Myths invented by Marketing

Since the 1800s with coffee stunting growth and the early 1900s with health claims around orange juice, making stuff up in marketing has been a fairly common strategy. Going far beyond just embellishing the truth, some brands will outright lie.

These include the claim that Alpecin shampoo can prevent hair loss, drinking 8 glasses of water, Sunny Delight being made with real fruit juice, and the origins of the now ubiquitous 10k steps a day.

Here are 5 (or 6) examples of myths invented by marketing.

Links and sources
*Intro*
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9884452...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4...
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/scienc...
https://health.clevelandclinic.org/do...

*Alpecin*
https://www.thedrum.com/news/2018/03/...
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...
https://www.alpecin.com/en-gb/researc...
https://www.boots.com/plantur-39-phyt...
https://www.plantur39.com/en-gb/
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Alpecin-Caff...

*10k steps*
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-428...
https://www.fitandwell.com/exercise/w...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_tho...
https://hopiumhealth.substack.com/p/t...

*8 glasses of water*
https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/eat-well...
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/...
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/25/up...

*Fat free foods*
https://landofrost.com/fat-free-myths...
https://hsph.harvard.edu/news/have-lo...
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontl...
https://pringles.fandom.com/wiki/Fat_...
https://fity.club/lists/o/olestra-foo...

*Sunny Delight*
https://www.eatingwell.com/article/79...
  / the-rise-and-fall-of-sunny-d-how-a-90s-jui...  
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/5789...
https://thehustle.co/originals/did-su...
https://archive.thetab.com/uk/2016/06...
https://www.thethreedrinkers.com/maga...