http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505245_162-57444945/nyc-soda-ban-could-another-blow-for-drink-makers/
I’m no fan of the nanny state but soda/pop/tonic is 100% toxic. Aspartame, HFCS and even the materials used to make the containers are pure poison.
The market is already taking care of it. Evermore people are discontinuing the consumption of it. It’s gotten to the point that the HFCS PR team has PSA on TV about how HFCS is just like all other suger. The paleo/primal movement is growing. Even McDonald’s has had to start selling “healthy” alternatives.
The irony of all this is, if they just GOT RID OF THE CORN SUBSIDY, soda (along with almost everything on the McDonald’s menu) would become WAY more expensive, literally solving the problem overnight.
Isn’t a bit too ironic that POOR people are the fat ones these days?
Hmm… so I gotta get my black market soda from my light bulb dealer now?
Maybe this will help Bloomberg see what his city is heading towards:
I gotta say, I’m at least happy about the amount of attention this is getting.
Got another one:
It’s as ineffective as it is immoral.
Unlimited refills? Will those be banned? If not, banning in restaurants/theme parks will be pointless.
Buy one get one free/half price/whatever? Stores could probably end up selling the same amount of liquid for the same price as before… just more plastic in the process… let’s see how the liberals like that.
Europeans weigh in, and give a very sad dose of the reality of their mindset:
Penn & Teller emphasize the same point regarding corn syrup:
Using cane sugar isn’t that much more expensive than corn syrup, and sugar would be cheaper if there were no tariffs or quotas on imported sugar.
Here’s my thing. I used to enjoy Coca-Cola, drank and really liked the two-three cans I drank daily.
Then in the early '90s they replaced cane sugar with locally made beet sugar (because of tariffs and subsidies, of course). I stopped drinking it pretty much overnight in disgust.
Just last month my mother called me and (since I am a chemist) asked me what was wrong with her favorite soft drink, a local product made by a Nestlé subsidiary. Guess what? Corn syrup has arrived here too, though at the moment is still mixed with ordinary beet sugar.
All this cavorting to get around tariffs and benefit from subsidies is actually hurting soda manufacturers. People are consuming their products in ever decreasing amounts or simply not consuming them anymore. Health concerns have nothing to do with it: energy drinks and imported soft drinks (like Guaranà) still sell extremely well or are even increasing their market share despite costing three or four times more than a traditional soda. The fact is people find the new ingredients off-putting if not downright disgusting and stop consuming. Coca-Cola has taken such a beating they abandoned their traditional can to adopt one mimicking the tall, thin one made popular by Red Bull in a desperate marketing attempt.
As for me, I’ll stick to my tea, thank you very much.
That’s pure superstition.
The researchers at Princeton must be pretty superstitious
“When rats are drinking high-fructose corn syrup at levels well below those in soda pop, they’re becoming obese – every single one, across the board. Even when rats are fed a high-fat diet, you don’t see this; they don’t all gain extra weight.”
That’s pure superstition.
FYI I don’t support the ban. But anyone who cares about their health NEEDS to kiss 99% of the foods at the supermarket goodbye. Take up natural eating/living.
Hey you know where there’s no supermarket? In the woods. You should go there. To live.
Hey you know where there’s no supermarket? In the woods. You should go there. To live.
I will when I know I won’t be caged by the state for it. living off the grid is illegal in most places.