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Default Can I sue Cheerios for not lowering my cholesterol? - 07-02-2010, 12:33 AM

And is it legal to put a medical claim on a food product? Does that not turn it into a medicine that would require a prescription?
I know a lot of people who eat cholesterol and not one of them claim it has helped to lower it. I smell a class action lawsuit here.
I assumed I'd get intelligent answers, not "i must be eating hamburgers and french fries". No, i eat a very healthy diet and I exercise and my cholesterol is the same as when I started having cheerios for breakfast, for the sole purpose to see if it would reduce it and it hasn't.
   
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Default 07-07-2010, 12:33 AM

They did not promise to lower your cholesterol, they claim that statistically your cholesterol will be lowered. Not you personally, but users overall.
   
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Default 07-10-2010, 12:33 AM

If they intentionally misrepresent the effects of consuming their product, without benefit of any scientific basis, they can be fined by the FTC for false advertising.
   
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Default 07-14-2010, 12:33 AM

No you can't sue them. I'm pretty sure the most you could do is report them to the FDA. Even if you could sue them, you would be going up against top corporate lawyers. Your only chance of winning would be to get a class action suit going, and if you won you might get a check for $10 or something.

From what I understand, cereals currently market themselves like supplements, where they can make vague claims but they can't claim that they actually cure any diseases. One cereal did make such a claim, and the FDA gave them a warning letter telling them to either stop making that claim, or submit to having the cereal regulated as a drug.
   
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Default 07-15-2010, 12:33 AM

Cheerios doesn't lower your cholesterol.
eating cheerios and not a lb of bacon will.
most of the boxes say may help low cholesterol.
It is only illegal to say eat this stuff and your cholesterol will go down
   
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Default 07-20-2010, 12:33 AM

What have you done other then cheerios to lower your cholesterol?
It states that it helps to lower your cholesterol with a proper diet and exercise.
Eating Cheerios between big macs while stuck to the couch does nothing to help your case.
   
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Default 07-23-2010, 12:33 AM

Oatmeal also works. Yes you can because its False advertising.
   
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Default 07-26-2010, 12:33 AM

Read any of Neal Barnard, MD's books. Eating a bowl of Cheerios and following it up with a 2,000 calorie hamburger and fries isn't going to do anything for you. You need to cut as much fat and oil as possible out of your diet. The proof is in the pudding.
   
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