Comments on: The REAL Pepsi Challenge: Diabetes http://www.diabetesmine.com/2010/02/the-real-pepsi-challenge-diabetes.html A gold mine of straight talk and encouragement for people living with diabetes Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:28:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: ryans mom http://www.diabetesmine.com/2010/02/the-real-pepsi-challenge-diabetes.html/comment-page-1#comment-503434 ryans mom Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:21:45 +0000 http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=13787#comment-503434 I posted a comment two nights ago and disagreed with some of your points. I see that my comment was not "approved" for post. So I guess if you don't agree 100%, that you don't have a voice here. I posted a comment two nights ago and disagreed with some of your points. I see that my comment was not “approved” for post. So I guess if you don’t agree 100%, that you don’t have a voice here.

]]> By: Bill Seitz http://www.diabetesmine.com/2010/02/the-real-pepsi-challenge-diabetes.html/comment-page-1#comment-489708 Bill Seitz Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:01:08 +0000 http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=13787#comment-489708 It certainly seems like this is a good opportunity for a media hack. Hmm, they already have 1000 submissions for this month, but you can start an application and save it for submission on Mar1. I created one, which I hope I'll be able to activate at http://refresheverything/closepepsico but I suspect it will get blocked. It certainly seems like this is a good opportunity for a media hack.

Hmm, they already have 1000 submissions for this month, but you can start an application and save it for submission on Mar1.

I created one, which I hope I’ll be able to activate at http://refresheverything/closepepsico but I suspect it will get blocked.

]]> By: Itodo http://www.diabetesmine.com/2010/02/the-real-pepsi-challenge-diabetes.html/comment-page-1#comment-475442 Itodo Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:20:58 +0000 http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=13787#comment-475442 Thank you for your information. I thought that Mountain Dew is ok for diabet 2 type. By your information, so I have been taking ponsion. Henceforth I will stop taking pepsi product and encourage others to stop taking it as well. You have done well for exposing this ORGANISATION who are interested in making profit. Keep on Thank you for your information. I thought that Mountain Dew is ok for diabet 2 type. By your information, so I have been taking ponsion. Henceforth I will stop taking pepsi product and encourage others to stop taking it as well.

You have done well for exposing this ORGANISATION who are interested in making profit. Keep on

]]> By: Jackie T. Ewing http://www.diabetesmine.com/2010/02/the-real-pepsi-challenge-diabetes.html/comment-page-1#comment-474011 Jackie T. Ewing Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:50:43 +0000 http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=13787#comment-474011 Instead of ranting and raving about the fact that so many millions CHOOSE to drink soda and eat tons of snack food, why not concentrate on the unique opportunity here to get Pepsi to actually DO something about diabetes research - for a cure. I don't education is helping because these folks that make poor choices over and over again, cannot be oblivious to the information that all us non-soda, or occasional soda drinkers have. Put your obviously well-oiled brains together and come up with a suggestion for the refresh campaign that would get more badly needed funds for diabetes research. This is an opportunity to work with them to DO something useful for diabetes instead of just yakking about it! Instead of ranting and raving about the fact that so many millions CHOOSE to drink soda and eat tons of snack food, why not concentrate on the unique opportunity here to get Pepsi to actually DO something about diabetes research – for a cure. I don’t education is helping because these folks that make poor choices over and over again, cannot be oblivious to the information that all us non-soda, or occasional soda drinkers have.

Put your obviously well-oiled brains together and come up with a suggestion for the refresh campaign that would get more badly needed funds for diabetes research. This is an opportunity to work with them to DO something useful for diabetes instead of just yakking about it!

]]> By: Frankie http://www.diabetesmine.com/2010/02/the-real-pepsi-challenge-diabetes.html/comment-page-1#comment-473575 Frankie Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:11:05 +0000 http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=13787#comment-473575 I think you missed this while searching the Pepsi website (click the Mark Sanchez video at the bottom of the page): http://www.nfl.com/partner?partnerType=refresh-project Maybe if you had advertised this on your website this week, Pepsi would have donated $100,000 to the JDRF to help fight diabetes. We need to stop blaming others and take responsibility for our own health. I think you missed this while searching the Pepsi website (click the Mark Sanchez video at the bottom of the page):

http://www.nfl.com/partner?partnerType=refresh-project

Maybe if you had advertised this on your website this week, Pepsi would have donated $100,000 to the JDRF to help fight diabetes. We need to stop blaming others and take responsibility for our own health.

]]> By: Clarke http://www.diabetesmine.com/2010/02/the-real-pepsi-challenge-diabetes.html/comment-page-1#comment-473562 Clarke Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:01:49 +0000 http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=13787#comment-473562 Speaking of companies that "pretend to be part of the solution"...... How about the clinical trial in Lancet testing a closed-loop, external artificial pancreas. Seems that while Animas is busy promising us and the JDRF that they will develop an artifical pancreas, Medtronic has already developed and has been testing one for greater than a year now. Looks like another example of the almighty dollar winning to get publicity for Animas. I'm glad my pump company has already put their money where their mouth is. http://www.reuters.com/article/idCNLDE6130BW20100205?rpc=44 Speaking of companies that “pretend to be part of the solution”…… How about the clinical trial in Lancet testing a closed-loop, external artificial pancreas. Seems that while Animas is busy promising us and the JDRF that they will develop an artifical pancreas, Medtronic has already developed and has been testing one for greater than a year now. Looks like another example of the almighty dollar winning to get publicity for Animas. I’m glad my pump company has already put their money where their mouth is.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idCNLDE6130BW20100205?rpc=44

]]> By: Views of DiabetesMine on Pepsi Refresh « RX4Good http://www.diabetesmine.com/2010/02/the-real-pepsi-challenge-diabetes.html/comment-page-1#comment-473023 Views of DiabetesMine on Pepsi Refresh « RX4Good Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:27:36 +0000 http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=13787#comment-473023 [...] In the interest of sharing all views on the new Pepsi Refresh campaign, following is an excerpt from DiabetesMine about the campaign.  The post raises some important points about corporate philanthropy and how it must ring true in order to be perceived as value-added.  From the perspective of one member of the diabetes community, Pepsi is viewed as “part of the problem” rather than a solution.  For full post, click on this  link [...] [...] In the interest of sharing all views on the new Pepsi Refresh campaign, following is an excerpt from DiabetesMine about the campaign.  The post raises some important points about corporate philanthropy and how it must ring true in order to be perceived as value-added.  From the perspective of one member of the diabetes community, Pepsi is viewed as “part of the problem” rather than a solution.  For full post, click on this  link [...]

]]> By: Sean http://www.diabetesmine.com/2010/02/the-real-pepsi-challenge-diabetes.html/comment-page-1#comment-472928 Sean Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:07:50 +0000 http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=13787#comment-472928 Any form of sugar can be abused. It is just made too easy for people. We have been made to feel we need these products. And oh, they taste good. They dull other flavors in foods so we crave the extreme sugars and fats. And the consumerism continues with products that are made to help you diet. I fall into this. Yes it is all a choice, but the one thing I have found to help is this: http://www.wholewellnessclub.net/index.cgi?pg=products&pcode=110&tp=0&sess_id=ebe9db2302cad38a8f3aee97f5b02d8e&un=wisdomroots Any form of sugar can be abused. It is just made too easy for people. We have been made to feel we need these products. And oh, they taste good. They dull other flavors in foods so we crave the extreme sugars and fats. And the consumerism continues with products that are made to help you diet. I fall into this. Yes it is all a choice, but the one thing I have found to help is this:

http://www.wholewellnessclub.net/index.cgi?pg=products&pcode=110&tp=0&sess_id=ebe9db2302cad38a8f3aee97f5b02d8e&un=wisdomroots

]]> By: Jim Huck http://www.diabetesmine.com/2010/02/the-real-pepsi-challenge-diabetes.html/comment-page-1#comment-472898 Jim Huck Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:28:17 +0000 http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=13787#comment-472898 Yes...these companies (Pepsi and Coke being among the worst offenders) are wearing a lot of pancreases out. Every time I walk into a store, it amazes me that the human body can even tolerate that much processed sugar. I'm amazed that we haven't all dropped dead. Where does that kind of sugar appear in nature? Who would expect our bodies to be able to adapt in a healthy way to that much glucose in our blood stream? Yes…these companies (Pepsi and Coke being among the worst offenders) are wearing a lot of pancreases out. Every time I walk into a store, it amazes me that the human body can even tolerate that much processed sugar. I’m amazed that we haven’t all dropped dead.

Where does that kind of sugar appear in nature? Who would expect our bodies to be able to adapt in a healthy way to that much glucose in our blood stream?

]]> By: Kassie http://www.diabetesmine.com/2010/02/the-real-pepsi-challenge-diabetes.html/comment-page-1#comment-472895 Kassie Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:19:54 +0000 http://www.diabetesmine.com/?p=13787#comment-472895 So Pepsi (and every other purveyor of food that's not nutritional) has three choices: 1) keep selling their crap and use advertising to work really hard to thwart our good choices, 2) go out of business, or 3) sell the crap but also recognize it's not the best health choice, and pour advertising money into health initiatives. Seems to me #3 is actually their best, if most ironic, choice. So Pepsi (and every other purveyor of food that’s not nutritional) has three choices: 1) keep selling their crap and use advertising to work really hard to thwart our good choices, 2) go out of business, or 3) sell the crap but also recognize it’s not the best health choice, and pour advertising money into health initiatives.

Seems to me #3 is actually their best, if most ironic, choice.

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