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>why not brutally enforce cut down of sugar in sweet items (including softdrinks, ice cream, chocolates, cakes, etc.) by 50%? To he11 with the taste - sugar is

>why not brutally enforce cut down of sugar in sweet items (including softdrinks, ice cream, chocolates, cakes, etc.) by 50%? To he11 with the taste - sugar is as bad as cocaine when it comes to addiction. No it's not. >Not only artificial sugar but even the propaganda about stuffing our mouth with fruit needs to stop -- more than 1 fruit (e.g. banana or apple or orange) per adult is excessive in terms of sugar. I'd love to see a source for that statement and you seem to be ignoring the effects of the fiber in apples and oranges on digestion (i.e. insulin spikes). >Finally, not only sugar, low sodium levels need to be enforced. Outdated and incorrect. >Would also be nice to charge 100% tax on deep fried items and fatty products such as cheese and white rice (in developed nations). And you completely lost me. There's nothing wrong with cheese and white rice. Like almost any food, in moderation they are fine and healthy. Also, I stay in very good shape; can I please opt out of your 2x tax on my occassional serving of french fries? >Frankly speaking, all unhealthy foods should be sold with a clear and bold "THIS FOOD PRODUCT IS BAD FOR YOUR HEALTH" type of warning -- similar to labels on cigarettes. Except the definition of what's bad for you seems to change about every ten years. Again, moderation is key.

anaphor 7y ago
> I'd love to see a source for that statement and you seem to be ignoring the effects of the fiber in apples and oranges. How many people peel their apples or take the seeds out of their oranges, which reduces the amount of fiber?
- EpicEng 7y ago
  >How many people... take the seeds out of their oranges ...Everyone? Are you saying that you eat the seeds? What? Either way, no one is developing diabetes because they eat three peeled apples on a daily basis. C'mon.
  - anaphor 7y ago
    Yeah, I eat the seeds ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ And yeah, assuming the rest of your diet is healthy, eating a few apples won't make you diabetic. The problem is a broader lack of knowledge about what is healthy. People will eat a lot of garbage, and then eat a few apples and think that it offsets all of the pizza/burgers/soda/etc they ate somehow. Watch this show https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Eaters https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Eaters
    - EpicEng 7y ago
      >Yeah, I eat the seeds ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Ha, well more power to you brother. >And yeah, assuming the rest of your diet is healthy, eating a few apples won't make you diabetic. The problem is a broader lack of knowledge about what is healthy. People will eat a lot of garbage, and then eat a few apples and think that it offsets all of the pizza/burgers/soda/etc they ate somehow. Sure, people tend to be pretty ignorant about how this stuff works on any level. When I see someone talk about fibrous fruit in the same vein as refined sugar though... I feel someone has to call that out.

anaphor 7y ago

> I'd love to see a source for that statement and you seem to be ignoring the effects of the fiber in apples and oranges. How many people peel their apples or take the seeds out of their oranges, which reduces the amount of fiber?

EpicEng 7y ago
>How many people... take the seeds out of their oranges ...Everyone? Are you saying that you eat the seeds? What? Either way, no one is developing diabetes because they eat three peeled apples on a daily basis. C'mon.
- anaphor 7y ago
  Yeah, I eat the seeds ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ And yeah, assuming the rest of your diet is healthy, eating a few apples won't make you diabetic. The problem is a broader lack of knowledge about what is healthy. People will eat a lot of garbage, and then eat a few apples and think that it offsets all of the pizza/burgers/soda/etc they ate somehow. Watch this show https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Eaters https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Eaters
  - EpicEng 7y ago
    >Yeah, I eat the seeds ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Ha, well more power to you brother. >And yeah, assuming the rest of your diet is healthy, eating a few apples won't make you diabetic. The problem is a broader lack of knowledge about what is healthy. People will eat a lot of garbage, and then eat a few apples and think that it offsets all of the pizza/burgers/soda/etc they ate somehow. Sure, people tend to be pretty ignorant about how this stuff works on any level. When I see someone talk about fibrous fruit in the same vein as refined sugar though... I feel someone has to call that out.