Did you know that Michelle Obama's Plezi drink fails the nutrition standards set during her husband's administration?

[AviatorTom]

Michelle Obama wanted to give kids a healthier drink. Unfortunately, her Plezi brand doesn't pass the nutritional standards set while her husband was President.

Michelle Obama Lobbied for Healthy School Meals. Her New Drinks Wouldn’t Qualify.

What do you think about that?

[lightbulb27]

the cost of providing healthy drink won't work. probably better than soda... maybe.
Just tell the kids to drink water... it's cheap, eat some fruit and vegetables and forgo the plastic.

[Juxtapose]

I think they should try eating those fucking school lunches for a year and then see how they like it.

I am glad I went through school before the Obamas.

[Amy10223]

Anything other than pure water or even milk, is in my opinion not that great in nutrional value, not good for you. I'm not keen on any of those fancy drinks that claim they are "healthy".

[purplepoppy]

I don't see the point of taking healthy fruit juice and adding sugar and stuff to it. That's about as dumb as adding sugar to milk.

[DizzyDesii]

I never forgave her for taking away the good vending machines in school

[msmissydc]

Do people even read articles nowadays? Or just post about the headline thinking they understood what it is about? As a journalists myself this is concerning.

[msmissydc]

Let me give you a summary Obamas nutrition standarts for school mean:
that only water, milk or 100% fruit drinks can be offered. This means no softdrinks at all!
I dont think this is bad. It doesn't even constrict from bringing them yourself as far as I know.
The drink in question here is a less sugary soft drink. IT IS a more healthy variant to probably a lot of other softdrinks but it still is a softdrink, thats why is doesn't pass the guideline for school drinks.

[OlderAndWiser]

Typical “journalist” (propagandist) spin.

[msmissydc]

@OlderAndWiser spin on what?

[msmissydc]

What do I even do propaganda for? I didn't write the article I just explained it, because I see some people here already misunderstanding it completly.

[OlderAndWiser]

When someone raises a point that is inconsistent with your political agenda, deflect, redirect, minimize, stack the speaker’s character, and do whatever you can to avoid confronting the issue that has been raised.

Journalism, used car salesman, phone solicitors. . .

[msmissydc]

So basically what the article is trying to do? That reminds me of fox news too. Actual journalism though is different. How you get news if not by journalism?

[OlderAndWiser]

I don’t trust any mento report facts. I try to peruse a few different sources and filter out the political overlay.

[Keishio]

@OlderAndWiser did that sound like propaganda? It didn't to me. Just sounded like there was more meat on the bone to understand more about the headline

[FreyaRed]

It's not the worst drink you can buy, Stevia extract used in those drinks as sweetener is in Latin America a contraceptive and limited to 4mg/1kg body mass in EU. I think this stuff shouldn't be used too excessively.

[MORPHEUS_12]

In my opinion, it was being marketed towards a demographic who notoriously has issues with health concerns like diabetes and high blood pressure. I think the same with McDonalds.

[TrueConfection]

It's probably poison. There are only 2 kinds of food, whole (natural state) and processed. She's profiting off of a processed alternative to processed.

[exitseven]

Liberals are all such hippocrites. I noticed that the Obamas did not invite a single illegal alien to stay with them on the Vineyard last summer.

[ShadezMcgee]

I honestly don't care about Big Mike's drinks or in general. The less we hear about the Obama's, the better

[OfMiceandMen]

That's pretty funny. I guess even do-gooders can fail.

[OlderAndWiser]

I read this on Fox online last week. Don’t know if any of the other msm outlets carried the story.

[BoopBoopBeep]

Typical "do as I say not as I do" mentality

[LiamJHayden]

I am actually never surprised when either side of the political elite fails to live up to its own standards.

[bondjames37]

To be fair, she probably isn't even involved in production of the product. She probably just signed off for it with her name behind the brand.

[msc545]

I thnk nothing about it. If this is all you have to criticize you haave far too much time on your hands. This is trivial.

[Christoff92]

Probably they couldn't recognize her recipe of the drink brand.

[RealMarek]

Hypocrisy is the luxury of power.

[Andres77]

How much did she make on the deal?

[Anonymous]

I think you need to re-read the article.

[Pterodon]

Doesn’t surprise me

[runnerboy]

Who cares

[AimeeKyle]

Not a surprise.

[KrakenAttackin]

No surprise there.