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> what difference does that make for consumers? They would now have choice. Why is it the role of government to exclude entrepreneurs from competing?

• tptacek 13y ago
  Isn't this a little bit like complaining how unfair life is for tobacco companies?
  • smokeyj 13y ago
    How is that?
    • tptacek 13y ago
      They would have a choice between two extremely unhealthy alternatives.
      • X-Istence 13y ago
        I don't see how this is a problem ... or something to be worried about.
  • hornetblack 13y ago
    I'm not sure 'essential but over-consumed' nutrient is comparable to 'cancer causing addictive drug'.
    • tptacek 13y ago
      Obesity is also correlated with cancer. Metabolic syndrome includes elements of physical dependence.
    • base698 13y ago
      More comparable than you'd think... http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2011/11/survival-strategy-of-cancer-cells/ http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2011/11/survival-strat... http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2235907/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2235907/ Evidence that sugar is addictive in the same way as are narcotics and cancer cells in blood with elevated sugar grow much faster.