{"id":894,"date":"2008-09-03T06:47:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-03T06:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.quackometer.net\/wpblog\/2008\/09\/a-little-sip-and-you-can-join-the-mile-high-club-and-solve-the-credit-crunch.html"},"modified":"2008-09-03T06:47:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-03T06:47:00","slug":"little-sip-and-you-can-join-mile-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quackometer.net\/blog\/2008\/09\/little-sip-and-you-can-join-mile-high.html","title":{"rendered":"A little sip and you can join the Mile High Club and Solve the Credit Crunch"},"content":{"rendered":"
One of the themes of Ben Goldacre’s new book, Bad Science<\/a>, is the ‘medicalisation of everyday life’. (read and except here<\/a>). Everyday experiences are turned into illnesses that need medical solutions. The pharmaceutical companies do it and so do the quacks. The quacks have a great ability though of also turning food and drink into medical products.<\/p>\n

We learn <\/a>that Waitrose is to launch a new drink soon. Mile High Drinks<\/span> (‘the original flight juice drink’) promises to combat the ‘negative effects’ experienced when flying. Its a juice drink that is ‘specially formulated’ by naturopath and nutritionist Stuart Roberts. Mile High Drinks claim they are,<\/p>\n

scientifically proven to have qualities that can help combat jet lag, dehydration, nausea, digestive upsets and infections. The unique way that Mile High blended the ingredients makes the combination much more effective than each individual ingredient alone.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That will be fluids, sugars and salts then? Obviously, Waitrose (a high end supermarket chain in the UK) have literally bought this. Mile High Drinks’ web site <\/a>is a laugh a minute. In typical quack fashion, we are given a list of ‘health issues’. Whilst the site never explicitly says that any their drink can help with any of them, the implication is there. We are invited to be scared of Deep Vein Thrombosis, Viruses and Bacteria, Hypobaric Hypoxia and, even more ridiculously, Cosmic Radiation.<\/p>\n

It is true that the radiation dose we receive on flights is relatively high. Indeed, Concorde crew were the group of workers in the UK with the highest radiation exposures – beating X-ray hospital staff and nuclear power workers easily. But should your typical Waitrose consumer flying a few times a year to their cottage near Bergerac worry? Would an ‘aviation juice’ drink of any sort make any difference? Of course not.<\/p>\n

But if we think we are bonkers in the UK, we only have to look to the US for even more utter daftness. There, sips of drinks can do even more miraculous things than stave of viruses and form a protective invisible lead soup radiation shield around you.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Are you an Estate Agent finding new business hard during the credit crunch? Are you a homeowner desperate to sell your house, but canno`ing about a quick sale.”<\/p>\n

A worried real estate professional can sip the water and let the drink “enhance your powers as a sales person, and assist you in achieving positive results.”<\/p>\n

While you are using your Energized Water, keep a clear mind, stay focused and quietly say a mantra such as “I am thankful for what I am, for what I have, and will accept what is to come with grace. I am worthy and deserving, I am blessed with good fortune and I will treat success with great respect.” Repeat three times.<\/p>\n

Remember that your intentions play a large part and you must believe in yourself. Success and luck will follow.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

$6.99 for 8 oz.<\/p>\n

Whilst the Mile High Drinks company are not forthcoming about saying how their magic fruit juice works, Energised Water freely offer is their secret:<\/p>\n

The Energized Water offered through the Water Pharmacy undergoes an intense turbulent treatment in order to prepare it for the absorption of specific desired energy levels. Thanks in part to a parallel transmission of precise vibrations, the water is programmed by the frequency belt of the natural magnetic field of the earth. Under these influences, the structure of harmful molecular clusters collapses resulting in a complete deletion of the memory of negative matter.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Obviously vital stuff for all of suffering with mortgage worries, debt and the constant health battle against negative matter.<\/p>\n

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