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Major Nikon

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19. Spare me the guilt by association nonsense, please

Sat Apr 23, 2016, 10:54 PM

Apr 2016

Regardless of who you think agrees with my post or not, you certainly didn't post anything that contradicts it. Just one can per day is already slightly greater than the average soda consumption per capita in the US. By any measure that's a lot of soda. So yes, lots of soda = bad. An occasional soda = not so bad.

I'm also pretty sure your unreferenced source of the data you are quoting doesn't say what you think it says.

Everyday we're drinking less & less sugary drinks in the US as a population - that's only bad for the industries selling it.

Not when those same industries are also selling the alternatives.

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Philly Soda Tax Would Punish the Poor | Bernie Sanders [View all] Donkees Apr 2016 OP

He is correct and an example of his continuing to be consistent. Actor Apr 2016 #1

There's very little reason to believe it would work to begin with Major Nikon Apr 2016 #10

How refreshing wain Apr 2016 #2

That is the same argument against a cigarette tax. iandhr Apr 2016 #3

Anyone that drinks soda is killing themselves MattP Apr 2016 #4

May be true wain Apr 2016 #6

Not quite Major Nikon Apr 2016 #9

If soda was taxed at a rate to subsidize the health costs soda products cause randr Apr 2016 #5

I visit a disabled friend twice a week he has type 2 diabetes MattP Apr 2016 #7

I don't agree Major Nikon Apr 2016 #11

Monsanto makes the corn that makes the corn syrup randr Apr 2016 #12

Farmers make the corn that makes corn syrup Major Nikon Apr 2016 #13

Are you telling me that Monsanto does not produce the "roundup ready" corn seed randr Apr 2016 #16

I just told you the exact opposite Major Nikon Apr 2016 #17

You may want to check your facts randr Apr 2016 #22

You might want to check my facts Major Nikon Apr 2016 #24

That is a mighty fine line between manufactureing seed randr Apr 2016 #25

Not to those who are fully literate Major Nikon Apr 2016 #31

He's right. zentrum Apr 2016 #8

I disagree with him here. Soda causes health problems, which costs people in many ways. RiverLover Apr 2016 #14

It's more accurate to say the excessive consumption of soda may cause health problems Major Nikon Apr 2016 #15

I'm absolutely sure Coca-Cola would agree with your post. RiverLover Apr 2016 #18

Spare me the guilt by association nonsense, please Major Nikon Apr 2016 #19

You seem heavily vested in this. I actually have a nutrition background so the subject is near & RiverLover Apr 2016 #20

Well I have a red phone to the almighty that trumps any unverifiable claim you care to make Major Nikon Apr 2016 #21

Wow. Here's a hint, google soda and diabetes. Harvard disagrees with you. RiverLover Apr 2016 #23

Here's a hint. Contradicting an assertion I never made is strawman gibberish Major Nikon Apr 2016 #30

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/healthy-drinks/soft-drinks-and-disease/ RiverLover Apr 2016 #35

Thank you for verifying what I already knew Major Nikon Apr 2016 #36

You know what else exacerbates diabetes? Bread. Potatoes. Bananas. Apples. Ed Suspicious Apr 2016 #26

over processed white breads I agree. The others not so much if people don't over consume them. Sunlei Apr 2016 #28

If I eat 100% whole wheat breads I spike just as highly as I do with white bread. Ed Suspicious Apr 2016 #29

you may have to give up todays over processed breads all together. Try bake your own? Sunlei Apr 2016 #32

The difference is in the quantity consumed and the lack of physical activity Major Nikon Apr 2016 #34

I assure you Wonder Bread was just as processed then . . . markpkessinger Apr 2016 #38

So does salt cause health problems; and so does excessive consumption ... markpkessinger Apr 2016 #37

Soda is a very high profit item its from a syrup mix, thats why it's pushed for sales. Sunlei Apr 2016 #27

Bottled water is even more so because you don't even have the expense of syrup Major Nikon Apr 2016 #33