Seaweed anyone?

Yesterday afternoon, I just caught the end of one of those danged infomercials and watched it just to find out what was being sold this time.

It was a mixture of seaweed and another flora and being hawked as a cure-all for chronic fatigue, unwanted pounds, cancer and God knows what else. The guy who was promoting that junk claimed that the Japanese were healthier because they ate a similar concoction on a regular basis.

What he didn't understand is that the Japanese are a different culture! So of course their customs, holidays and foods differ, often drastically, from ours. Plus, the Japanese people are used to eating such stuff and just happen to benefit from a steady diet of it. More power to them!

Another thing that guy overlooked was the fact that many health-food stores may already have a similar concoction in stock. So there's no need to believe his claims and spend hard-earned money just to find out that his claims are mostly false. The nerve of such people. Sheesh!