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Sounds like a sugar epidemic. Why are these ingredients not banned?
by josh_today 5y ago
Sounds like a sugar epidemic. Why are these ingredients not banned?
- theshrike79 5y agoBecause the US produces WAY too much corn. Like insane amounts of corn. And to make use of all that production, they make sugar out of it. High-fructose corn syrup to be exact. And then they put it EVERYWHERE because it's so cheap - because of the overproduction.
- 2muchcoffeeman 5y agoThese suggestions are very extreme: ban ingredients, use artificial sweeteners. What about America means that you can’t just use less sugar and eat less sugar? Plenty of other countries don’t have this problem.
- paulryanrogers 5y agoSugar companies paying for studies on the dangers of fat were a great distraction. Nowadays high sugar content is ingrained in the culture. Some other countries are also increasing their sugar intake. Soda companies in particular drive this phenomenon.
- foerbert 5y agoIf you're willing and able to make everything from scratch, nothing. But if you're not, or can't... well. Simple lack of availability will be a major hurdle.
- chithanh 5y agoPlenty of countries have this problem. WHO recommends a "sugar tax", to decrease market viability of products that are high in added sugar. https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/260253 https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/260253 Whether artificial sweeteners are the answer is less clear, given lack of evidence that increased use of artificial sweeteners leads to reduced sugar consumption.
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- wpietri 5y agoIf refined sugar were invented recently, it would be another illegal white powder.
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