Summary

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 11575
Story Slug JUNK FOOD ZAPPER (08/20/1997)
Location None
Format PkgW/Tag/VoSot
Date 08/20/1997
Archive Time 38:02
TRT 1:58
Supers :42 Donna Schmidt, Naturally Vitamin 1:28 Nancee Vanderplym, Registered Dietician :01 Marty Hames, Reporting
Video Description Shot of french fries being cooked, person eating fries and a sandwich, person getting fast food at counter, MOS's, person wrapping burger, fries, woman sitting at desk talking, CU of bottle, shot of vitamins in hand, sot, more shots of bottle, person screwing cap onto bottle, woman inspecting bottle, woman reading bottle label, sot, sot, bottle, guy eating a burger, french fries being cooked
Script LEAD: So you love junk foodbut you hate the effect it has on your body There's a pill, called Junk Food Zap, that supposedly reverses some of that damage SCRIPT: FOR SOME OF US FAST FOOD IS AN OCCASIONAL TREAT FOR OTHERSA WAY OF LIFE (1st MOS: How often do I eat junk food? Every day) (2nd MOS: Oh geez, every day) (3rd MOS: Average a day? I'd say about five times a day) WE ALL KNOW JUNK FOOD IS FOR THE MOST PART LOADED WITH SATURATED FAT WHICH CAN WREAK HAVOC ON OUR BODIES BUT NOW A SCOTTSDALE COMPANY HAS COME UP WITH THIS PRODUCT CALLED JUNK FOOD ZAPAND THEY SAY TWO PILLS AFTER A FAST FOOD MEAL CAN ACTUALLY REVERSE SOME OF THAT DAMAGE (Schmidt SOT: This is like an insurance policy for when you do consume some of that fatty junk food) JUNK FOOD ZAP CONTAINS NATURAL INGREDIENTSVITAMIN C, VITAMIN E, GRAPE SKIN EXTRACT AND GREEN TEA EXTRACT WHICH ARE KNOWN ANTI OXIDANTS (Schmidt SOT: When a person consumes a fatty meal, they were given this combination of anti oxidants immediately after the fatty meal, the junk food meal, and this product was shown to have some beneficial effects) RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT ANTI OXIDANTS CAN HELP FIGHT CANCER AND REVERSE THE AGING PROCESS NANCEE VANDERPLUYM, A REGISTERED DIETICIAN, AGREES ANTI OXIDANTS ARE IMPORTANT IN KEEPING US HEALTHY HOWEVER, SHE'S SKEPTICAL ABOUT HOW MUCH EFFECT THIS PRODUCT WILL HAVE (Vanderpluym SOT: To say that yes, if you eat junk food A and junk food B and then you include, you know, a certain amount of anti oxidants, that you're going to be protected we can't say that) MAKERS OF JUNK FOOD ZAP SAY THEY DON'T PROMOTE A DIET HIGH IN FAST FOODBUT IF YOU'RE GONNA INDULGE THEY BELIEVE THEIR PRODUCT CAN TAKE A LITTLE BITE OUT OF THE PROBLEM TAG: Junk Food Zap will be hitting the stores any day now It will cost about $15
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