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Good food
according to Good BookI'm all for a good marketing strategy, even if I don't necessarily buy into what's being sold. Take the new Vanilla Coke, for example. I'm sure it'll go the way of the ill-fated Pepsi Clear before long, but if you fancy yourself a maverick consumer for drinking it, don't let me stop you from shelling out $1.29 for the privilege. If radio's somehow convinced you that Jennifer Lopez is a world-class singer whose album is actually worth paying 20 bucks for, who am I to disagree? It's your money.
Likewise, if you like the idea of ingesting glitzy-packaged Christian food products because it brings you closer to God, I say knock yourself out. Log on to www.logia.net/products/products.html and start kicking yourself for not thinking of the idea first. Through the power of the Internet, the Orlando, Fla.-based company Logia introduces the entire God-fearing world to its line of "biblical nutritional products."
On the outside, the Bible Bar may resemble a Butterfinger, but it's really comprised of the seven foods of Deuteronomy 8:8 -- wheat, barley, raisins, figs, olive oil, grapes and pomegranates. It's being touted as a snack, a meal replacement and an appetite regulator. Buy 'em by the half-dozen and you even get a free prayer card!
Or try their Pomegranate Juice, which, when mixed with water, supposedly offers great health benefits in addition to its "biblical/spiritual connections." Also available are Sacred Nectar Royal Jelly, Bible Granola and a meal replacement powder made from natural ingredients "as placed in them by God Himself."
Given the chance, if I had a loose buck on me, I'd probably try a Bible Bar out of curiosity. It's probably good for you, too -- after all, when's the last time you saw an obese Canaanite, right?
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