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Airborne will pay you back (because you got sick anyway)

airborneRemember last week when you felt a tickle at the back of your throat and you went back to your trusty little plastic canister of Airborne to head illness off at the pass?

And you still got sick anyway?

Apparently, ABC News discovered that the company that makes the stuff had never done any of the clinical trials it said it had as proof that Airborne works. Obviously, legal action ensued, and while the company will not admit that it was wrong, it has has agreed to settle the lawsuit for $23 million.

All you have to do is have prrof of purchase to get your money back.

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If I'm going to be addicted to something, at least it's Vitamin C

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My friends, I have a serious addiction. I gave up cigarettes almost two years ago. I finally quit chewing that nasty Nicorette gum to get over the cigarettes. I am gently weaning myself off the patch. (It's a long process, but worth it!)

No, no. I am not addicted to nicotine -- anymore, that is. I am addicted to vitamin C.

You know what Emergen-C is, right? It's that somewhat expensive powdered vitamin and mineral super-boost that you add to water (somewhat like Airborne) and drink. The thing is, it's not like I go through true withdrawal symptoms like getting jittery or twitching if I don't have my usual fix of Emergen-C three times a day. It's just that, well, for some reason, I can't stop drinking it. Most people drink it when they are sick, or when they can feel illnes coming on. I drink it everyday. In fact, I don't even "drink" the powder dissolved in the prescribed 8 oz of water. I add a tiny amount of water, stir it up, and shoot it. I am addicted to it, and I have to take it like a shot because it actually does taste pretty horrible. Then again, for a lot of people, this is considered "medicine."

I suppose there are worse things I could be drinking morning, noon, and night, that are far worse than a raspberry flavored fizzy vitamin booster!

What are you addicted to that you eat/drink it at least three times a day?! Come on. Don't make me feel like the only weirdo.

Filed under: Science, Food Oddities, Health & Medical

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