Should unhealthy foods be banned?

[danmand]

Interesting prediction. Let's then agree to disagree.

How lovely and refreshing, not to say surprising, to find a sensible person here.

 

[Noelle Frost]

Likewise, kind fellow. I'm off to indulge in an artificially sweetened beverage. I look forward to the emergence of new information regarding Aspartame in the future.

How lovely and refreshing, not to say surprising, to find a sensible person here.

 

[Petzel]

Where did you get this from?
My parents came from a part of Italy where they ate tons of corn, specifically corn meal. They're staple was corn, beans, potatoes. Very little meat after the war,
You look at pictures when they and others came here, they were lean and strong as oxen. They only fattened up after they got here because they could indulge.
I still eat a lot of corn. Not a problem, and I digest it better than most other grains.

It's the cows that are not supposed to eat corn.
And you can't lump in processed modified corn products with natural corn.

Their, not they are!

 

[basketcase]

sure why not.. as long as the government guarantees healthy food are available for cheap too. no one wants to walk into an organic store and pay an arm/leg for food there

That's what I think too. Forget bans. Just ensure healthy food is affordable (and I'm not talking organics). If a slice costs $3 and a health sandwich costs $5...

 

[checks]

On that list under swordfish there's a link to 12 fishes you should never eat. According to that, shrimp is the dirtiest of the dozen.


"Imported Shrimp


Why It's Bad: Imported shrimp actually holds the designation of being the dirtiest of the Dirty Dozen, says Cufone, and it's hard to avoid, as 90 percent of shrimp sold in the U.S. is imported. "Imported farmed shrimp comes with a whole bevy of contaminants: antibiotics, residues from chemicals used to clean pens, filth like mouse hair, rat hair, and pieces of insects," Cufone says. "And I didn't even mention things like E. coli that have been detected in imported shrimp." Part of this has to do with the fact that less than 2 percent of ALL imported seafood (shrimp, crab, catfish, or others) gets inspected before its sold, which is why it's that much more important to buy domestic seafood."

I personally think that all shellfish is kind of disgusting. Most specifically crab, lobster and shrimp. They are bottom feeders - they ingest shit from the bottom all day. And then people pay big bucks to eat that disgusting creature? No thanks. To me, eating a lobster is just like cracking open a massive insect.

 

[MattRoxx]

Likewise, kind fellow. I'm off to indulge in an artificially sweetened beverage. I look forward to the emergence of new information regarding Aspartame in the future.

But Noelle in another thread you said you suffer from IBS.
You should avoid carbonated drinks such as diet soda, and caffeine, and artificial additives as much as possible.
It's bizarre to read that you avoid vegetables but 'indulge' in artificially sweetened drinks.

 

[train]

I have to say big NO. Never ban anything, leave us to 'free choice'. Allow the government to ban one thing, and it would snowball. The only time government should step in is when food is 'unsafe'.
At the end of the day, healthy/unhealthy eating is about accountability.

+1 We don't elect these idiots to run our whole lives just the parts we don't want to do ourselves and most of the time they don't even do a half-assed job of that.
Hell they can't even deal with plastic bags without arguing amongst themselves for years.

 

[dirkd101]

If they tax it people will still buy it. It's just a new form of taxation and I doubt any of the monies gathered from this tax would go straight to health care or education.

 

[Noelle Frost]

MattRoxx,

IBS is not a specific disease with specific causes or symptoms. It is a syndrome that is highly variable amongst individuals. All individuals have different triggers and responses. For me, carbonated drinks are not a trigger. Also, "artificial additive" is by no means a monolith and should not be treated as such. Different compounds have different properties and different effects within the body. Most artificial sweeteners are vastly different from one another in structure and biochemistry.

EDIT:

I'm also not sure where you read that I avoid vegetables. I eat plenty of vegetables, I just cook them first. Vegetables, especially raw ones, contain high concentrations of thousands of natural chemicals, many of which can upset a sensitive GI tract. Artificial additives are one single chemical. There is an element of predictability there.

But Noelle in another thread you said you suffer from IBS.
You should avoid carbonated drinks such as diet soda, and caffeine, and artificial additives as much as possible.
It's bizarre to read that you avoid vegetables but 'indulge' in artificially sweetened drinks.

 

[Prim0]

I'm for people making their own decisions...so no bans on "unhealthy" foods. Let people choose and live with the consequences of their choices.

 

[slydevil]

+1 We don't elect these idiots to run our whole lives just the parts we don't want to do ourselves and most of the time they don't even do a half-assed job of that.
Hell they can't even deal with plastic bags without arguing amongst themselves for years.

Exactly. You're gonna trust politicians to decide what we can eat?

 

[frankcastle]

Depends on what makes it unhealthy. If moderation can avoid the harmful effects then it should be available.

I really struggle with what is the root cause of obesity I mean isn't it obvious that sitting on your ass and eating fast food is bad for you?

Not to mention that I can make an organic meal at home for the same cost as eating a combo at McDs. I've easily spent $10 there and at home could prepare a fully organic meal for less.

Granted I could prepare a non organic meal for a fraction of the organic meal.

Point is that it used to be that eating unhealthy was partly bvecause it was cheaper..... nowadays I'd say that's less so.

 

[kissykisskiss]

Yes!