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Sugar as a toxin, should we regulate it?

Regulate sugar?

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Saint Nick

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Listening to On Point on NPR right now...some crazy granola is talking about how sugar should be regulated in order to prevent obesity and other health complications due to over-consumption of sugar.

I say let the fatties fat and natural selection prevail. Don't allow any insurance claims that stem from obesity health complications.
 
Monster_Munch said:
I thought they don't have sugar in the US anyway? It's all high fructose corn syrup over there isn't it?
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The US loosened the sugar subsidy/production control /price support program so sugar is becoming cheaper again. Ethanol subsidies have diverted corn to fuel production so corn prices have gone up. The effect is that sugar is becoming more price competitive with corn syrup.
 
Fausto said:
Not entirely, no. We use a lot of HFCS, but it can be avoided if you are a label reader.
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Yes...I avoid as much HFCS as I can. Sometimes I have a craving here and there and succumb, but if I can get real sugar or no sugar, I will take that before HFCS. Even then, I still moderate ADDED sugar intake. Sugar from natural sources IMO is fine...
 
Regulation is bullshit. Once you get past honest labeling, the government's job is done. The government isn't supposed to be our surrogate parent.
 
No, people need to taking fucking responsibility for their own condition. And those of us that are smart shouldn't be punished because of those losers. Learn not to stuff your face with too much sugary stuff and tone it down on the portions. Then you won't have to spend the rest of your life sticking yourself with insulin because your body gave up trying to do it for you.
 
I would see this as a waste of money to try and do this. All the fatties will still stuff their faces with all the sugary sweets that they can get their hands on and then complain that they cant see their feet. And if you dont like your kind being a fattie stop feeding them so much and make them go outside.
 
Saint Nick said:
Yes...I avoid as much HFCS as I can. Sometimes I have a craving here and there and succumb, but if I can get real sugar or no sugar, I will take that before HFCS. Even then, I still moderate ADDED sugar intake. Sugar from natural sources IMO is fine...
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That makes no sense whatsoever. Sugar is sugar, for the most part. The quantity matters far more than the type in predicting obesity, and it doesn't matter if it's "natural" (by which I'm guessing you mean from whole foods) or "artificial" (I'm guessing you mean corn or sugar cane). If you eat lots of sugar, it gets turned to fat regardless of whether it's sucrose or fructose.

As for the OP: no. Obesity is an epidemic in this country, but regulating or taxing food isn't the solution. Food consumption at this point is such a small part of our GDP that you'd have to very heavily tax it (as you do, say, cigarettes) in order to make a difference. At that point, you're punishing everyone who consumes moderate levels of sugar. If we're going to tax sugar, we might as well have nationally mandated calisthenics every morning as well.
 
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crashtestdummy said:
That makes no sense whatsoever. Sugar is sugar, for the most part. The quantity matters far more than the type in predicting obesity, and it doesn't matter if it's "natural" (by which I'm guessing you mean from whole foods) or "artificial" (I'm guessing you mean corn or sugar cane). If you eat lots of sugar, it gets turned to fat regardless of whether it's sucrose or fructose.

As for the OP: no. Obesity is an epidemic in this country, but regulating or taxing food isn't the solution. Food consumption at this point is such a small part of our GDP that you'd have to very heavily tax it (as you do, say, cigarettes) in order to make a difference. At that point, you're punishing everyone who consumes moderate levels of sugar. If we're going to tax sugar, we might as well have nationally mandated calisthenics every morning as well.
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Well it might not make sense to you, but it makes sense to me. Don't worry about it.
 
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