Selling Lies and Stealing Good Intentions - Episode 1187

: Episode 1187 - Vinnie goes solo on this Saturday show. He talks about how both razor companies and weight loss companies are selling lies to well-intentioned consumers - ingrown hairs and weight-gain are cut from the same cloth. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Pure Coffee Club SELLING LIES Gillette had a double blade razor "Better than the best" They were selling crap Vinnie's dad bought into it Now, they're up to a bunch more blades Vinnie found that the razors with more blades actually hurt his skin These expensive razor companies are just selling lies People wanted to do what was best for their skin, so they overpaid for these overrated razors Robert Haas wrote a book called "Eat To Win" Carbing up was the big lie It's still being propagated "Don't eat fat, fear it" These lies sold because people wanted to get healthy Good intentions totally stolen Getting fat is kind of like growing ingrown hairs Figure out what went wrong It was the lies you were sold that caused it