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Olympic Strength?

ByAndrea Maguire

The London 2012 Olympics started yesterday with an interesting opening ceremony – very eclectic! I do find it bemusing that the official sponsors of this Olympics include Coca-Cola and MacDonald’s!

For an event which is meant to encompass health and fitness it seems incongruous that products known for their lack of health benefits have such a position…

However if you think about all the doping and drug taking issues they have during the games I suppose MacDonald’s and Coke are minor health issues!

How about some raw energy?

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