Tom Brady is all about living a super-healthy lifestyle, and apparently that earned him some enemies in two major American food companies.
The New England Patriots quarterback defended longtime trainer and friend Alex Guerrero in a Monday interview after he came under fire for lying about being a doctor and claiming his products could cure cancer. However, this led to a discussion about some products Brady isn’t too crazy about.
“You’ll probably go out and drink Coca-Cola and think, ‘Oh yeah, that’s no problem,’ ” Brady said, per CBSSports.com. “Why? Because they pay lots of money for advertisements to think that you should drink Coca-Cola for a living? No, I totally disagree with that. And when people do that, I think that’s quackery. And the fact that they can sell that to kids? I mean, that’s poison for kids.”
Coca-Cola felt the need to clarify it wasn’t actually selling poison, saying in a statement Tuesday that “all of our beverages are safe and can be enjoyed as part of a balanced lifestyle.”
“We offer more than 200 low- and no-calorie beverages in the U.S. and Canada and a wide variety of smaller portion sizes of our regular drinks,” Coca-Cola said. “As a responsible beverage company and marketer, we prominently provide calorie and sugar information for our beverages so people can choose what makes sense for them and their families.”
Brady didn’t stop at Coca-Cola, though. He also called out Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes for contributing to obesity in the U.S.
“Cereal is a delicious and nutritious breakfast,” a Kellogg Company spokesperson told Fox Business. “Numerous studies show that a cereal breakfast is associated with lower BMIs (body mass index) in both children and adults. As a matter of fact, a serving of Frosted Flakes with skim milk has just 150 calories and delivers valuable nutrients including calcium, B vitamins and iron.”
We understand why companies would respond to the comments of an influential athletes, but it’s still kind of hilarious if you think about it. Plus, this doesn’t hurt Brady’s chances of appearing on a Wheaties box, as “The Breakfast of Champions” is produced by General Mills.
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