io9.com— Sure, sugar's bad for you. But should we establish a drinking age for sugary sodas? According to UC San Francisco pediatric endocrinologist Robert Lustig, the answer is emphatically yes.
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This...is yet another classic example of doing it wrong. You don't get people to stop doing things by imposing government controls. There's this thing called persuasion...yes, it takes more work, but it's the only legitimate option. Yes, sugar is bad in large quantities...so is virtually anything else you can ingest. Even water can kill you if you overdo it. You want more people to embrace moderation? You need to educate them on what they're doing to themselves. Convince retailers to change their advertising/pricing to favor healthy foods instead of junk. Ok, realisitically, you'd have to entirely change public opinion...which would be a ginormous job that begs the question: can't you find something a little more important to be so passionate about?
We also need to change the structure of government subsidies, that make junk food ingredients like sugar and grains cheaper than fruits and vegetables.
its not just straight forward restraint or over doing it. its about physiology. when you eat you produce insulin. in fact it can adapt to large amounts of sugar by beginning to produce insulin before you actually eat it. you know the old saying... mouth watering good. mouth watering is the production of saliva as part of digestion. same thing.
the real issue is that every year more and more sugar is put in food... its like an arms race but for donuts.
right now there is so much sugar in food that the moment you see the donut your body starts producing insulin and once that insulin is dumped into your body you now need to eat the sugar.
something like that. its not a matter of free choice.
Do you know how much Coke spend on their advertising each year? Or how embedded in society they are? And they aren't on their own. Besides, slap a legal age on it and all of a sudden people start the education process. To prevent outrage from anti-government folk, maybe start with a 'not recommended for kids' label.
The problem with things like this is, people are ignorant and against change. They say things like 'People die, get over it' and "Well I turned out alright" even though they themselves are a heart attack waiting to happen. The problem is 'scientists' have flip flopped so much over the years that people are jaded and confused.
Sugar is evil. Some sugar is needed. Confused.com
The other problem is that sugar is a mind altering, addictive drug. It triggers the pleasure centres, we crave sugar and the more we have it the more we crave it. But this isn't like smoking where you can stamp it out. Our body doesn't need smoke like it needs sugar. And we don't have people without sugar to campaign against it. Everybody that can campaign can also be labelled a hypocrite. Thin people campaigning will come across as 'holier than thou', fat people will come across as 'lazy bastards with no self control that can't take responsibility for their actions'.
As a fat guy, let me tell you I hate it. I'm constantly down about myself. Even as I eat the crap, I'm actively hating myself. I also own £3,000 worth of gym equipment, I've had gym memberships, MMA memberships, trained to be a prowrestler, played football twice per week for years, etc. I know more about this kind of thing than most because I've been researching and using diets for over a decade. I once lost 4 stone in a year and got slim doing diet and exercise but then I lost focus and boom it all came back with extra weight.
The thing is, I know I'm partly to blame but I also know that growing up I was fed sweets every day, I had fried meals for dinner, a large lunch budget given to me each day which went on sweets/buns/donuts until I was 14 then it was saved for the booze at the weekend. So yeah, I'm aware of my problem, I'm constantly aware and constantly embarrassed and filled with hate for myself. I'm an incredibly successful business man at 27, I earn a living making video games which I design. I have 2 degrees and I'm not stupid. But my body tells me that it wants sugar, just like it tells me my hand is too hot if I put it in a fire.
Can I fight it - some days, some times for weeks and even months on end. But here's one of the other things people say "I'm human, I make mistakes". So what normally happens is, I spend months fighting myself and in average conditions I can curb the sugar cravings by boosting my diet with protein and lowering carbs. Then something comes up. A family member dies, a deadline needs hitting so I work late, a weekend with the lads from uni, a date where we go to the cinema, a party, etc. All of a sudden, my body is not in its normal state which I'm already fighting my hardest against. Maybe I've had a few beers and my body playing on the craving foods. Maybe I'm down because something hasn't gone right and my body is saying 'feed me sugar and I'll make you feel better' and like most drug addicts would if they could access their drug 24/7 in public, at all the events that cause them to need the drug, I fall off the wagon and once I'm off - it's a huge downward spiral.
Parents need to be educated on FAT CELLS, they also need to stop giving kids sugar for treats when they do well. People who say 'everything in moderation' might seem smart but in reality, a person like me can't have sugar in moderation just like an alcoholic shouldn't try to have their daily recommended amount of alcohol.
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Now excuse me while I man up and break this depressive cycle.
Obesity is one of Americas biggest problems! This generation is the first to be expected to NOT live as long as there parents. The obesity problem is out of control!
That being said, upping taxes and regulating age is only going to make the problem worse. For one thing, if your told you can't have something most people get it more! Whether out of spite or just a childish nature to be bad.
Plus, right now with the economy how it is I really don't think it's a good idea to up taxes on anything. I honestly think the government makes up ways to tax you. 'give us all you money because your too stupid to spend it on your own.
Anyway, sorry for the little rant. That's my two cents!
Clogging your arteries is your decision. I suspect you'll smoke more cigarettes than your parents too. Cancer and heart failure, such funny topics to laugh about.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
I clearly said it was his decision, they're obviously his arteries to clog. When did promoting health and well-being become an incentive for being "nosy"? I didn't stick my nose in davidg11's business - he posted his bacon habits, not me. Suddenly if one expresses their opinion on another's unhealthy lifestyle, the entire country in which they reside is stereotyped as nosy busybodies?
I hope you weren't being serious. Bacon is high in saturated fat which increases LDL cholesterol in the bloodstream. Unless you're in the minority that supplements your ascorbate levels, high cholesterol content will build plaque along the arterial cracks which eventually hardens and clogs the artery.
What is it with people like you and wanting to live as long as you can by taking out the things that make life good? It's not about the number of years in your life. It's about the amount of life in the years you live. I really feel sorry for people like you. And worse, you feel you should be able to decide for the rest of us how we live our lives. f**k that. You want cut sugar and other stuff from your diet? Great. More power to you. We respect your right to live as you like and we kindly as the same from you.
Sorry, I don't judge the well-being of my life based on the amount of fructose in my soda. I would consider a long, healthy and productive life a satisfying one. I have kids that I'd like to be around for as long as possible, and I've had family closest to me succumb to cancer and heart disease. There's no reason to feel sorry for "people like me", we're just normal citizens with legitimate health concerns for legitimate reasons. I told the poster that clogging his arteries was his decision, so I'm pretty sure I didn't try to make anyone's life decisions as you've incorrectly quoted.
Taking your exaggerated offense to health concerns into consideration, I suspect you have some debilitated issues in your life that iterates you don't have much to live for. Your inability to care about the length of your own life speaks volumes about your self-respect and empathy (or lack thereof). It could be early childhood conflicts, Could be a terminal disease or economic hardship. Whatever the reason you've lost faith in your life, I do want to tell you that it's never too late to start over and consider a fresh perspective on life. It's never too late to put others before yourself - there are counselors, mental rehabilitation programs, substance and alcohol abuse programs, among other self-reconstructive models that can restore your ability to care about yourself and more importantly, restore the faith your family and loved ones once had in you. I truly hope you find peace and understanding.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
Half the time, schools have the machines on campus because they get paid by the benefiting company(ies) for it. They do this because they're not funded properly.
Wow, talk about the power trip this guy is on. He's clearly psychotic, alcohol, tobacco, none of these things that are harmful to us should be controlled or regulated. People should have to right to control what they consume and be responsible for their own health. What he is proposing is along the lines of total government control over all food.
"People should have to right to control what they consume and be responsible for their own health"
I would agree with you if they didn't place a strain on our healthcare system. Sure, in THEORY, they pay more through taxes and higher insurance premiums, but I doubt that makes up for the cost of taking care of them when they get sick from their bad habits.
Further, alcohol is responsible for countless deaths of innocent people due to drunk driving.
So unfortunately, people's bad habits do not exist within a bubble. They have consequences for others, which is why they need to be regulated.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
Go live in 1984 then, eat only what you're told to eat, do only what you're told to do, and live happy knowing that the government is making you live longer by controlling every aspect of your life. It's all in the name of keeping you from harming yourself.
Also to claim that because unhealthy actions cause a higher cost on others in healthcare somehow justifies regulating things is beyond stupid. Should we also have government mandated daily exercise periods in the day for everyone, as well as forced control of vitamin and mineral intakes and such? Maybe we should also ban all sports because let's face is, most people who play sports are at a higher risk of injury than the average population. In your argument one must draw a line, but any line drawn is arbitrary.
The consumption of alcohol for an individual does not need regulation. Reckless driving that puts others at a risk greater than what would be reasonably expected from the "normal" act of driving does. I think demonizing the alcohol as opposed to the unsafe driving shifts the focus away from responsibility of the person for driving unsafe and instead places it on the excuse of why a person was driving unsafe
I would agree with you if alcohol didn't impair decision making. Since alcohol does impair decision making, the choice to drive drunk is not entirely separate from the choice to drink in the first place.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
Also keep in mind that anything can harm someone, a great dose of vitamins can be bad, too much water can kill. So how shall we regulate everything in existence so that people don't harm themselves in the long and short run, costing you money by going to the hospital when they did stupid crap? Educating people and removing restrictions seems to be the best way to limit consumption of many things. People inherently don't do things when they are told it is okay to, they do them in excess when someone tells them not to.
Also should i assume you have no bad habits or poor health choices that you make in your day to day life? how do I know that you aren't the one costing me or the average american extra to deal with your health issues that you cause? Everyone is guilty of some bad habit that increases their risk of having some health problem at some point in life.
That's not the issue. If you want to fortify your food go right ahead. The problem is the toxic crap that's in food on the grocery shelves, that can't be removed. Basically a lot of food in the USA is worthless garbage because of added toxins.
"I would agree with you if they didn't place a strain on our healthcare system."
I wonder how valid this argument really is. 40 years ago, about 1/3 of the population smoked. The healthcare system evidently handled that. I understand that the healthcare system is different now, but I'm sure it can adapt.
Strain or no strain, freedom should come first.
That's not to say that there shouldn't be education. Smoking rates went down thanks to that.
But the point is that it would have been cheaper if nobody smoked. Just because healthcare is more expensive now than it was 40 years ago is irrelevant. You can't even compare the two because of how much insurance and administrative bureaucracy has inflated the cost of healthcare.
It's only logical to assume that given the structure of the healthcare system of 40 years ago, if fewer people needed to be hospitalized and treated for smoking related diseases, it would have been cheaper to run hospitals, and thus it would have been cheaper to provide healthcare for others.
Granted one could argue that the amount of cancer cases as a result of smoking accelerated cancer treatments, and had cancer remained more rare than it was, its treatments would have remained more specialized and expensive.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
@agm - So then you'd be in favor of government limiting what you can eat? Maybe having a minimum amount of greens, starches, protein you must consume each day? What about required levels of exercise--after all it's not all about what you eat but your physical condition as well.
It seems you're trending that way--I'd love to hear some specifics on your thoughts in this area.
If my eating habits were costing other people money, then yes, the government should regulate what I eat. It doesn't have to do that by keeping individual track of what I eat personally (i.e. being intrusive about it), but it can at least make me pay for my bad habits by making unhealthy things more expensive and using those funds to pay for the effects they'll have. I realize that this is what tobacco taxes are supposed to do even though that's not what they're actually used for, but we're just talking hypothetically here.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
You obviously don't understand... The stuff that's regulated already causes enough problems for people. It's blatantly obvious that people will abuse substances no matter what.
Well then why not just ban it all if you're so keen on controlling everything people do to themselves? I for one support personal freedoms and human rights, which includes the right to destroy my body if I so choose. That doesn't mean that I ever would, but I demand the freedom to do what I want to myself.
And how did my comment say anything otherwise? Actually, I'm in full support of freedom to what I will with my body. But Parents need to be held accountable. An obese child is a disgusting and ridiculous thing that should be punished.
THREE scientists say that. It's an interesting hypothesis, but there is a lot of data gathering and testing of it to be done before pushing any big policy. Get back to me when they have the kind of mountain of data behind asbestos causing cancer, smoking causing heart attacks, fossil fuels accelerating climate changed, or thalidomide causing birth defects.
Scientists say lots of crazy stuff. But even they only listen to the crazy stuff that lives on to survive data based testing.
Water is linked to nearly all disease. It's in cancer cells, tumors, bacterial colonies and acts as a vector for viruses. Better ban that too. Think of the children. /sComment is buried, click here to see the rest.
I cant really see this flying either. I do think it is a good idea to restrict it from kids however. I'm an elementary music teacher and during my morning duty I see kids drinking soda and eating chips for breakfast. If there parents are not going to regulate the kids and what they eat maybe the government should. I do like the idea of kids not being able to have soda's. Lets face it they are very bad for you. Parents are hurting their kids by allowing them to eat badly like that. Chips and soda for breakfast on a regular basis. That should be a crime. Child protective services should be notified for that.
Calling child protective services because you dont approve of the nutritional value of the breakfast that you see (perceive) kids eating?
How do you know that is their breakfast? Were you at the breakfast table with them in the morning?
That is a DANGEROUS line of thinking....having children removed from their homes because a teacher (state employee/busy body/holier than thou freak) doesnt think they are eating enough leafy veggies.
Ha.... I was being sarcastic. I know you can not call child protective services for that. However in the long run this hurts the kids health. Some of the kids I see eating like this in the morning are already obese at age 8 and 9. If this continues it puts them at serious health risks throughout there lives. I'm saying parents should set their kids up for success even in their health because that is most important. Without good health you cant do much of anything in life.
I'm all for teaching kids to eat better, but zoning laws limiting eateries, high taxes on fast food, and a minimum age to drink soda? Seems a little overboard, of course I suppose I might have said the same thing when they implemented a legal drinking age.
Even bearing the historical precedent in mind I'm still opposed to this, seems like it would be a major overreach.
Here in America I see kids as young as 2 yrs old drinking soda. In the Philippines I was shocked that they don't allow their kids to drink soda or any carbonated drinks until age 7.
Would love to see a link to that. I "Googled" and see no rule/law requiring kids to be age 7 before they can drink soda in the Philippines.
Also, most countries have plenty of sugar in their drinks, but do to an embargo on Cuba, the US is forced to use their corn stores to supply High Fructose Corn Syrup instead of sugar in their junk food and "sugary" drinks.
73. Sugar can adversely affect school children's grades and cause learning disorders..
74. Sugar can cause an increase in delta, alpha, and theta brain waves.
75. Sugar can cause depression.
76. Sugar increases the risk of gastric cancer.
77. Sugar and cause dyspepsia (indigestion).
78. Sugar can increase your risk of getting gout.
79. Sugar can increase the levels of glucose in an oral glucose tolerance test over the ingestion of complex carbohydrates.
80. Sugar can increase the insulin responses in humans consuming high-sugar diets compared to low sugar diets.
81 High refined sugar diet reduces learning capacity.
82. Sugar can cause less effective functioning of two blood proteins, albumin, and lipoproteins, which may reduce the body’s ability to handle fat and cholesterol.
83. Sugar can contribute to Alzheimer’s disease.
84. Sugar can cause platelet adhesiveness.
85. Sugar can cause hormonal imbalance; some hormones become underactive and others become overactive.
86. Sugar can lead to the formation of kidney stones.
87. Sugar can lead to the hypothalamus to become highly sensitive to a large variety of stimuli.
88. Sugar can lead to dizziness.
89. Diets high in sugar can cause free radicals and oxidative stress.
90. High sucrose diets of subjects with peripheral vascular disease significantly increases platelet adhesion.
91. High sugar diet can lead to biliary tract cancer.
92. Sugar feeds cancer.
93. High sugar consumption of pregnant adolescents is associated with a twofold increased risk for delivering a small-for-gestational-age (SGA) infant.
94. High sugar consumption can lead to substantial decrease in gestation duration among adolescents.
95. Sugar slows food's travel time through the gastrointestinal tract.
96. Sugar increases the concentration of bile acids in stools and bacterial enzymes in the colon. This can modify bile to produce cancer-causing compounds and colon cancer.
97. Sugar increases estradiol (the most potent form of naturally occurring estrogen) in men.
98. Sugar combines and destroys phosphatase, an enzyme, which makes the process of digestion more difficult.
99. Sugar can be a risk factor of gallbladder cancer.
100. Sugar is an addictive substance.
101. Sugar can be intoxicating, similar to alcohol.
102. Sugar can exacerbate PMS.
103. Sugar given to premature babies can affect the amount of carbon dioxide they produce.
104. Decrease in sugar intake can increase emotional stability.
105. The body changes sugar into 2 to 5 times more fat in the bloodstream than it does starch.
106. The rapid absorption of sugar promotes excessive food intake in obese subjects.
107. Sugar can worsen the symptoms of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
108. Sugar adversely affects urinary electrolyte composition.
109. Sugar can slow down the ability of the adrenal glands to function.
110. Sugar has the potential of inducing abnormal metabolic processes in a normal healthy individual and to promote chronic degenerative diseases.
111.. I.Vs (intravenous feedings) of sugar water can cut off oxygen to the brain.
112. High sucrose intake could be an important risk factor in lung cancer.
113. Sugar increases the risk of polio.
114. High sugar intake can cause epileptic seizures.
115. Sugar causes high blood pressure in obese people.
116. In Intensive Care Units, limiting sugar saves lives.
117. Sugar may induce cell death.
118. Sugar can increase the amount of food that you eat.
119. In juvenile rehabilitation camps, when children were put on a low sugar diet, there was a 44% drop in antisocial behavior.
120. Sugar can lead to prostrate cancer.
121. Sugar dehydrates newborns.
122. Sugar increases the estradiol in young men.
123. Sugar can cause low birth weight babies.
124. Greater consumption of refined sugar is associated with a worse outcome of schizophrenia
125. Sugar can raise homocysteine levels in the blood stream.
126. Sweet food items increase the risk of breast cancer.
127. Sugar is a risk factor in cancer of the small intestine.
128. Sugar may cause laryngeal cancer.
129. Sugar induces salt and water retention.
130. Sugar may contribute to mild memory loss.
131. As sugar increases in the diet of 10 years olds, there is a linear decrease in the intake of many essential nutrients.
132. Sugar can increase the total amount of food consumed.
133. Exposing a newborn to sugar results in a heightened preference for sucrose relative to water at 6 months and 2 years of age.
134. Sugar causes constipation.
135. Sugar causes varicous veins.
136. Sugar can cause brain decay in prediabetic and diabetic women.
137. Sugar can increase the risk of stomach cancer.
138. Sugar can cause metabolic syndrome.
139. Sugar ingestion by pregnant women increases neural tube defects in embryos.
140. Sugar can be a factor in asthma.
141. The higher the sugar consumption the more chances of getting irritable bowel syndrome.
142. Sugar could affect central reward systems.
143. Sugar can cause cancer of the rectum.
144. Sugar can cause endometrial cancer.
145. Sugar can cause renal (kidney) cell carcinoma.
146. Sugar can cause liver tumors.
a great way to do that is to FUND YOUR SCHOOLS. In my school, we had to remove the coke machine because pepsi bought our football scoreboard. Then we had 2 pepsi machines....a sugar monopoly that was allowed to happen because our sports funding was cut (we only had 4 sports + track in my school...and only one foreign language).
We need to educate people about the total cost of ownership. Capitalism will not do it since when one is short on money, it is much easier to buy the cheap, unhealthy product. So tax the unhealthy products and subsidize the healthy products.
I am a grown man of 48. I do not need or want a government telling me what limitations my life must have. That is between me, my wife and God. I have two children, and it is my sacred duty to make sure they are able to live a life as productive as mine and my wife's . We dont need or want a government trying to be my kids parents. I say take away all food regulations including labelling and sin taxes
I would like to apologize in advance for the joke I'm about to make. It's crass, tasteless, completely predictable, and in no way humorous or entertaining.
He's not talking about all sugars just fructose which is ruining millions of lives. Hes not talking about a ban just fiscal disapproval in the same way as alcohol and tobacco. I urge anyone who a little educated to watch the video.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
"fructose which is ruining millions of lives" fruit sugars? the bad sugars are from corn and sugar cane. Eating oranges, apples, etc is bad for you?
Fruit sugars are hard to extract and cost much more than other sugars, rarely found in drinks other than fruit juices, which have bad sugars added to sweeten them.
1. Sugar can suppress the immune system.
2. Sugar upsets the mineral relationships in the body.
3. Sugar can cause hyperactivity, anxiety, difficulty concentrating, and crankiness in children.
4. Sugar can produce a significant rise in triglycerides.
5. Sugar contributes to the reduction in defense against bacterial infection (infectious diseases).
6. Sugar causes a loss of tissue elasticity and function, the more sugar you eat the more elasticity and function you loose.
7. Sugar reduces high density lipoproteins.
8. Sugar leads to chromium deficiency.
9 Sugar leads to cancer of the ovaries.
10. Sugar can increase fasting levels of glucose.
11. Sugar causes copper deficiency.
12. Sugar interferes with absorption of calcium and magnesium.
13. Sugar can weaken eyesight.
14. Sugar raises the level of a neurotransmitters: dopamine, serotonin, and norepinephrine.
15. Sugar can cause hypoglycemia.
16. Sugar can produce an acidic digestive tract.
17. Sugar can cause a rapid rise of adrenaline levels in children.
18. Sugar malabsorption is frequent in patients with functional bowel disease.
19. Sugar can cause premature aging.
20. Sugar can lead to alcoholism.
21. Sugar can cause tooth decay.
22. Sugar contributes to obesity
23. High intake of sugar increases the risk of Crohn's disease, and ulcerative colitis.
24. Sugar can cause changes frequently found in person with gastric or duodenal ulcers.
25. Sugar can cause arthritis.
26. Sugar can cause asthma.
27. Sugar greatly assists the uncontrolled growth of Candida Albicans (yeast infections).
28. Sugar can cause gallstones.
29. Sugar can cause heart disease.
30. Sugar can cause appendicitis.
31. Sugar can cause multiple sclerosis.
32. Sugar can cause hemorrhoids.
33. Sugar can cause varicose veins.
34. Sugar can elevate glucose and insulin responses in oral contraceptive users.
35. Sugar can lead to periodontal disease.
36. Sugar can contribute to osteoporosis.
37. Sugar contributes to saliva acidity.
38. Sugar can cause a decrease in insulin sensitivity.
39. Sugar can lower the amount of Vitamin E (alpha-Tocopherol in the blood.
40. Sugar can decrease growth hormone.
41. Sugar can increase cholesterol.
42. Sugar can increase the systolic blood pressure.
43. Sugar can cause drowsiness and decreased activity in children.
44. High sugar intake increases advanced glycation end products (AGEs)(Sugar bound non-enzymatically to protein)
45. Sugar can interfere with the absorption of protein.
46. Sugar causes food allergies.
47. Sugar can contribute to diabetes.
48. Sugar can cause toxemia during pregnancy.
49. Sugar can contribute to eczema in children.
50. Sugar can cause cardiovascular disease.
51. Sugar can impair the structure of DNA
52. Sugar can change the structure of protein.
53. Sugar can make our skin age by changing the structure of collagen.
54. Sugar can cause cataracts.
55. Sugar can cause emphysema.
56. Sugar can cause atherosclerosis.
57. Sugar can promote an elevation of low density lipoproteins (LDL).
58. High sugar intake can impair the physiological homeostasis of many systems in the body.
59. Sugar lowers the enzymes ability to function.
60. Sugar intake is higher in people with Parkinson’s disease.
61. Sugar can cause a permanent altering the way the proteins act in the body.
62. Sugar can increase the size of the liver by making the liver cells divide.
63. Sugar can increase the amount of liver fat.
64. Sugar can increase kidney size and produce pathological changes in the kidney.
65. Sugar can damage the pancreas.
66. Sugar can increase the body's fluid retention.
67. Sugar is enemy #1 of the bowel movement.
68. Sugar can cause myopia (nearsightedness).
69. Sugar can compromise the lining of the capillaries.
70. Sugar can make the tendons more brittle.
71. Sugar can cause headaches, including migraine.
72. Sugar plays a role in pancreatic cancer in women.
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jndarknessFeb 2, 2012
This...is yet another classic example of doing it wrong. You don't get people to stop doing things by imposing government controls. There's this thing called persuasion...yes, it takes more work, but it's the only legitimate option. Yes, sugar is bad in large quantities...so is virtually anything else you can ingest. Even water can kill you if you overdo it. You want more people to embrace moderation? You need to educate them on what they're doing to themselves. Convince retailers to change their advertising/pricing to favor healthy foods instead of junk. Ok, realisitically, you'd have to entirely change public opinion...which would be a ginormous job that begs the question: can't you find something a little more important to be so passionate about?
grinningcatFeb 3, 2012
We also need to change the structure of government subsidies, that make junk food ingredients like sugar and grains cheaper than fruits and vegetables.
roastedpeanutsFeb 3, 2012
Or we could just remove government subsidies and stop playing (and losing) the game of picking winners and losers.
starmanjonesFeb 3, 2012
its not just straight forward restraint or over doing it. its about physiology. when you eat you produce insulin. in fact it can adapt to large amounts of sugar by beginning to produce insulin before you actually eat it. you know the old saying... mouth watering good. mouth watering is the production of saliva as part of digestion. same thing.
the real issue is that every year more and more sugar is put in food... its like an arms race but for donuts.
right now there is so much sugar in food that the moment you see the donut your body starts producing insulin and once that insulin is dumped into your body you now need to eat the sugar.
something like that. its not a matter of free choice.
dandoniaFeb 3, 2012
Do you know how much Coke spend on their advertising each year? Or how embedded in society they are? And they aren't on their own. Besides, slap a legal age on it and all of a sudden people start the education process. To prevent outrage from anti-government folk, maybe start with a 'not recommended for kids' label.
The problem with things like this is, people are ignorant and against change. They say things like 'People die, get over it' and "Well I turned out alright" even though they themselves are a heart attack waiting to happen. The problem is 'scientists' have flip flopped so much over the years that people are jaded and confused.
Sugar is evil. Some sugar is needed. Confused.com
The other problem is that sugar is a mind altering, addictive drug. It triggers the pleasure centres, we crave sugar and the more we have it the more we crave it. But this isn't like smoking where you can stamp it out. Our body doesn't need smoke like it needs sugar. And we don't have people without sugar to campaign against it. Everybody that can campaign can also be labelled a hypocrite. Thin people campaigning will come across as 'holier than thou', fat people will come across as 'lazy bastards with no self control that can't take responsibility for their actions'.
As a fat guy, let me tell you I hate it. I'm constantly down about myself. Even as I eat the crap, I'm actively hating myself. I also own £3,000 worth of gym equipment, I've had gym memberships, MMA memberships, trained to be a prowrestler, played football twice per week for years, etc. I know more about this kind of thing than most because I've been researching and using diets for over a decade. I once lost 4 stone in a year and got slim doing diet and exercise but then I lost focus and boom it all came back with extra weight.
The thing is, I know I'm partly to blame but I also know that growing up I was fed sweets every day, I had fried meals for dinner, a large lunch budget given to me each day which went on sweets/buns/donuts until I was 14 then it was saved for the booze at the weekend. So yeah, I'm aware of my problem, I'm constantly aware and constantly embarrassed and filled with hate for myself. I'm an incredibly successful business man at 27, I earn a living making video games which I design. I have 2 degrees and I'm not stupid. But my body tells me that it wants sugar, just like it tells me my hand is too hot if I put it in a fire.
Can I fight it - some days, some times for weeks and even months on end. But here's one of the other things people say "I'm human, I make mistakes". So what normally happens is, I spend months fighting myself and in average conditions I can curb the sugar cravings by boosting my diet with protein and lowering carbs. Then something comes up. A family member dies, a deadline needs hitting so I work late, a weekend with the lads from uni, a date where we go to the cinema, a party, etc. All of a sudden, my body is not in its normal state which I'm already fighting my hardest against. Maybe I've had a few beers and my body playing on the craving foods. Maybe I'm down because something hasn't gone right and my body is saying 'feed me sugar and I'll make you feel better' and like most drug addicts would if they could access their drug 24/7 in public, at all the events that cause them to need the drug, I fall off the wagon and once I'm off - it's a huge downward spiral.
Parents need to be educated on FAT CELLS, they also need to stop giving kids sugar for treats when they do well. People who say 'everything in moderation' might seem smart but in reality, a person like me can't have sugar in moderation just like an alcoholic shouldn't try to have their daily recommended amount of alcohol.
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Now excuse me while I man up and break this depressive cycle.
dandoniaFeb 3, 2012
Please send just £1 per day to.... lol
dustysantosFeb 2, 2012
Obesity is one of Americas biggest problems! This generation is the first to be expected to NOT live as long as there parents. The obesity problem is out of control!
That being said, upping taxes and regulating age is only going to make the problem worse. For one thing, if your told you can't have something most people get it more! Whether out of spite or just a childish nature to be bad.
Plus, right now with the economy how it is I really don't think it's a good idea to up taxes on anything. I honestly think the government makes up ways to tax you. 'give us all you money because your too stupid to spend it on your own.
Anyway, sorry for the little rant. That's my two cents!
davidg11Feb 2, 2012
I agree. We won't live as long. BUT.....I will enjoy far more bacon than my parents have....Mooo hooo haaa haaaa haaaaaaaaa
jacobdisFeb 2, 2012
Clogging your arteries is your decision. I suspect you'll smoke more cigarettes than your parents too. Cancer and heart failure, such funny topics to laugh about.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
norman619Feb 3, 2012
those are his arteries to clog aren't they? Mind your own business. When did the US become over run by nosy busybodies?
jacobdisFeb 3, 2012
I clearly said it was his decision, they're obviously his arteries to clog. When did promoting health and well-being become an incentive for being "nosy"? I didn't stick my nose in davidg11's business - he posted his bacon habits, not me. Suddenly if one expresses their opinion on another's unhealthy lifestyle, the entire country in which they reside is stereotyped as nosy busybodies?
There's something irrefutably wrong with your logic.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
jacobdisFeb 3, 2012
I hope you weren't being serious. Bacon is high in saturated fat which increases LDL cholesterol in the bloodstream. Unless you're in the minority that supplements your ascorbate levels, high cholesterol content will build plaque along the arterial cracks which eventually hardens and clogs the artery.
norman619Feb 3, 2012
What is it with people like you and wanting to live as long as you can by taking out the things that make life good? It's not about the number of years in your life. It's about the amount of life in the years you live. I really feel sorry for people like you. And worse, you feel you should be able to decide for the rest of us how we live our lives. f**k that. You want cut sugar and other stuff from your diet? Great. More power to you. We respect your right to live as you like and we kindly as the same from you.
jacobdisFeb 3, 2012
Sorry, I don't judge the well-being of my life based on the amount of fructose in my soda. I would consider a long, healthy and productive life a satisfying one. I have kids that I'd like to be around for as long as possible, and I've had family closest to me succumb to cancer and heart disease. There's no reason to feel sorry for "people like me", we're just normal citizens with legitimate health concerns for legitimate reasons. I told the poster that clogging his arteries was his decision, so I'm pretty sure I didn't try to make anyone's life decisions as you've incorrectly quoted.
Taking your exaggerated offense to health concerns into consideration, I suspect you have some debilitated issues in your life that iterates you don't have much to live for. Your inability to care about the length of your own life speaks volumes about your self-respect and empathy (or lack thereof). It could be early childhood conflicts, Could be a terminal disease or economic hardship. Whatever the reason you've lost faith in your life, I do want to tell you that it's never too late to start over and consider a fresh perspective on life. It's never too late to put others before yourself - there are counselors, mental rehabilitation programs, substance and alcohol abuse programs, among other self-reconstructive models that can restore your ability to care about yourself and more importantly, restore the faith your family and loved ones once had in you. I truly hope you find peace and understanding.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
blackplight4uFeb 2, 2012
Wow, so I can get carded the next time I by some lemonheads.
gegepriceFeb 3, 2012
That's not what I meant... Just ban the "soda machines" in school..
You can go buy all the soda you want at your local Safeway if that's what you want.. But school should not be the playground for corporations'greed..
FrankLuskaFeb 3, 2012
Amen to that
dougrochfordFeb 3, 2012
good point.
TheMightyZordonFeb 6, 2012
Half the time, schools have the machines on campus because they get paid by the benefiting company(ies) for it. They do this because they're not funded properly.
whome2473Feb 2, 2012
I already know exactly how this will turn out.
They will try to change the law, the big manufacturers pay off the politicians with lobbyist's and nothing changes!!
ben7337Feb 2, 2012
Wow, talk about the power trip this guy is on. He's clearly psychotic, alcohol, tobacco, none of these things that are harmful to us should be controlled or regulated. People should have to right to control what they consume and be responsible for their own health. What he is proposing is along the lines of total government control over all food.
agmlauncherFeb 2, 2012
"People should have to right to control what they consume and be responsible for their own health"
I would agree with you if they didn't place a strain on our healthcare system. Sure, in THEORY, they pay more through taxes and higher insurance premiums, but I doubt that makes up for the cost of taking care of them when they get sick from their bad habits.
Further, alcohol is responsible for countless deaths of innocent people due to drunk driving.
So unfortunately, people's bad habits do not exist within a bubble. They have consequences for others, which is why they need to be regulated.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
ben7337Feb 2, 2012
Go live in 1984 then, eat only what you're told to eat, do only what you're told to do, and live happy knowing that the government is making you live longer by controlling every aspect of your life. It's all in the name of keeping you from harming yourself.
Also to claim that because unhealthy actions cause a higher cost on others in healthcare somehow justifies regulating things is beyond stupid. Should we also have government mandated daily exercise periods in the day for everyone, as well as forced control of vitamin and mineral intakes and such? Maybe we should also ban all sports because let's face is, most people who play sports are at a higher risk of injury than the average population. In your argument one must draw a line, but any line drawn is arbitrary.
roddackFeb 2, 2012
The consumption of alcohol for an individual does not need regulation. Reckless driving that puts others at a risk greater than what would be reasonably expected from the "normal" act of driving does. I think demonizing the alcohol as opposed to the unsafe driving shifts the focus away from responsibility of the person for driving unsafe and instead places it on the excuse of why a person was driving unsafe
agmlauncherFeb 2, 2012
I would agree with you if alcohol didn't impair decision making. Since alcohol does impair decision making, the choice to drive drunk is not entirely separate from the choice to drink in the first place.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
ben7337Feb 2, 2012
Also keep in mind that anything can harm someone, a great dose of vitamins can be bad, too much water can kill. So how shall we regulate everything in existence so that people don't harm themselves in the long and short run, costing you money by going to the hospital when they did stupid crap? Educating people and removing restrictions seems to be the best way to limit consumption of many things. People inherently don't do things when they are told it is okay to, they do them in excess when someone tells them not to.
Also should i assume you have no bad habits or poor health choices that you make in your day to day life? how do I know that you aren't the one costing me or the average american extra to deal with your health issues that you cause? Everyone is guilty of some bad habit that increases their risk of having some health problem at some point in life.
kochevnik2001Feb 2, 2012
That's not the issue. If you want to fortify your food go right ahead. The problem is the toxic crap that's in food on the grocery shelves, that can't be removed. Basically a lot of food in the USA is worthless garbage because of added toxins.
sleestakslayerFeb 2, 2012
"I would agree with you if they didn't place a strain on our healthcare system."
I wonder how valid this argument really is. 40 years ago, about 1/3 of the population smoked. The healthcare system evidently handled that. I understand that the healthcare system is different now, but I'm sure it can adapt.
Strain or no strain, freedom should come first.
That's not to say that there shouldn't be education. Smoking rates went down thanks to that.
agmlauncherFeb 2, 2012
"The healthcare system evidently handled that"
But the point is that it would have been cheaper if nobody smoked. Just because healthcare is more expensive now than it was 40 years ago is irrelevant. You can't even compare the two because of how much insurance and administrative bureaucracy has inflated the cost of healthcare.
It's only logical to assume that given the structure of the healthcare system of 40 years ago, if fewer people needed to be hospitalized and treated for smoking related diseases, it would have been cheaper to run hospitals, and thus it would have been cheaper to provide healthcare for others.
Granted one could argue that the amount of cancer cases as a result of smoking accelerated cancer treatments, and had cancer remained more rare than it was, its treatments would have remained more specialized and expensive.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
ferretmanFeb 2, 2012
@agm - So then you'd be in favor of government limiting what you can eat? Maybe having a minimum amount of greens, starches, protein you must consume each day? What about required levels of exercise--after all it's not all about what you eat but your physical condition as well.
It seems you're trending that way--I'd love to hear some specifics on your thoughts in this area.
agmlauncherFeb 2, 2012
If my eating habits were costing other people money, then yes, the government should regulate what I eat. It doesn't have to do that by keeping individual track of what I eat personally (i.e. being intrusive about it), but it can at least make me pay for my bad habits by making unhealthy things more expensive and using those funds to pay for the effects they'll have. I realize that this is what tobacco taxes are supposed to do even though that's not what they're actually used for, but we're just talking hypothetically here.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
kingfootFeb 2, 2012
You obviously don't understand... The stuff that's regulated already causes enough problems for people. It's blatantly obvious that people will abuse substances no matter what.
ben7337Feb 2, 2012
Well then why not just ban it all if you're so keen on controlling everything people do to themselves? I for one support personal freedoms and human rights, which includes the right to destroy my body if I so choose. That doesn't mean that I ever would, but I demand the freedom to do what I want to myself.
kingfootFeb 2, 2012
And how did my comment say anything otherwise? Actually, I'm in full support of freedom to what I will with my body. But Parents need to be held accountable. An obese child is a disgusting and ridiculous thing that should be punished.
ben7337Feb 2, 2012
The first 4 words of your first quote made me think you were saying I was wrong to support freedom to do what one wants with their own person.
kingfootFeb 3, 2012
looking back, sorry. I meant to respond to agmlauncher.
News_AddictFeb 2, 2012
Adults should have the right to control what they consume but a lot of parents don't seem to know what is bad for their kids (or don't care).
jhw539Feb 2, 2012
THREE scientists say that. It's an interesting hypothesis, but there is a lot of data gathering and testing of it to be done before pushing any big policy. Get back to me when they have the kind of mountain of data behind asbestos causing cancer, smoking causing heart attacks, fossil fuels accelerating climate changed, or thalidomide causing birth defects.
Scientists say lots of crazy stuff. But even they only listen to the crazy stuff that lives on to survive data based testing.
kochevnik2001Feb 2, 2012
Sugar is linked with causing over 300 diseases, not the least of which is growing cancer cells.
notsofastenerFeb 3, 2012
Water is linked to nearly all disease. It's in cancer cells, tumors, bacterial colonies and acts as a vector for viruses. Better ban that too. Think of the children. /sComment is buried, click here to see the rest.
FrankLuskaFeb 3, 2012
Looks like somebody has it in for you. Dugg you up.
angrycat70Feb 3, 2012
Some scientists are actively working at destroying their credibility.
It's junk science like this that gives fundamentalists traction to scoff at real science.
trivialanomalyFeb 3, 2012
OMG no. When will it stop.
certifiedorganichealthFeb 3, 2012
I cant really see this flying either. I do think it is a good idea to restrict it from kids however. I'm an elementary music teacher and during my morning duty I see kids drinking soda and eating chips for breakfast. If there parents are not going to regulate the kids and what they eat maybe the government should. I do like the idea of kids not being able to have soda's. Lets face it they are very bad for you. Parents are hurting their kids by allowing them to eat badly like that. Chips and soda for breakfast on a regular basis. That should be a crime. Child protective services should be notified for that.
igorunchainedFeb 3, 2012
Calling child protective services because you dont approve of the nutritional value of the breakfast that you see (perceive) kids eating?
How do you know that is their breakfast? Were you at the breakfast table with them in the morning?
That is a DANGEROUS line of thinking....having children removed from their homes because a teacher (state employee/busy body/holier than thou freak) doesnt think they are eating enough leafy veggies.
certifiedorganichealthFeb 3, 2012
Ha.... I was being sarcastic. I know you can not call child protective services for that. However in the long run this hurts the kids health. Some of the kids I see eating like this in the morning are already obese at age 8 and 9. If this continues it puts them at serious health risks throughout there lives. I'm saying parents should set their kids up for success even in their health because that is most important. Without good health you cant do much of anything in life.
FrankLuskaFeb 3, 2012
A brain full of sugar, caffeine, devoid of nutrients.
I can imagine teaching is hard in this situation.
I could tell you were being sarcastic, for those who can't, /s allows one to keep silly replies down.
ferretmanFeb 2, 2012
Okay, I think I figured out another area we as Americans can trim some spending....
matthrFeb 2, 2012
I'm all for teaching kids to eat better, but zoning laws limiting eateries, high taxes on fast food, and a minimum age to drink soda? Seems a little overboard, of course I suppose I might have said the same thing when they implemented a legal drinking age.
Even bearing the historical precedent in mind I'm still opposed to this, seems like it would be a major overreach.
feelaliveFeb 2, 2012
And, how old should I be to can drink a soda? :P
totnuckersFeb 2, 2012
Here in America I see kids as young as 2 yrs old drinking soda. In the Philippines I was shocked that they don't allow their kids to drink soda or any carbonated drinks until age 7.
norman619Feb 3, 2012
Different culture.
FrankLuskaFeb 3, 2012
Different culture or just don't want their kids stoned on caffeine and sugar?
igorunchainedFeb 3, 2012
Would love to see a link to that. I "Googled" and see no rule/law requiring kids to be age 7 before they can drink soda in the Philippines.
Also, most countries have plenty of sugar in their drinks, but do to an embargo on Cuba, the US is forced to use their corn stores to supply High Fructose Corn Syrup instead of sugar in their junk food and "sugary" drinks.
totnuckersFeb 3, 2012
Why would you need a link. Go to the country and see it for yourself. What would link a do?
totnuckersFeb 3, 2012
moreover. It's not a rule its in their culture. Any processed food is considered junk food.
lutianaFeb 2, 2012
Old enough to be able to make an informed decision and be responsible for the consequences of that decision, so about 18 or so.
norman619Feb 3, 2012
So 17 years olds aren't old enough to know any better? BAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! YOU may have been an idiot as a teen but that doesn't mean all teens are.
FrankLuskaFeb 3, 2012
No sugar in that response.
spc4Feb 3, 2012
this was on the news tonight, I had to giggle a bit.
gkiltzFeb 2, 2012
These people are so full of s**t they should all get jobs as porta-potties.
akronFeb 2, 2012
FTW
bwiiiFeb 2, 2012
Welcome you to the Amerika, where we All eat in the name of safety only small stones and whey!
kochevnik2001Feb 3, 2012
73. Sugar can adversely affect school children's grades and cause learning disorders..
74. Sugar can cause an increase in delta, alpha, and theta brain waves.
75. Sugar can cause depression.
76. Sugar increases the risk of gastric cancer.
77. Sugar and cause dyspepsia (indigestion).
78. Sugar can increase your risk of getting gout.
79. Sugar can increase the levels of glucose in an oral glucose tolerance test over the ingestion of complex carbohydrates.
80. Sugar can increase the insulin responses in humans consuming high-sugar diets compared to low sugar diets.
81 High refined sugar diet reduces learning capacity.
82. Sugar can cause less effective functioning of two blood proteins, albumin, and lipoproteins, which may reduce the body’s ability to handle fat and cholesterol.
83. Sugar can contribute to Alzheimer’s disease.
84. Sugar can cause platelet adhesiveness.
85. Sugar can cause hormonal imbalance; some hormones become underactive and others become overactive.
86. Sugar can lead to the formation of kidney stones.
87. Sugar can lead to the hypothalamus to become highly sensitive to a large variety of stimuli.
88. Sugar can lead to dizziness.
89. Diets high in sugar can cause free radicals and oxidative stress.
90. High sucrose diets of subjects with peripheral vascular disease significantly increases platelet adhesion.
91. High sugar diet can lead to biliary tract cancer.
92. Sugar feeds cancer.
93. High sugar consumption of pregnant adolescents is associated with a twofold increased risk for delivering a small-for-gestational-age (SGA) infant.
94. High sugar consumption can lead to substantial decrease in gestation duration among adolescents.
95. Sugar slows food's travel time through the gastrointestinal tract.
96. Sugar increases the concentration of bile acids in stools and bacterial enzymes in the colon. This can modify bile to produce cancer-causing compounds and colon cancer.
97. Sugar increases estradiol (the most potent form of naturally occurring estrogen) in men.
98. Sugar combines and destroys phosphatase, an enzyme, which makes the process of digestion more difficult.
99. Sugar can be a risk factor of gallbladder cancer.
100. Sugar is an addictive substance.
101. Sugar can be intoxicating, similar to alcohol.
102. Sugar can exacerbate PMS.
103. Sugar given to premature babies can affect the amount of carbon dioxide they produce.
104. Decrease in sugar intake can increase emotional stability.
105. The body changes sugar into 2 to 5 times more fat in the bloodstream than it does starch.
106. The rapid absorption of sugar promotes excessive food intake in obese subjects.
107. Sugar can worsen the symptoms of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
108. Sugar adversely affects urinary electrolyte composition.
109. Sugar can slow down the ability of the adrenal glands to function.
110. Sugar has the potential of inducing abnormal metabolic processes in a normal healthy individual and to promote chronic degenerative diseases.
111.. I.Vs (intravenous feedings) of sugar water can cut off oxygen to the brain.
112. High sucrose intake could be an important risk factor in lung cancer.
113. Sugar increases the risk of polio.
114. High sugar intake can cause epileptic seizures.
115. Sugar causes high blood pressure in obese people.
116. In Intensive Care Units, limiting sugar saves lives.
117. Sugar may induce cell death.
118. Sugar can increase the amount of food that you eat.
119. In juvenile rehabilitation camps, when children were put on a low sugar diet, there was a 44% drop in antisocial behavior.
120. Sugar can lead to prostrate cancer.
121. Sugar dehydrates newborns.
122. Sugar increases the estradiol in young men.
123. Sugar can cause low birth weight babies.
124. Greater consumption of refined sugar is associated with a worse outcome of schizophrenia
125. Sugar can raise homocysteine levels in the blood stream.
126. Sweet food items increase the risk of breast cancer.
127. Sugar is a risk factor in cancer of the small intestine.
128. Sugar may cause laryngeal cancer.
129. Sugar induces salt and water retention.
130. Sugar may contribute to mild memory loss.
131. As sugar increases in the diet of 10 years olds, there is a linear decrease in the intake of many essential nutrients.
132. Sugar can increase the total amount of food consumed.
133. Exposing a newborn to sugar results in a heightened preference for sucrose relative to water at 6 months and 2 years of age.
134. Sugar causes constipation.
135. Sugar causes varicous veins.
136. Sugar can cause brain decay in prediabetic and diabetic women.
137. Sugar can increase the risk of stomach cancer.
138. Sugar can cause metabolic syndrome.
139. Sugar ingestion by pregnant women increases neural tube defects in embryos.
140. Sugar can be a factor in asthma.
141. The higher the sugar consumption the more chances of getting irritable bowel syndrome.
142. Sugar could affect central reward systems.
143. Sugar can cause cancer of the rectum.
144. Sugar can cause endometrial cancer.
145. Sugar can cause renal (kidney) cell carcinoma.
146. Sugar can cause liver tumors.
gegepriceFeb 3, 2012
Instead of making soda illegal, and if you really want to help kids, ban the soda machines in school...
igorunchainedFeb 3, 2012
a great way to do that is to FUND YOUR SCHOOLS. In my school, we had to remove the coke machine because pepsi bought our football scoreboard. Then we had 2 pepsi machines....a sugar monopoly that was allowed to happen because our sports funding was cut (we only had 4 sports + track in my school...and only one foreign language).
rickthebrickFeb 2, 2012
We need to educate people about the total cost of ownership. Capitalism will not do it since when one is short on money, it is much easier to buy the cheap, unhealthy product. So tax the unhealthy products and subsidize the healthy products.
roastedpeanutsFeb 3, 2012
I am not interested in the government influencing how I eat. I am an individual with a capable mind who should be in charge of how I choose to eat.
thetwintowersFeb 4, 2012
Moderation is the key - but people don't know how to carry that out any more. Whether it be on themselves or their kids.
thetwintowersFeb 4, 2012
Moderation is the key - but people don't know how to carry that out any more. Whether it be on themselves or their kids.
estairmanFeb 4, 2012
I am a grown man of 48. I do not need or want a government telling me what limitations my life must have. That is between me, my wife and God. I have two children, and it is my sacred duty to make sure they are able to live a life as productive as mine and my wife's . We dont need or want a government trying to be my kids parents. I say take away all food regulations including labelling and sin taxes
analogkid1Feb 3, 2012
One 12-ounce soda typically has NINE teaspoons of sugar.
Manufacturers make enough soda to supply each American with 52 gallons per year.
Yeah. America is addicted to sugar. That's why there's so many fat kids.
rudegarFeb 3, 2012
Salt trained Sugar
it is still the MASTER!
karmashockFeb 3, 2012
politicians desperate for a new sin tax... watch out... they'll come after you.
roastedpeanutsFeb 3, 2012
THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO REGULATE SO I CAN BE PROTECTED FROM MYSELF.
jaketyson85Feb 2, 2012
100 million of our fat adhd adult nation disagrees with u! LOL
News_AddictFeb 2, 2012
I don't know what to do with this information, eat less sugar or drink more? :p
jayhawk88Feb 2, 2012
I would like to apologize in advance for the joke I'm about to make. It's crass, tasteless, completely predictable, and in no way humorous or entertaining.
*ahem*
"I'd put a sticky white glaze on her!"
Again, my apologies. Just had to get that out of my system.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
loomyerFeb 2, 2012
He's not talking about all sugars just fructose which is ruining millions of lives. Hes not talking about a ban just fiscal disapproval in the same way as alcohol and tobacco. I urge anyone who a little educated to watch the video.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
kochevnik2001Feb 2, 2012
Stevia tastes so much better and has zero calories. It also repairs some of the skin damage caused by sugar
FrankLuskaFeb 3, 2012
Stevia is Good, don't know why anyone would digg you down. They must work for a sugar company.
FrankLuskaFeb 3, 2012
"fructose which is ruining millions of lives" fruit sugars? the bad sugars are from corn and sugar cane. Eating oranges, apples, etc is bad for you?
Fruit sugars are hard to extract and cost much more than other sugars, rarely found in drinks other than fruit juices, which have bad sugars added to sweeten them.
kochevnik2001Feb 3, 2012
1. Sugar can suppress the immune system.
2. Sugar upsets the mineral relationships in the body.
3. Sugar can cause hyperactivity, anxiety, difficulty concentrating, and crankiness in children.
4. Sugar can produce a significant rise in triglycerides.
5. Sugar contributes to the reduction in defense against bacterial infection (infectious diseases).
6. Sugar causes a loss of tissue elasticity and function, the more sugar you eat the more elasticity and function you loose.
7. Sugar reduces high density lipoproteins.
8. Sugar leads to chromium deficiency.
9 Sugar leads to cancer of the ovaries.
10. Sugar can increase fasting levels of glucose.
11. Sugar causes copper deficiency.
12. Sugar interferes with absorption of calcium and magnesium.
13. Sugar can weaken eyesight.
14. Sugar raises the level of a neurotransmitters: dopamine, serotonin, and norepinephrine.
15. Sugar can cause hypoglycemia.
16. Sugar can produce an acidic digestive tract.
17. Sugar can cause a rapid rise of adrenaline levels in children.
18. Sugar malabsorption is frequent in patients with functional bowel disease.
19. Sugar can cause premature aging.
20. Sugar can lead to alcoholism.
21. Sugar can cause tooth decay.
22. Sugar contributes to obesity
23. High intake of sugar increases the risk of Crohn's disease, and ulcerative colitis.
24. Sugar can cause changes frequently found in person with gastric or duodenal ulcers.
25. Sugar can cause arthritis.
26. Sugar can cause asthma.
27. Sugar greatly assists the uncontrolled growth of Candida Albicans (yeast infections).
28. Sugar can cause gallstones.
29. Sugar can cause heart disease.
30. Sugar can cause appendicitis.
31. Sugar can cause multiple sclerosis.
32. Sugar can cause hemorrhoids.
33. Sugar can cause varicose veins.
34. Sugar can elevate glucose and insulin responses in oral contraceptive users.
35. Sugar can lead to periodontal disease.
36. Sugar can contribute to osteoporosis.
37. Sugar contributes to saliva acidity.
38. Sugar can cause a decrease in insulin sensitivity.
39. Sugar can lower the amount of Vitamin E (alpha-Tocopherol in the blood.
40. Sugar can decrease growth hormone.
41. Sugar can increase cholesterol.
42. Sugar can increase the systolic blood pressure.
43. Sugar can cause drowsiness and decreased activity in children.
44. High sugar intake increases advanced glycation end products (AGEs)(Sugar bound non-enzymatically to protein)
45. Sugar can interfere with the absorption of protein.
46. Sugar causes food allergies.
47. Sugar can contribute to diabetes.
48. Sugar can cause toxemia during pregnancy.
49. Sugar can contribute to eczema in children.
50. Sugar can cause cardiovascular disease.
51. Sugar can impair the structure of DNA
52. Sugar can change the structure of protein.
53. Sugar can make our skin age by changing the structure of collagen.
54. Sugar can cause cataracts.
55. Sugar can cause emphysema.
56. Sugar can cause atherosclerosis.
57. Sugar can promote an elevation of low density lipoproteins (LDL).
58. High sugar intake can impair the physiological homeostasis of many systems in the body.
59. Sugar lowers the enzymes ability to function.
60. Sugar intake is higher in people with Parkinson’s disease.
61. Sugar can cause a permanent altering the way the proteins act in the body.
62. Sugar can increase the size of the liver by making the liver cells divide.
63. Sugar can increase the amount of liver fat.
64. Sugar can increase kidney size and produce pathological changes in the kidney.
65. Sugar can damage the pancreas.
66. Sugar can increase the body's fluid retention.
67. Sugar is enemy #1 of the bowel movement.
68. Sugar can cause myopia (nearsightedness).
69. Sugar can compromise the lining of the capillaries.
70. Sugar can make the tendons more brittle.
71. Sugar can cause headaches, including migraine.
72. Sugar plays a role in pancreatic cancer in women.
Research: http://rheumatic.org/sugar.htmComment is buried, click here to see the rest.
alison49990000Feb 3, 2012
pretty true.. look what happened to this guy.. who started drinking soda at 6 months.... http://bit.ly/nu00UJ
amirul19692000Feb 2, 2012
Sugar is bad for aged peoples, so control sugar in various way.
dougnic55Feb 2, 2012
i think we should just tax the s**t out of it...