Has anyone seen those new 7-up commercials claiming that 7-up is now all natural, showing fresh lemons and limes bouncing around in water?

Yeah. What a bunch of crap. You know what’s not in 7-up? Anything with the word “lemon” or “lime” in it. It’s carbonated water, high-fructose corn syrup, and three things that sound like I made them in Chemistry class with the word “Natural” in front of them.

The problem is that most organic food stores don’t sell food with HFCS, and with good reason. If you don’t know, HFCS is essentially super-sweetened sugar to appeal to our taste buds - with about 3x the calories of regular sugar (hence the high-fructose part). Not to mention, it’s in everything. And people wonder why Americans are facing obesity in epidemic proportions.

So yeah, 7-up. Don’t be fooled into buying it with this new campaign. I almost was, until I read the ingredients and saw HFCS on the back. Apparently it was grounds to get 7-up sued for false advertising, so don’t let it sway you into drinking more of it.