations past, until we stop and think about the ads we see on TV every day, and the jingles that stick in ones mind...

And now to round things out, so to speak, here's an ad I found myself. This one for weight GAIN. :-)



Eh, all we can do is put on our brainwashing shields and be ourselves. So, go forth, and do.

Peace and Love,
R.

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