{"id":25891,"date":"2010-07-16T16:23:20","date_gmt":"2010-07-16T21:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=25891"},"modified":"2010-07-16T16:49:25","modified_gmt":"2010-07-16T21:49:25","slug":"bret-michaels-makes-diet-snapple-drink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/07\/bret-michaels-makes-diet-snapple-drink\/","title":{"rendered":"Bret Michaels Makes Diet Snapple Drink"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Like Joanna O’Leary over at The Houston Press<\/a>, I was never a fan of Poison… even in my ’80s metal glory days. And while I did watch The Apprentice the first year or so, I have had little interest in stomaching Donald Trump’s ego.<\/p>\n

But, apparently Brett Michaels, lead singer of Poison, has made a Diet Snapple product through his role on Celebrity Apprentice, and it’s getting a warm reception.<\/p>\n

In doing so, the Type I diabetic rocker has raised $250,000 for the American Diabetes<\/a> Association.<\/p>\n

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His Diet Trop-a-Rocka Snapple Tea combines black tea<\/a> with mango, cinnamon, peach, and pear flavors. It has no sugar, but is enhanced with aspartame. What’s nice is it only has five calories.<\/p>\n

Last April, Michaels was taken to the hospital after suffering a subarachnoid hemorrhage, a stroke that includes severe internal bleeding around the brain. His survival is a minor miracle since most people who have a subarachnoid hemorrhage die almost instantly.<\/p>\n

O’Leary likes to think that maybe, just maybe, the Diet Trop-a-Rocka played a role in saving Brett Michaels’s life, since green and black tea have been associated with stroke prevention. Since the word is prevention <\/em>I doubt it… the stroke actually happened. But it’s fun to ponder, I guess.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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