Industry pushes sugary products, while obfuscating the health hazards
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Re: Industry pushes sugary products, while obfuscating the health hazards
#2How long do we wait for "market forces" to magically correct under the information asymmetry of rich corporations vs the common person which inhibit the public from understanding the danger introduced in order to make more money?
Re: Industry pushes sugary products, while obfuscating the health hazards
#3How long do we wait for "market forces" to magically correct under the information asymmetry of rich corporations vs the common person which inhibit the public from understanding the danger introduced in order to make more money?
The free market can only work if everybody had perfect information and no secrets. Otherwise whoever has more information can manipulate reality.
Re: Industry pushes sugary products, while obfuscating the health hazards
#4I started to notice that sugar content has increased in sodas.
I used to work in a grocery store 12/13 years ago, and I remember stacking sodas on the shelves. The sugar content was 35g. I stacked them everyday so as far as I remember this was the norm at the time for a one serving in California.
Only a couple months ago, I started looking at the labels of sodas again. The content varies from 39g to 55g in California.
I was recently in Utah, and I took a picture of label of ginger ale. I compared it to the exact same can in California, the one in CA has less sugar content.
Re: Industry pushes sugary products, while obfuscating the health hazards
#5It's mind boggling how much sugar is in everything. Just looked at my girlfriend's Starbucks Chai tea container. 100g sugar! She would be better off drinking a bottle of Coke. And Starbucks are supposed to be good guys .
On a related note: how do they get that much sugar into these drinks? If I made a liter of Chai tea and poured 100g sugar into it I don't think it would be drinkable.
Re: Industry pushes sugary products, while obfuscating the health hazards
#6How long do we wait for "market forces" to magically correct under the information asymmetry of rich corporations vs the common person which inhibit the public from understanding the danger introduced in order to make more money?
The free market can only work if everybody had perfect information and no secrets. Otherwise whoever has more information can manipulate reality.
Meaning the free market doesn't work without strict continual intervention.
Re: Industry pushes sugary products, while obfuscating the health hazards
#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
The free market can only work if everybody had perfect information and no secrets. Otherwise whoever has more information can manipulate reality.
Meaning the free market doesn't work without strict continual intervention.
Exactly. A truly free market is unstable and will be anarchy. That's not something the typical "free marketer" wants.
Re: Industry pushes sugary products, while obfuscating the health hazards
#8It's mind boggling how much sugar is in everything. Just looked at my girlfriend's Starbucks Chai tea container. 100g sugar! She would be better off drinking a bottle of Coke. And Starbucks are supposed to be good guys . On a related note: how do they get that much sugar into these drinks? If I made a liter of Chai tea and poured 100g sugar into it I don't think it would be drinkable.
Starbucks has always been sugar with a side of coffee. That's its appeal.
Re: Industry pushes sugary products, while obfuscating the health hazards
#9How long do we wait for "market forces" to magically correct under the information asymmetry of rich corporations vs the common person which inhibit the public from understanding the danger introduced in order to make more money?
The free market can only work if everybody had perfect information and no secrets. Otherwise whoever has more information can manipulate reality.
Perfect information and unlimited computing power.
Re: Industry pushes sugary products, while obfuscating the health hazards
#10It's mind boggling how much sugar is in everything. Just looked at my girlfriend's Starbucks Chai tea container. 100g sugar! She would be better off drinking a bottle of Coke. And Starbucks are supposed to be good guys . On a related note: how do they get that much sugar into these drinks? If I made a liter of Chai tea and poured 100g sugar into it I don't think it would be drinkable.
Starbucks are supposed to be good guys? I thought they were pretty well known as the shop that produces sugary milkshakes with caffeine in them.