Suicide is perfectly legal, as long as it is done slowly. In fact, with the nation as a whole engaged in slow suicide, living for today at the expense of tomorrow, why prevent individuals from doing the same?
“It’s okay to consume alcoholic beverages, drive drunk, and kill people”I’m not sure where you live, but where I live, drunk driving, and murder is still illegal.
If we can avoid jumping to conclusions for just one minute, I’d like to suggest that there is actually something here worth thinking about. Of course, people have their own positions on whether or not it is the governments’ job to protect people from themselves and both sides have their merits. I just can’t help thinking about motorcycle helmet laws. Underlying these was the knowledge that, without the law, many people (men) would choose to go helmetless because it’s kind of macho, or because they’ll be perceived as wimps if they wear one. The law removed that onus, making it socially acceptable to wear a helmet and many lives have been saved as a result. Was this unacceptable government interference? It’s not a simple question. There’s also the question of social responsibility on the part of the food industry. They are poisoning us with the chemicals and empty calories, are they criminals? Should they be? Just asking.
All C6H12O6 is NOT created equal. Fructose is an ISOMER of glucose, and is NOT handled by the body the same. It behaves differently, chemically, and that is a large part of the “dietary” problem with it. A lot of highly, physically addictive, products also work differently in the body, than their non-addictive relatives. Corporate profits are based on this, “better living (or not) through chemistry” that isn’t exactly what DuPont originally meant.
We hear a great hue and cry about having to pay for poor people who can’t afford insurance, but the silence is deafening over the cost TO US of people who are ruining their health with this sort of stuff.
“Yep. A calorie of sugar is different from a calorie of meat or veggies. There’s a label on each calorie, and your body can tell the difference.”Yes, it can. It’s not just about calories. Your body will process a giant soda differently than it would a bowl of broccoli of the same calorie count. Your body also processes table sugar differently than high fructose corn syrup, honey, agave nectar, stevia, or any other sweetener. They have different nutritive content and different values on the glycemic index.Calories don’t make you diabetic. Prolonged excessive consumption carbohydrates does. Calories don’t cause heart disease, heart attacks, or stroke. Eating too much fatty foods does.
I see this as more of curing the symptom than the problem. Rather than outlaw the cause (cheap synthetic sugars) we go after the drinks that feature the product in question. I guess the optimist in me says, “its a start”.
Clearly you have no idea how many drivers are under the influence of alcohol and no idea how many are caught. The punishment you suggest doesn’t fit the crime. The jails and prison are already full. Raise the price on a DUI conviction from the $1,200 to $1,400 range to $3,000 – $4,000 range would be far more effective. And, publicize the one of the PSAs and a notice at the entrance to bars. Remember that Hilton chick? WIth her money, why didn’t she hire a cab or a limo for the evening? No stupidly she decided drinking and driving was okay. Jailing her has not reduced the number of idjits driving under the influence.
“All food but protein gets turned into glucose by the body. Sugar, fructose, milk, bread, pasta etc.”Protien is also broken down. However, there is still the rate it’s broken down and enters the blood stream. Different foods have a different place on the glycemic index. There are also other affects different food stuffs have on the body.
Dtroutma almost 12 years ago
That’s still just the "dinky gulp’.
lontooni almost 12 years ago
If buckets of corn sugar is what people want buckets of corn sugar is what people will get.
Doughfoot almost 12 years ago
Suicide is perfectly legal, as long as it is done slowly. In fact, with the nation as a whole engaged in slow suicide, living for today at the expense of tomorrow, why prevent individuals from doing the same?
vwdualnomand almost 12 years ago
we are a nation of fatties. we rather eat pizza, than a salad. drink booze or soda over water. press x on a playstation than run.
Heavy B almost 12 years ago
“It’s okay to consume alcoholic beverages, drive drunk, and kill people”I’m not sure where you live, but where I live, drunk driving, and murder is still illegal.
person918 almost 12 years ago
the war on drugs is going so well, it only makes sense to start illegalizing more stuff for being unhealthy
tcolkett almost 12 years ago
If we can avoid jumping to conclusions for just one minute, I’d like to suggest that there is actually something here worth thinking about. Of course, people have their own positions on whether or not it is the governments’ job to protect people from themselves and both sides have their merits. I just can’t help thinking about motorcycle helmet laws. Underlying these was the knowledge that, without the law, many people (men) would choose to go helmetless because it’s kind of macho, or because they’ll be perceived as wimps if they wear one. The law removed that onus, making it socially acceptable to wear a helmet and many lives have been saved as a result. Was this unacceptable government interference? It’s not a simple question. There’s also the question of social responsibility on the part of the food industry. They are poisoning us with the chemicals and empty calories, are they criminals? Should they be? Just asking.
Dtroutma almost 12 years ago
All C6H12O6 is NOT created equal. Fructose is an ISOMER of glucose, and is NOT handled by the body the same. It behaves differently, chemically, and that is a large part of the “dietary” problem with it. A lot of highly, physically addictive, products also work differently in the body, than their non-addictive relatives. Corporate profits are based on this, “better living (or not) through chemistry” that isn’t exactly what DuPont originally meant.
tcolkett almost 12 years ago
And you can also read this:http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S26/91/22K07/index.xml?section=topstories
walruscarver2000 almost 12 years ago
We hear a great hue and cry about having to pay for poor people who can’t afford insurance, but the silence is deafening over the cost TO US of people who are ruining their health with this sort of stuff.
Jason Allen almost 12 years ago
“Yep. A calorie of sugar is different from a calorie of meat or veggies. There’s a label on each calorie, and your body can tell the difference.”Yes, it can. It’s not just about calories. Your body will process a giant soda differently than it would a bowl of broccoli of the same calorie count. Your body also processes table sugar differently than high fructose corn syrup, honey, agave nectar, stevia, or any other sweetener. They have different nutritive content and different values on the glycemic index.Calories don’t make you diabetic. Prolonged excessive consumption carbohydrates does. Calories don’t cause heart disease, heart attacks, or stroke. Eating too much fatty foods does.
d_legendary1 almost 12 years ago
I see this as more of curing the symptom than the problem. Rather than outlaw the cause (cheap synthetic sugars) we go after the drinks that feature the product in question. I guess the optimist in me says, “its a start”.
cjr53 almost 12 years ago
Clearly you have no idea how many drivers are under the influence of alcohol and no idea how many are caught. The punishment you suggest doesn’t fit the crime. The jails and prison are already full. Raise the price on a DUI conviction from the $1,200 to $1,400 range to $3,000 – $4,000 range would be far more effective. And, publicize the one of the PSAs and a notice at the entrance to bars. Remember that Hilton chick? WIth her money, why didn’t she hire a cab or a limo for the evening? No stupidly she decided drinking and driving was okay. Jailing her has not reduced the number of idjits driving under the influence.
Dtroutma almost 12 years ago
Ima: we could offer you two cents for your mental “junk”, but that would be twice what it’s worth.
Pearl Deans Premium Member almost 12 years ago
http://graphicnovelpublishers.org/rare-graphic-novels-dc/#JLAAvengers
Jason Allen almost 12 years ago
“All food but protein gets turned into glucose by the body. Sugar, fructose, milk, bread, pasta etc.”Protien is also broken down. However, there is still the rate it’s broken down and enters the blood stream. Different foods have a different place on the glycemic index. There are also other affects different food stuffs have on the body.