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Pepsi: Breathtaking Design Strategy (2008) [pdf]

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Re: Pepsi: Breathtaking Design Strategy (2008) [pdf]

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Post by spaceman_2020 »

ncmncm wrote: post #123

Pepsi, Tropicana and the like, and their parent companies, are a direct cause of the Metabolic Syndrome epidemic in (particularly) the US, other former UK colonies, and UK, causing many times the preventable deaths from COVID, year in and year out. The "cause of death" noted for these cases never mentions metabolic syndrome (variously, fatty liver disease, cirrhosis, processed-food disease), but rather secondary illn…

What about diet sodas? Are they equally risky as well? Does the aspartme trigger similar reactions from the body as sugar?

Re: Pepsi: Breathtaking Design Strategy (2008) [pdf]

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Post by ncmncm »

spaceman_2020 wrote: post #171
ncmncm wrote: post #123

Pepsi, Tropicana and the like, and their parent companies, are a direct cause of the Metabolic Syndrome epidemic in (particularly) the US, other former UK colonies, and UK, causing many times the preventable deaths from COVID, year in and year out. The "cause of death" noted for these cases never mentions metabolic syndrome (variously, fatty liver disease, cirrhosis, processed-food disease), but rather secondary illn…

What about diet sodas? Are they equally risky as well? Does the aspartme trigger similar reactions from the body as sugar?

No.

Some people say artificial sweeteners have bad effects on your insulin metabolism because your body reacts to the taste as if a slug of sugar is on its way. But it must be complicated by conditioning; seems like after years of drinking it, the association would weaken.

I don't know of any reliable results on that.

Re: Pepsi: Breathtaking Design Strategy (2008) [pdf]

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Post by adrian_b »

rootsudo wrote: post #131
ncmncm wrote: post #123

Pepsi, Tropicana and the like, and their parent companies, are a direct cause of the Metabolic Syndrome epidemic in (particularly) the US, other former UK colonies, and UK, causing many times the preventable deaths from COVID, year in and year out. The "cause of death" noted for these cases never mentions metabolic syndrome (variously, fatty liver disease, cirrhosis, processed-food disease), but rather secondary illn…

This is interesting, would you say the same for other cola and juice manufacturers? E.g. Coca Cola, Snapple, Bolthouse, etc?

During many years, I have been very fat and all attempts of losing weight have failed.

Eventually, I made great changes to what I was eating and I began to weigh everything that I ate, to ensure that I eat no more than planned, and in somewhat less than a year I have lost one third of my previous weight, reaching a normal value.

Previously, I have not been drinking much Pepsi Cola or Coca Cola, but I have been drinking a lot of various fruit juices, all of which contain excessive amounts of sugar.

By far the most effective change in my eating habits, leading to weight loss and better health, has been to stop drinking any other kind of beverage except water and herbal teas without sugar.

Re: Pepsi: Breathtaking Design Strategy (2008) [pdf]

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Post by WheatM »

ncmncm wrote: post #123

Pepsi, Tropicana and the like, and their parent companies, are a direct cause of the Metabolic Syndrome epidemic in (particularly) the US, other former UK colonies, and UK, causing many times the preventable deaths from COVID, year in and year out. The "cause of death" noted for these cases never mentions metabolic syndrome (variously, fatty liver disease, cirrhosis, processed-food disease), but rather secondary illn…

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Re: Pepsi: Breathtaking Design Strategy (2008) [pdf]

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Post by ncmncm »

danachow wrote: post #134
ncmncm wrote: post #123

Pepsi, Tropicana and the like, and their parent companies, are a direct cause of the Metabolic Syndrome epidemic in (particularly) the US, other former UK colonies, and UK, causing many times the preventable deaths from COVID, year in and year out. The "cause of death" noted for these cases never mentions metabolic syndrome (variously, fatty liver disease, cirrhosis, processed-food disease), but rather secondary illn…

> Most of these are products of high uric acid level That's a very unsubstantiated claim. I'm not debating the association of hyperuricemia with metabolic syndrome or cardiovascular risk factors, but I don't think we have much evidence to establish a causal link between hyperuricemia and all the morbidities listed.

Robert Lustig:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kDJsxw0uMLM

Perlmutter:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6qZKH_xuYl4

Re: Pepsi: Breathtaking Design Strategy (2008) [pdf]

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Post by willbw »

ncmncm wrote: post #161
danachow wrote: post #158

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is a non-response - or do you have a specific cite linking uric acid as causative of diabetes or cardiovascular disease? It can be in a colorectal journal for all I care. > Have to be, to do it at all. Lol. Yeah bud, I have a ton of friends that are endocrinologists, all mostly great and intelligent folks, but I’m not letting them touch me with a colonoscope - or pretty much any implement. It’s not exactly a fie…

So, ask them . It is their job to know. You have already said you don't trust me. Be sure to report back what they tell you.

Ignoring who is wrong or right here - you made the claim, it's not very helpful if you refuse to substantiate it or suggest someone else needs to substantiate it for you.

Re: Pepsi: Breathtaking Design Strategy (2008) [pdf]

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Post by spaceman_2020 »

shoo wrote: post #45

PepsiCo Inc (PEP, Nasdaq) isn't merely a beverage company - as explained in this strategy document - it is a space company. The Pepsi Universe, with respect to its 8 light year characteristic length, reflects the scale of the total addressable market (TAM) that PepsiCo can expand into. Noted short-seller and equity valuation skeptic Jim Chanos once described the TAM of space companies as infinite, because space itsel…

Imagine trying to conquer space when you can't even conquer Coca-Cola!

Re: Pepsi: Breathtaking Design Strategy (2008) [pdf]

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Post by ncmncm »

alexb_ wrote: post #145
ncmncm wrote: post #123

Pepsi, Tropicana and the like, and their parent companies, are a direct cause of the Metabolic Syndrome epidemic in (particularly) the US, other former UK colonies, and UK, causing many times the preventable deaths from COVID, year in and year out. The "cause of death" noted for these cases never mentions metabolic syndrome (variously, fatty liver disease, cirrhosis, processed-food disease), but rather secondary illn…

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I.e., dying from liver disease is your God-given Right as An American. Like drunk driving without a seatbelt.

(But you could die in a gun accident first, so why worry?)

Re: Pepsi: Breathtaking Design Strategy (2008) [pdf]

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Post by awestroke »

dereg wrote: post #157
flycaliguy wrote: post #84

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It’s a now legendary document designed to promote Pepsi’s brand. They nailed it. That other stuff was covered in another document.

I don't think so. My visceral reaction was: SMH, this is why I stick with Coke .

Why are you promoting the Coca Cola Company? I assume you're not paid to do so

Re: Pepsi: Breathtaking Design Strategy (2008) [pdf]

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Post by jahller »

shoo wrote: post #45

PepsiCo Inc (PEP, Nasdaq) isn't merely a beverage company - as explained in this strategy document - it is a space company. The Pepsi Universe, with respect to its 8 light year characteristic length, reflects the scale of the total addressable market (TAM) that PepsiCo can expand into. Noted short-seller and equity valuation skeptic Jim Chanos once described the TAM of space companies as infinite, because space itsel…

you missed a chance here by using "pepsimistic"
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