Penta-Water on Food Network

[Just thinking]

Penta Water (you recall, it has amazing abilities to be absorbed faster by the human body than ordinary water) was displayed on a Food Network program ...

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/show_cw/episode/0,1976,FOOD_9955_32673,00.html

... Unwrapped, hosted by Marc Summers. Of course, no critique or formal testing was required in order to show the product's validity -- good old Marc just took all the BS as gospel and continued on, totally oblivious to the nonsense.

[c4ts]

If they didn't use it as an ingredient in Iron Chef, I didn't see it.

[Nex]

I've always wondered about the show "Unwrapped." Do you think the foods they show are sponsored? Like a big juicy mouth-watering infomercial for food?

If so... I wonder how much Penta-Water paid to be on the show...

[Just thinking]

Originally posted by Nex
I've always wondered about the show "Unwrapped." Do you think the foods they show are sponsored? Like a big juicy mouth-watering infomercial for food?

It would surprise me not, in that it seems a bit too unusual for them (Food Network) to be able to get all the manufacturing processes (and factory videos) of brands of foods and candies just willie-nillie as they might please.

[jmercer]

Originally posted by Just thinking
Penta Water (you recall, it has amazing abilities to be absorbed faster by the human body than ordinary water) was displayed on a Food Network program ...

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/show_cw/episode/0,1976,FOOD_9955_32673,00.html

... Unwrapped, hosted by Marc Summers. Of course, no critique or formal testing was required in order to show the product's validity -- good old Marc just took all the BS as gospel and continued on, totally oblivious to the nonsense.

Well, what do you expect from a guy who started his mainstream career hosting "Nickelodeon"? Serious commentary? :D

[jmercer]

Originally posted by Just thinking
Penta Water (you recall, it has amazing abilities to be absorbed faster by the human body than ordinary water) was displayed on a Food Network program ...

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/show_cw/episode/0,1976,FOOD_9955_32673,00.html

... Unwrapped, hosted by Marc Summers. Of course, no critique or formal testing was required in order to show the product's validity -- good old Marc just took all the BS as gospel and continued on, totally oblivious to the nonsense.

Well, what do you expect from a guy who started his mainstream career hosting "Nickelodeon"? Serious commentary? :D

[Nex]

Originally posted by jmercer
Well, what do you expect from a guy who started his mainstream career hosting "Nickelodeon"? Serious commentary? :D

Good point. He's probably not all that interested in any type of journalistic integrity.

Of course, nowadays, neither are most journalists. :nope:

[jj]

It would be interesting to hear what Alton Brown would have to say about "pentawater". It might be amusing to hear, indeed. Maybe we ought to lobby Food Channel for a debunking show, and nominate Alton for MC.

I saw him at a book signing in Seattle last Sunday. He's just as entertaining in person, and quite down to earth.

[Orangutan]

Well they have a comment form you can fill out.

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/show_cw/text/0,1976,FOOD_9955_8644,00.html

Personally I will be sending them a link to

http://www.chem1.com/CQ/clusqk.html

U.

PS I think the Alton Brown Idea Is Fantastic.
Why don't you Email The Good Eats program.

EDIT:

I don't see any medical disclamiers on the site but they seem to be claiming, by testimonial, health benifits.

See http://www.pentawater.com/pp_bloomgren.shtml

Does anyone know how do you get the FDA to Look at sites like this?

EDIT:
HAHAHAHA!, From that link

"I first heard of Penta water while watching a news program on Fox"

[Just thinking]

Originally posted by Orangutan
HAHAHAHA!, From that link ...

"I first heard of Penta water while watching a news program on Fox"

That means nothing, as you (nor I) know not how FOX portrayed the product, or if it was just mentioned in passing by one of those being interviewed. We don't even know what type of program it was -- besides, the following comment was that it was only a discussion on flushing acids out of the body, not of some miracle claim.

[Mojo]

It's also featured in today's Bad Science column in the Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/badscience/story/0,12980,1398872,00.html