If you've ever been addicted to diet soda, you know how hard it is to stop drinking it. You start becoming an expert in different types of carbonated chemical refreshment—and you become defensive when anyone questions your habit.
Sometimes you can't even get to the heart of the editorial content of a magazine because there are so many ads. And while a few ads are innocuous, pretty or straightforward, many are just bad. Hence, Badvertising! After the jump, some of the worst advertisements from recent issues of Elle, Allure and Glamour.
I was watching the Biggest Loser on Tuesday at the gym, (Is it masochistic to watch a weight-loss show while working out? Sadistic? Just ooky? Whatever. I digress.) and I noticed a commercial for Extra! Gum, touting it as "the long lasting 5-calorie snack" that will "take you from 'nice gut' to 'nice butt.'" The…
Diet Coke is the best thing since sliced bread—well, for those of us who eat carbs, anyway! The calorie-free beverage just turned 25, making it older than Jezebel's own Jennifer Gerson. (Ugh.) And people are starting to realize just how important Diet Coke has been to our culture over the past quarter century. Not…
Just in time for your post-lunch low: A new study finds if you drink one or more soft drinks a day (including diet soda), you have a 48% higher risk of developing heart disease factors. Of course, the American Beverage Association is pissed! "How can something with zero calories that's 99 percent water with a little…
