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Mexican states are moving to ban the sale of junk food to children

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Re: Mexican states are moving to ban the sale of junk food to children

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Post by hh3k0 »

Cyclone_ wrote: post #38
sitkack wrote: post #16

Sugar is an addictive poison. These products should be outright banned. Folks can make wonderful pastries at home. https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2009/06/8187/obesity-and-metabolic... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM

This kind of comment asking for it to be banned is always from an extremely uninformed person. Addictive poison, really? Wait til they see what's in fruit. Or just talk to a sports scientist about why it's in sports drinks. Of course in excess it's bad, but normal sugar consumption is not an issue.

> Addictive poison, really? Wait til they see what's in fruit.

Is that supposed to be a contradiction? It is in fruit and therefore it can't be bad? The poisonous fruit of Atropa belladonna comes to mind.

> Of course in excess it's bad, but normal sugar consumption is not an issue.

The thing is, though, that normal sugar consumption is borderline impossible in a modern diet. You have to go out of your way to avoid sugar, it requires informed decision-making and -- all too often -- purchasing relatively expensive products. Consequently, people who lack education and/or have a low-income are particularly vulnerable.

I agree with the original comment, these products should be outright banned.

Re: Mexican states are moving to ban the sale of junk food to children

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Post by mytailorisrich »

thewickedaxe wrote: post #10

This law is way way way overdue. American Corporations are killing Mexico's youth with junk food. I know kids who exclusively drink soda. Healthy, beautiful kids who deserve to go out and play and live their best lives.

Where are the parents?

Re: Mexican states are moving to ban the sale of junk food to children

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Post by ebg13 »

macspoofing wrote: post #26
sitkack wrote: post #16

Sugar is an addictive poison. These products should be outright banned. Folks can make wonderful pastries at home. https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2009/06/8187/obesity-and-metabolic... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM

>These products should be outright banned. Folks can make wonderful pastries at home. Sugar is sugar. What's the difference between a homemade pastry and store bought pastry?

> What's the difference between a homemade pastry and store bought pastry?

People consume less when consumption is less convenient. A billion people aren't going to start baking cupcakes every day.

Re: Mexican states are moving to ban the sale of junk food to children

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Post by [deleted] »

pengaru wrote: post #101
seiferteric wrote: post #72

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If we just didn't subsidize its production, that would be a start.

Sure, but if the alternative is banning which is never a good approach, taxing it makes a lot more sense IMHO. I'm no agriculture nerd but isn't much of the US particularly well suited to growing corn, regardless of subsidies?

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Re: Mexican states are moving to ban the sale of junk food to children

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Post by lolbrels »

Press2forEN wrote: post #88
thewickedaxe wrote: post #10

This law is way way way overdue. American Corporations are killing Mexico's youth with junk food. I know kids who exclusively drink soda. Healthy, beautiful kids who deserve to go out and play and live their best lives.

I know scapegoating Americans has become a community pastime, but perhaps you could rephrase your comment with more substance or evidence so as to avoid coming off so elitist and prejudiced.

Then they would not have a comment. Just typical bashing of Americans - report and move on.

Re: Mexican states are moving to ban the sale of junk food to children

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Post by kube-system »

seiferteric wrote: post #72
pengaru wrote: post #53

Dumb, just tax fructose in proportion to how much is added. Ths US should do the same thing.

If we just didn't subsidize its production, that would be a start.

It's a tough situation. Much of the idea behind agriculture subsides is to protect against black-swan events.

Re: Mexican states are moving to ban the sale of junk food to children

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Post by liability »

chrisco255 wrote: post #43

Are they going to ban tacos too?

I'm confident you can construct an unhealthy taco, but is there anything inherently wrong with tacos? Fundamentally it's just a bit of meat, veggies and cheese. The tortilla is grain and thus arguably not great, but tortillas are pretty small compared to the average sandwich bread.

Re: Mexican states are moving to ban the sale of junk food to children

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Post by seiferteric »

kube-system wrote: post #116
seiferteric wrote: post #72

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If we just didn't subsidize its production, that would be a start.

It's a tough situation. Much of the idea behind agriculture subsides is to protect against black-swan events.

Doesn't crop insurance exist? Why the need to constantly subsidize?

Re: Mexican states are moving to ban the sale of junk food to children

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Post by bantunes »

mytailorisrich wrote: post #112
thewickedaxe wrote: post #10

This law is way way way overdue. American Corporations are killing Mexico's youth with junk food. I know kids who exclusively drink soda. Healthy, beautiful kids who deserve to go out and play and live their best lives.

Where are the parents?

Caving to marketing designed to make children nag their parents.
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