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Originally Posted by Xist
Also, when did "Moment" start meaning anything besides "An instant" or a measure of the tendency to cause a body to rotate about a specific point or axis?
I ran across this five year-old article saying that sugar was so bad people were trying to tax it: Big Sugar is having its tobacco moment
With comments like "Sugar addiction is; Of the same concern, as tobacco, alcohol, drugs, both legal and illegal."
I enabled over 900 addicts tonight. What about you guys?
Quick search: "The sugar tax came into force on April 6, 2018, after hopes of a U-turn by PM Theresa May were dashed."
Sounds like this was in that British place.
"The tax is estimated to raise around £520 million which will be used to fund sports in primary schools."
Is that how you fight childhood obesity? I thought it was guilt!
Opera says that is the equivalent of $662 Million in real money.
"A 1.75ml bottle of coke has increased from roughly £1.25 to £1.49." So, 20%!
"Pure fruit juice has been exempted from the tax"
Cue debate on the merits of fruit juice without added ingredients!
"Drinks with a high milk content are exempt due to their calcium content."
So, energy drinks will all be dairy now. Nice.
"Mexico introduced a 10 per cent tax on sugary drinks in 2014 and saw a 12 per cent reduction over the first year."
"Hungary brought in a tax on the drinks companies and saw a 40 per cent decrease in the amount of sugar in the products."
"Chocolate and sweets are already included in Public Health England’s programme aiming for a 20 per cent reduction in sugar by 2020."
So... did they tax bags of sugar? Did the sugar industry just become DIY? |
I think it was in 1977,that a US Senate Committee for US dietary recommendations issued a report,basically attacking the standard American diet as unhealthy.
They were immediately attacked by food industry attorneys,forced to redact the information from their report,then were further rewarded,by having the committee dissolved.
Human evolution has us craving sugar,salt,and fat.It's so rare in nature,that paleo man could eat all they wanted,because you could hardly find any of it in nature.
With processed food,it can be intentionally full of it.
Obesity,type-2 diabetes,hardenining of the arteries,high blood pressure,enlarged hearts,heart attack,stroke,and erectile disfunction are a few of it's consequences.
There are $billions to be made off these diet-related symptoms and nothing to be made off of health.
A peek at 'How not to Die',by Dr.Michael Gregor will give insight into the 'whys' of sugar,fat,and salt,and why your cardiac surgeon is probably a vegan.