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Post by
HiVolt
Well, I never signed to pudding rationing, more of ingredient control (not more than X amount of sugars in Y type of product kinda way).
I think that government determining my pudding ingredients is a silly waste of tax dollars on something that government has no business regulating.
Who should regulate it then? Businesses? I thought that in business, profit is the motive. You can probably save a bunch of money by loading up pudding with sugar and no real nutritional ingredients. Even more if you don't tell people that it can make them fat or give them cancer. Even better, tell them it's good for them! They'll thank you and ask for more after the first heart attack. After the second, they might get wary, but they'll probably still buy it, seeing as it's the only pudding available on the market. After the third is when you have to worry. That's when they might actually stop buying it. Maybe then you need to rethink your marketing strategy. Or, maybe they're dead. If it's the former, no problem. A hiccup at best. If it's the latter, who cares? They're dead anyway.
Post by
MyTie
Amazingly, I'm quite capable of not enjoying pudding loading with too much sugar, and would enjoy pudding with at least an element of traditional savoriness to it. Thus, yes, the market will cater to people like me who have a deep desire for delicious pudding without feeling like we were just violated by C&H. However, if someone feels like injecting their intestinal system with a spoonful of death... all the more power to them.
I've always found it remarkable how people can on one hand argue for government regulation of sugar, that people cannot do with their bodies what they want, because it causes harm, and turn around and argue in favor of abortion, because people should be able to do with their bodies what they want. It's actually comical to me. There was a time when I'd be horrified. At this point, humanity is a source of macabre entertainment.
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Post by
Squishalot
In terms of food, let us know what's in the food. Apply a VAT style levy that means that only the purchasers have to pay for the fallout. A big mac costs $12? Only buy it if you want to, as they all say exactly what they are on the box. Same with diamorphine, or Viagra.
Are you suggesting that we should be taxing 'fatty' foods? That's still regulation, and to take MyTie's point, it'd be like charging an abortion tax to parents who wanted the service, even if you weren't outlawing it. His point still applies (and quite fairly, I'd argue).
Post by
Interest
#240- Do you think that the government should regulate drugs/food/drinking? Not in terms of making sure the information is accurate on the label, but do you think the government has the job of, or the resources to, regulate drug use, underage drinking, fat and sugar content in food, or anything where a person is deciding to be self destructive but not inflicting it on anyone else. Do you think age restrictions are appropriate, but the others are not? Do you think the government should take a more active role and make sure that the only things available are healthy?
To a point, yes. To a point, yes. If they do something about slaughterhouses, @#$% yes.
Post by
ElhonnaDS
#241- Is there a food/drink you won't switch to the healthy version of? For example, do you hate the taste of skim milk or no-sugar-added juice? Can you not abide margarine, and have to use real butter? Do you refuse to eat brown rice or whole-wheat noodles in favor of the bleached flour ones?
Post by
Squishalot
I can't stand Diet Coke.
Though that said, I'm not certain it qualifies as the 'healthy' option, considering all the bad things people say about aspertame.(##RESPBREAK##)8##DELIM##Squishalot##DELIM##
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240140
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Post by
Milayu
You don't enjoy the slightly iron-y taste of blood?
And I had you pegged as a vampire.
Post by
ElhonnaDS
You don't enjoy the slightly iron-y taste of blood?
And I had you pegged as a vampire.
I think the term is "staked" Mila :P
Post by
Milayu
Oh, wow, I can't believe I missed that opportunity.
Post by
Interest
#241- Is there a food/drink you won't switch to the healthy version of? For example, do you hate the taste of skim milk or no-sugar-added juice? Can you not abide margarine, and have to use real butter? Do you refuse to eat brown rice or whole-wheat noodles in favor of the bleached flour ones?
I actually do not care. By the way, I do not consider diet sodas to be healthier than their non-diet counterparts. If anything, they may potentially be LESS healthy due to the artificial sugar substitutes and all that.
Post by
ElhonnaDS
I know diet sodas are either only marginally more healthy, or just unhealthy in a different way...which was why I didn't include them in the list of examples. Before this takes off on a debate about the merits and pitfalls of artificial sweeteners, I was more thinking of things that are pretty definitively healthier- a.k.a. leaner cuts of meat, natural juices with no added sugars OR sweeteners, skim milk, whole grains vs. bleached flour, etc.
Post by
Interest
That was actually a followup on what Squish said =P
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Post by
Rystrave
I hate skim milk. It's like water. Who wants to put water on their cereal?
I also wouldn't switch out beef burgers for turkey burgers. Now, if I had a choice between a turkey SANDWICH versus a beef burger, I'd probably choose the turkey simply because I can't deny turkey. Mmmm.
Post by
MyTie
I eat foods I enjoy. That being said, I enjoy healthy food. I prefer the way a loaf of homemade bread tastes over a loaf of store white bread. I enjoy the way water tastes over soda pop. I do have "vices", but most are pretty benign: beer, butter, cheese, coffee, bacon... The foods that I eat I make at home. I don't eat a lot of food loaded with sugar, nor do I eat fast food, nor do I drink any soda. A factor is what I can afford. At the moment, it makes more sense for me to make a healthy chicken stew, with veggies from my garden, than it does to buy a 25 dollar pizza. On top of that, I'm naturally fit, and I exercise. I'm almost 30 now, and I'm still able to compete cardiovascular with my 20 year old self when I tested in the military, but I'm a bit more filled out now. I'm not skinny. My wife says my shoulders look broader, but I still don't have any fat on me. I think physical fitness is important, to maintain health, as well as what you consume. The farmers of old used to eat a lump of pig fat for breakfast, with mustard, and they were, for the most part, strong and healthy, but that was because they worked. I don't eat chunks of pig fat, and I still work on a farm.
Post by
HiVolt
I've actually been working my way toward a healthier diet lately, so there's probably not much that I'd be totally unwilling to give up if I could find its healthier alternative. I do have some foods that I'll always love, and that I doubt I'd ever be willing to give them up completely. But, on special occasions, I don't see anything wrong with indulging a little bit.
What I really need to do, though, is start exercising more. I do plenty of walking during a normal day, and that helps to keep my weight in check along with the diet. But, I don't do nearly enough to actually lose a lot of weight. I'm fat right now, but I'm also tall and I have a broad frame, so I carry it better than most. I really want to lose about fifty pounds, though. It's just a matter of motivating myself to do the exercise.
Post by
gamerunknown
^ I started doing
this workout
every other day. I set my alarm half an hour early (takes a bit longer than half an hour to complete, but I left myself plenty of time before I started anyway). When I first started I couldn't complete everything, but I just cut back on the exercises (if it lists 25, I'd do perhaps 10, then 12 next time I did the exercises, etc. I dropped push ups and replaced them with bicep curls, too) and concentrated on getting the form right. If I got sick, I just picked up where I left off and tried not to get discouraged. I also regularly weigh myself - all things that have helped to keep my weight in check. Best of luck anyway.
My major "imbibed" vice is probably alcohol (my personal trainer friend actually buys light beers now and then, but I think I've had them all of twice). I can't stand skimmed milk either - in England, as far as I'm aware, there is simply no milk of the consistency or colour of the 0% milk in the US. Certainly not widely available. That stuff tastes like milk scented water. I eat porridge oats with hot water for breakfast though and don't have milk in any other meals, so it doesn't really make a difference.
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