You may be able to cheat at poker when you play with your friends, but when you go to the poker playing mecca, you can be sure nobody in Vegas will let you pull the wool over their eyes. Don’t get the wool pulled over yours either. When it comes to food, manufacturers know that more people will buy their product if it claims to “lower cholesterol” or “boost immunity.” But many of these companies are cheating, and few people know the rulebook well enough to blow the whistle.
When you see a statement on the front of a carton of yogurt that says “helps builds strong bones,” it is called a structure/function claim. Read the rest of this entry
