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steelmania75
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Tue Aug-11-09 07:36 PM Original message |
Remove high-fructose corn syrup from our food |
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Laelth
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Tue Aug-11-09 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
1. Hear, hear! k&r n/t |
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ananda
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Tue Aug-11-09 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
2. Thank you! |
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MineralMan
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Tue Aug-11-09 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
3. How about reading the label and not buying stuff containing it? |
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madeline_con
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Tue Aug-11-09 07:42 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Yes, it's someone else's fault I'm fat! n/t |
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paulsby
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Tue Aug-11-09 07:50 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. bingo! we have a winner |
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abumbyanyothername
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Tue Aug-11-09 07:56 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. I'm going to disagree with this, and here's why |
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MineralMan
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Tue Aug-11-09 07:59 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. I leave people to make such decisions for themselves. |
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abumbyanyothername
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Tue Aug-11-09 08:07 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. I just want to stop the child abuse. |
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paulsby
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Tue Aug-11-09 08:11 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. that's why their is mandatory labeling |
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Luminous Animal
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Tue Aug-11-09 09:19 PM Response to Reply #27 |
56. You are absolutely right! |
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OneTenthofOnePercent
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Wed Aug-12-09 09:02 AM Response to Reply #56 |
131. The use of leaded paint or gas is not a personal choice |
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Luminous Animal
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Thu Aug-13-09 03:11 AM Response to Reply #131 |
196. Not true. The lead paint industry waged a prolonged PR campaign. |
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wolfgangmo
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Fri Aug-14-09 12:21 PM Response to Reply #131 |
205. WTF? |
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Vinnie From Indy
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Wed Aug-12-09 12:10 PM Response to Reply #27 |
168. How do you feel about tobacco? |
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paulsby
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Tue Aug-11-09 08:07 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. people can still make choices |
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abumbyanyothername
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Tue Aug-11-09 08:21 PM Response to Reply #21 |
32. Hey, obviously someone hit a nerve. |
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paulsby
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Tue Aug-11-09 08:29 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. it IS a huge part of the problem |
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nadinbrzezinski
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Tue Aug-11-09 08:44 PM Response to Reply #33 |
41. We will end up suing the food industry for the same reason |
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paulsby
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Tue Aug-11-09 08:47 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. actually it's not phillip morris any more |
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nadinbrzezinski
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Tue Aug-11-09 08:58 PM Response to Reply #42 |
47. Given that current research is showing that |
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paulsby
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Wed Aug-12-09 02:59 AM Response to Reply #47 |
119. who frigging cares |
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nadinbrzezinski
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Fri Aug-14-09 12:05 PM Response to Reply #119 |
200. Read this again, addictive, cocaine |
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Skittles
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Fri Aug-14-09 01:46 PM Response to Reply #119 |
225. ooh - Wendy's chili is indeed good |
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Maru Kitteh
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Wed Aug-12-09 12:52 AM Response to Reply #42 |
116. Big man eat meat, own tobacco comany stock and have raging hard on for free market and "personal |
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paulsby
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Wed Aug-12-09 03:04 AM Response to Reply #116 |
120. no, i sound like somebody who respects liberty and freedom |
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Maru Kitteh
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Wed Aug-12-09 01:03 PM Response to Reply #120 |
173. Like a parasite, you profit from the death and misery of millions of poor and undereducated people |
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paulsby
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Wed Aug-12-09 05:37 PM Response to Reply #173 |
191. not really |
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nadinbrzezinski
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Fri Aug-14-09 12:08 PM Response to Reply #120 |
201. I know regulation nanny that takes the salmonella off the food chain |
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rhett o rick
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Wed Aug-12-09 10:22 AM Response to Reply #116 |
157. Jeezes, I hope we aren't judging on spelling. I am terrible. And Maru, you mispelled "company". |
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The Doctor.
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Wed Aug-12-09 07:39 PM Response to Reply #42 |
193. When food details are obfuscated, it's hard to make a sound choice. |
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wolfgangmo
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Fri Aug-14-09 12:29 PM Response to Reply #33 |
206. Let's say I owned a food company |
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Johonny
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Tue Aug-11-09 08:31 PM Response to Reply #16 |
34. I'm going to agree with you |
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abumbyanyothername
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Tue Aug-11-09 08:34 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. HFCS is cheap only because of USGOV |
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paulsby
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Wed Aug-12-09 03:08 AM Response to Reply #35 |
121. our govt has been complicit in all sorts of |
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HillbillyBob
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Tue Aug-11-09 08:54 PM Response to Reply #34 |
45. You make a very good point. I am on a fixed income |
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NashVegas
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Wed Aug-12-09 08:50 AM Response to Reply #16 |
129. Nationalizing the Food Chain Would Be An Horrific Solution |
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Morning Dew
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Tue Aug-11-09 08:08 PM Response to Reply #8 |
22. Good genes only gets you so far. |
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paulsby
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Tue Aug-11-09 08:15 PM Response to Reply #22 |
30. exactly my point |
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bobbolink
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Tue Aug-11-09 09:49 PM Response to Reply #30 |
76. "Boo fucking hoo" That pretty much sums up your humanity. |
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paulsby
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Wed Aug-12-09 03:13 AM Response to Reply #76 |
122. yes, life isn't fair. not everybody can eat cheezy poofs every day |
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nadinbrzezinski
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Fri Aug-14-09 12:36 PM Response to Reply #122 |
207. If you are really poor you cannot afford to buy fresh fruit or vegies |
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arikara
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Wed Aug-12-09 12:02 AM Response to Reply #30 |
106. You are lucky to be so very wonderful |
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paulsby
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Wed Aug-12-09 03:16 AM Response to Reply #106 |
123. as soon as govt. becomes the arbiter of truth, we lose freedom |
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nadinbrzezinski
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Fri Aug-14-09 12:11 PM Response to Reply #123 |
202. Intereesitng that it is YOU who is laughing at the emerging research |
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bobbolink
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Fri Aug-14-09 04:35 PM Response to Reply #123 |
226. Ron Paul lost. Get over it. |
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TommyO
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Wed Aug-12-09 03:47 PM Response to Reply #106 |
189. It isn't about being an elite athlete, it's about being responsible |
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nadinbrzezinski
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Fri Aug-14-09 12:13 PM Response to Reply #189 |
203. Realize that emerging research is showing scary tings |
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Missy Vixen
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Wed Aug-12-09 01:02 AM Response to Reply #30 |
117. And you continue to bully those who weren't lucky enough to obtain your genetic profile |
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bobbolink
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Tue Aug-11-09 09:08 PM Response to Reply #8 |
51. Well, aren't you just the BEST HUMAN? |
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Luminous Animal
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Tue Aug-11-09 09:29 PM Response to Reply #51 |
64. Yep. It is poor people, |
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bobbolink
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Tue Aug-11-09 09:34 PM Response to Reply #64 |
69. Thank you. And aren't you thankful that you can AFFORD to make those choices? |
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Luminous Animal
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Tue Aug-11-09 09:49 PM Response to Reply #69 |
75. Yes, I am. |
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bobbolink
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Tue Aug-11-09 09:51 PM Response to Reply #75 |
77. I wish all the judgmental and superior "progressives" congratulating themselves on this thread |
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nadinbrzezinski
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Tue Aug-11-09 10:05 PM Response to Reply #77 |
83. Some of us do get it, |
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Lifelong Protester
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Wed Aug-12-09 01:52 PM Response to Reply #77 |
178. I really don't think some people get true poverty |
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nadinbrzezinski
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Tue Aug-11-09 09:55 PM Response to Reply #75 |
79. Read Kesskler's book on this, The End of Overeatng |
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NashVegas
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Wed Aug-12-09 09:21 AM Response to Reply #64 |
142. I'm Astounded By the Naivete and Cluelessness On This One |
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yodermon
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Wed Aug-12-09 09:41 AM Response to Reply #8 |
154. on an individual basis that's fine, but as a Public Health issue |
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meow2u3
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Wed Aug-12-09 11:57 AM Response to Reply #8 |
167. There ought to be warning labels on such foods in large print |
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nadinbrzezinski
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Fri Aug-14-09 12:41 PM Response to Reply #167 |
211. Actually BMI is pretty accurate |
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wolfgangmo
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Fri Aug-14-09 12:48 PM Response to Reply #211 |
214. Quicker, more accurate and less invasive... |
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nadinbrzezinski
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Fri Aug-14-09 12:50 PM Response to Reply #214 |
216. in theory my scale uses that |
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MineralMan
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Tue Aug-11-09 07:50 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. We eat what we eat. There are lots of choices out there. |
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NashVegas
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Wed Aug-12-09 09:14 AM Response to Reply #9 |
137. What Do You Use For Filling? |
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MineralMan
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Wed Aug-12-09 03:09 PM Response to Reply #137 |
186. Do you mean for the mincemeat pies? |
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wolfgangmo
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Fri Aug-14-09 12:41 PM Response to Reply #9 |
212. YOu don't have to use lard. |
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jmowreader
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Fri Aug-14-09 01:05 PM Response to Reply #9 |
222. I used to use lard; now I use butter |
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panader0
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Tue Aug-11-09 07:50 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. I quit drinking beer recently and started buying juices |
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MineralMan
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Tue Aug-11-09 07:55 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Funny. I drink juice all the time. Not a speck of HFCS in any of it. |
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Critters2
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Tue Aug-11-09 08:10 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. Yep. The phrase "100 % juice" means just that. Lots of "100%" juice out there. nt |
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HillbillyBob
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Tue Aug-11-09 09:15 PM Response to Reply #14 |
53. I guess that the juices / juice drinks offered depend on where you |
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bobbolink
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Tue Aug-11-09 09:20 PM Response to Reply #14 |
58. Isn't it GREAT to be affluent? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup
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Tue Aug-11-09 09:37 PM Response to Reply #14 |
71. Do you know the etymology of the word "fructose." |
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OnyxCollie
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Wed Aug-12-09 01:19 AM Response to Reply #71 |
118. It's a bit disingenuous to compare fructose to HFCS. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup
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Wed Aug-12-09 11:45 AM Response to Reply #118 |
164. It's like comparing onions to onions. |
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whopis01
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Wed Aug-12-09 01:32 PM Response to Reply #164 |
175. Actually it isn't the same thing |
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HiFructosePronSyrup
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Wed Aug-12-09 02:01 PM Response to Reply #175 |
180. So is the problem fructose or glucose. |
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whopis01
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Fri Aug-14-09 12:01 PM Response to Reply #180 |
199. To be honest, I'm not really sure |
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Political Heretic
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Fri Aug-14-09 12:40 PM Response to Reply #164 |
210. It's not the same thing at all. |
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MineralMan
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Wed Aug-12-09 08:04 AM Response to Reply #71 |
124. Yes, and fructose is good for you. It's the ideal sugar |
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HiFructosePronSyrup
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Wed Aug-12-09 11:46 AM Response to Reply #124 |
165. Fiber? In orange juice? |
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MineralMan
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Wed Aug-12-09 02:59 PM Response to Reply #165 |
185. You bet. The pulp in orange juice is one of the best sources of |
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HiFructosePronSyrup
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Wed Aug-12-09 03:37 PM Response to Reply #185 |
187. lulz |
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dysfunctional press
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Tue Aug-11-09 10:08 PM Response to Reply #10 |
84. drinking a lot of juice can be just as bad as drinking a lot of pop. |
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nadinbrzezinski
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Tue Aug-11-09 11:18 PM Response to Reply #84 |
93. SHHH he is trying to teach us peasants how it is done |
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whopis01
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Wed Aug-12-09 01:19 PM Response to Reply #93 |
174. Some fruit juices are potentially worse for your teeth than soda and candy... |
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nadinbrzezinski
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Fri Aug-14-09 12:53 PM Response to Reply #174 |
219. I know, the last time I had an OJ was over 20 years ago |
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MineralMan
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Wed Aug-12-09 09:02 AM Response to Reply #84 |
132. It is full of fructose. I have one 9 oz. glass of juice each morning. |
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dysfunctional press
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Wed Aug-12-09 09:08 AM Response to Reply #132 |
135. it sounds like you're completely lacking in comprehension... |
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MineralMan
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Wed Aug-12-09 09:26 AM Response to Reply #135 |
146. I do think it's lots. It's an indulgence for me. |
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dysfunctional press
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Thu Aug-13-09 12:54 PM Response to Reply #146 |
197. whatever... |
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flvegan
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Tue Aug-11-09 07:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. Personal responsibility? From what planet come you? |
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MineralMan
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Tue Aug-11-09 07:56 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. The fourth planet circling Vega. |
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flvegan
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Tue Aug-11-09 08:12 PM Response to Reply #15 |
28. ! |
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Ignis
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Wed Aug-12-09 02:43 PM Response to Reply #15 |
184. Much like these creatures? |
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Luminous Animal
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Tue Aug-11-09 10:21 PM Response to Reply #12 |
86. I am on the planet earth... |
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flvegan
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Tue Aug-11-09 10:35 PM Response to Reply #86 |
87. Basic nutrition isn't that hard to learn. |
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Luminous Animal
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Tue Aug-11-09 10:51 PM Response to Reply #87 |
90. You assume that people have the money and time. |
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flvegan
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Tue Aug-11-09 11:07 PM Response to Reply #90 |
91. I assume nothing, thanks. |
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nadinbrzezinski
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Tue Aug-11-09 11:21 PM Response to Reply #91 |
94. They have in the past, or did you miss the food stamp programs and the school lunch program |
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flvegan
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Tue Aug-11-09 11:32 PM Response to Reply #94 |
96. Yeah, the 1930's. |
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nadinbrzezinski
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Tue Aug-11-09 11:34 PM Response to Reply #96 |
97. Food stamps go to the sixties, so does WIC |
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flvegan
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Tue Aug-11-09 11:41 PM Response to Reply #97 |
98. So then the answer is no. |
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nadinbrzezinski
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Tue Aug-11-09 11:52 PM Response to Reply #98 |
103. You said they never do |
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flvegan
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Wed Aug-12-09 12:04 AM Response to Reply #103 |
107. So you think what I posted is an improvement? |
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yellowcanine
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Wed Aug-12-09 09:40 AM Response to Reply #98 |
152. WIC provides vouchers for farmer's markets, the Food Stamp and Nutrition Education (FSNE) program |
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yellowcanine
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Wed Aug-12-09 09:24 AM Response to Reply #90 |
144. It does not cost money or time to drink tap water instead of sugared drinks. |
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Dora
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Tue Aug-11-09 08:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
29. I think both choices are the solution. |
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Lorien
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Tue Aug-11-09 08:39 PM Response to Reply #3 |
38. Especially when they profit big corporations that contribute to the GOP and |
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nadinbrzezinski
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Tue Aug-11-09 08:41 PM Response to Reply #3 |
40. First off it is everywhere |
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bobbolink
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Tue Aug-11-09 09:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
50. But you're BIG on blaming others, right? |
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complain jane
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Tue Aug-11-09 11:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
95. I already do that. |
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NashVegas
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Wed Aug-12-09 08:11 AM Response to Reply #3 |
125. Where Do You Shop? |
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MineralMan
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Wed Aug-12-09 08:25 AM Response to Reply #125 |
126. Marinades? Who buys that expensive crap? |
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NashVegas
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Wed Aug-12-09 09:01 AM Response to Reply #126 |
130. And I've No Doubt You're a Fabulous Chef! |
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MineralMan
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Wed Aug-12-09 09:16 AM Response to Reply #130 |
139. Thanks, but I'm just a good ordinary cook... |
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NashVegas
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Wed Aug-12-09 10:58 AM Response to Reply #139 |
160. Yes, You Really Are Lucky |
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MattSh
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Wed Aug-12-09 09:41 AM Response to Reply #3 |
153. No? |
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Wed Aug-12-09 12:13 PM Response to Reply #3 |
169. its in everything. |
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truth2power
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Wed Aug-12-09 03:46 PM Response to Reply #3 |
188. It's in everything! check it out.... |
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KakistocracyHater
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Wed Aug-12-09 08:14 PM Response to Reply #3 |
195. take out the sodium-have you SEEN how HIGH that is? My Mom has bp |
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wolfgangmo
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Fri Aug-14-09 12:17 PM Response to Reply #3 |
204. You aren't? |
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Political Heretic
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Fri Aug-14-09 12:37 PM Response to Reply #3 |
208. Do you know that its in almost ALL bread you can buy? |
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Horse with no Name
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Fri Aug-14-09 12:39 PM Response to Reply #3 |
209. How about considering that the cheap food has it included |
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Avalux
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Tue Aug-11-09 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
4. Agree. It's difficult, but I don't buy anything containing HFCS. |
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bobbolink
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Tue Aug-11-09 09:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
59. That's because you're sooooo superior to people who don't have the $$$$$ that you have. |
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Avalux
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Tue Aug-11-09 09:26 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. Why the insult? I don't have a lot of $$$. |
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bobbolink
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Tue Aug-11-09 09:32 PM Response to Reply #61 |
67. Try being POOR, dammit. |
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Avalux
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Tue Aug-11-09 09:35 PM Response to Reply #67 |
70. I have been poor, and homeless. |
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bobbolink
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Tue Aug-11-09 09:40 PM Response to Reply #70 |
72. IF that is actually, true, and I have my doubts, then you should be ashamed of yourself. |
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Avalux
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Tue Aug-11-09 09:45 PM Response to Reply #72 |
73. Judge in what way? |
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bobbolink
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Tue Aug-11-09 09:53 PM Response to Reply #73 |
78. Can't you read your own words? Can't you see your own superiority? |
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Avalux
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Tue Aug-11-09 09:56 PM Response to Reply #78 |
80. I never used the word ignorant - that is your word. |
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bobbolink
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Tue Aug-11-09 09:59 PM Response to Reply #80 |
81. Oh, for gawd's sake.. LISTEN TO YOURSELF. |
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Avalux
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Tue Aug-11-09 10:03 PM Response to Reply #81 |
82. So let me ask you a question - |
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Horse with no Name
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Fri Aug-14-09 12:56 PM Response to Reply #61 |
220. I always see lots of breadmakers in homeless |
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rd_kent
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Wed Aug-12-09 09:33 AM Response to Reply #59 |
148. Ive noticed that you only insult those who say "make a healthy choice" |
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Thu Aug-13-09 05:42 PM Response to Reply #148 |
198. Since you obviously can't READ, the SOLUTION was offered in the OP, and the title. |
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Tue Aug-11-09 09:25 PM Response to Reply #4 |
60. I always read the ingredients - no HFCS for me. My rule of thumb: if I can't pronounce it, |
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Tue Aug-11-09 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
5. Well, good luck with that. |
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Tue Aug-11-09 07:52 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Pepsi and Coke are both marketing Old Fashioned cane sugar |
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Tue Aug-11-09 08:21 PM Response to Reply #11 |
31. Not really. |
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Tue Aug-11-09 08:48 PM Response to Reply #31 |
43. We found Mexican Coke (imported) in a small town not too far away... |
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Tue Aug-11-09 08:56 PM Response to Reply #31 |
46. Try Jones Soda, they use inverted cane sugar. |
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Tue Aug-11-09 09:10 PM Response to Reply #46 |
52. Jones is great stuff. |
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Tue Aug-11-09 09:20 PM Response to Reply #52 |
57. Green Apple is amazing, but only is with real sugar. |
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Tue Aug-11-09 10:47 PM Response to Reply #46 |
89. THey had it at COSTCO,,,, |
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Wed Aug-12-09 09:19 AM Response to Reply #46 |
141. It is still sugar. Drink water and teach your kids to drink water. |
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Tue Aug-11-09 10:40 PM Response to Reply #31 |
88. I've found Mexican Coke at Kroger's. |
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Tue Aug-11-09 11:17 PM Response to Reply #88 |
92. Don't have Krogers up here (at least not under that name) |
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Wed Aug-12-09 12:25 AM Response to Reply #88 |
114. You can get Mexican coke in Costco |
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Fri Aug-14-09 01:14 PM Response to Reply #114 |
223. I didn't know that - thanks |
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Fri Aug-14-09 01:24 PM Response to Reply #223 |
224. How widespread is Mexican Coke at Costco? |
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Wed Aug-12-09 11:11 AM Response to Reply #5 |
163. Tap water has no HFCS and it is very cheap. Fresh fruits and vegetables have no HFCS. |
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Tue Aug-11-09 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
7. I'm more in favor of people learning how to not put things in their mouths... |
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Tue Aug-11-09 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
13. Yes, yes, yes, and yes again! nt |
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Tue Aug-11-09 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
18. Add the mecury from processing, and you have a toxic brew. |
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Tue Aug-11-09 08:37 PM Response to Reply #18 |
37. Agreed. I don't eat it either, but I also work out of my house |
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Tue Aug-11-09 09:30 PM Response to Reply #37 |
65. I fully agree........ |
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Tue Aug-11-09 08:06 PM Response to Original message |
19. If one of your sins is ice cream with chocolate syrup, |
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Tue Aug-11-09 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
23. HFCS is a Monsanto product |
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Tue Aug-11-09 08:35 PM Response to Reply #23 |
36. Bingo. Plus a lot of people are not savvy to it's effects on blood sugar levels |
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Tue Aug-11-09 09:17 PM Response to Reply #23 |
55. The HFC market is controlled by Archer Daniels Midland, Cargill, Staley Manufacturing Co., CPC Inter |
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Wed Aug-12-09 01:50 PM Response to Reply #55 |
177. Monsato makes it very profitable |
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Wed Aug-12-09 05:38 PM Response to Reply #177 |
192. Roundup ready corn is no better for making HFCS than any other corn |
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Tue Aug-11-09 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
25. People will just get fat on other sugars. nt |
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Tue Aug-11-09 11:42 PM Response to Reply #25 |
99. the current epydemic matches the introduction of HFCS |
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Tue Aug-11-09 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
26. Remove high-fructose corn syrup from your diet |
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Tue Aug-11-09 08:40 PM Response to Original message |
39. If you buy from a supermarket , look at the labels |
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Tue Aug-11-09 09:31 PM Response to Reply #39 |
66. Hydrogenated fats are plastic? |
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Tue Aug-11-09 11:46 PM Response to Reply #39 |
101. Good for you, and you want some evidence |
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Tue Aug-11-09 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
44. I'm drinking real sugar sodas now. |
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Wed Aug-12-09 09:06 AM Response to Reply #44 |
134. FYI, there is some HFCS in your real sugar soda. |
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Tue Aug-11-09 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
48. I always get low-fructose |
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Tue Aug-11-09 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
49. My wife & I feel so strongly about this.... |
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Tue Aug-11-09 09:15 PM Response to Reply #49 |
54. You mean some of those roadside stand people are dishonest? |
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Tue Aug-11-09 09:33 PM Response to Reply #49 |
68. Honey, eh? |
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Tue Aug-11-09 09:48 PM Response to Reply #68 |
74. No, I didn't know that. |
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Wed Aug-12-09 01:42 PM Response to Reply #49 |
176. that is a beautiful picture! |
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Tue Aug-11-09 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
62. k&r |
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Tue Aug-11-09 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
63. k i c k |
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Tue Aug-11-09 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
85. what they need to do is stop subsidizing it, and/or tax it like alcohol or tobacco.... |
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Wed Aug-12-09 12:17 AM Response to Reply #85 |
112. Subsidizing ag exports as well as our free trade laws CAUSES illegal immigration too! |
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Wed Aug-12-09 09:18 AM Response to Reply #112 |
140. we need to have the same kinds of tarriffs that other countries do... |
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Tue Aug-11-09 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
100. It's NOT high-fructose corn syrup causing obesity. |
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Tue Aug-11-09 11:49 PM Response to Reply #100 |
102. It is a contributing factor a serious one |
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Tue Aug-11-09 11:53 PM Response to Reply #102 |
104. A more significant correlation, I think: |
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Tue Aug-11-09 11:59 PM Response to Reply #104 |
105. HFCS are quite striking |
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Wed Aug-12-09 12:04 AM Response to Reply #105 |
108. HFCS, not so striking at all. |
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Wed Aug-12-09 12:13 AM Response to Reply #108 |
110. I am aware, of the rates around the world |
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Wed Aug-12-09 12:24 AM Response to Reply #110 |
113. So does the government. |
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Wed Aug-12-09 12:31 AM Response to Reply #113 |
115. Remember tobacco, there was no member of congress |
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Wed Aug-12-09 08:41 AM Response to Reply #105 |
128. this is discussed in Super Size Me as well |
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Wed Aug-12-09 12:08 AM Response to Reply #104 |
109. Precisely. Not that logic is likely win this argument. But still, |
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Wed Aug-12-09 09:47 AM Response to Reply #104 |
156. I'm Sure It Does |
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Wed Aug-12-09 09:23 AM Response to Reply #100 |
143. You nailed it. |
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Fri Aug-14-09 12:51 PM Response to Reply #100 |
218. Agreed it is not root cause. But its not good at all, and its unnecessary. |
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Wed Aug-12-09 12:16 AM Response to Original message |
111. HFCS should be on the list of banned substances. |
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Wed Aug-12-09 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
127. HFCS is evil |
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Wed Aug-12-09 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
133. i agree |
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Wed Aug-12-09 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
136. Deleted message |
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Wed Aug-12-09 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
138. Sigh. Here we go again. HFCS is no worse than cane sugar. It is sugar that is the problem. |
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Wed Aug-12-09 09:26 AM Response to Reply #138 |
145. HFCS acts differently in the body, but you are right that refined sugar |
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Wed Aug-12-09 10:27 AM Response to Reply #145 |
158. In the mouth and stomach, sugar breaks down into HFCS. |
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Wed Aug-12-09 11:01 AM Response to Reply #158 |
161. What IS bad about HFCS is that it is cheap and therefore sugary drinks are cheap. But as I noted, |
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Wed Aug-12-09 12:47 PM Response to Reply #158 |
172. HFCS is 55% fructose/45% glucose, so the ratio is higher than in sucrose. |
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Wed Aug-12-09 01:57 PM Response to Reply #172 |
179. I'm not sure 5% is significant. |
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Wed Aug-12-09 02:11 PM Response to Reply #179 |
181. "Nothing wrong with smoking or drinking"? I certainly didn't say that. |
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Wed Aug-12-09 02:33 PM Response to Reply #181 |
183. Nto you, I was vaugue sorry. |
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Wed Aug-12-09 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
147. This stuff is poison |
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Wed Aug-12-09 11:04 AM Response to Reply #147 |
162. Yes, eating less sugar will make you feel better and help you lose weight. |
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Wed Aug-12-09 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
149. Immediately. Thanks! KnR n/t |
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Wed Aug-12-09 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
150. HFCS tastes terrible as well as being of dubious worth |
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Wed Aug-12-09 12:45 PM Response to Reply #150 |
171. I agree with you about taste |
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Wed Aug-12-09 09:38 AM Response to Original message |
151. Corporate food is all salt, sugar and fat. It's getting hard to find anything that doesn't have HFCS |
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Wed Aug-12-09 09:42 AM Response to Original message |
155. HFCS is crack. And the WORST thing you can give your kids |
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Wed Aug-12-09 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
159. BMI Calculator: |
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Wed Aug-12-09 04:30 PM Response to Reply #159 |
190. I got 21.1 |
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Wed Aug-12-09 11:51 AM Response to Original message |
166. High fructose corn syrup also contributes to, and aggravates, Type 2 diabetes |
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Wed Aug-12-09 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
170. How about just cancelling the tariffs and subsidies that favor HFCS? |
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Wed Aug-12-09 02:27 PM Response to Reply #170 |
182. No way ANY cogresscritter in any central or midwest state vote for this. |
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Wed Aug-12-09 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
194. I tried to get my son to stop high-fructose corn syrup. I told him to drink milk at school instead |
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Fri Aug-14-09 12:50 PM Response to Reply #194 |
217. Again, it's in almost all BREAD you can buy - I repost this because it totally surprised me. |
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Fri Aug-14-09 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
213. Its a start. Next, remove the forks from our mouths! |
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Fri Aug-14-09 01:02 PM Response to Reply #213 |
221. Yes, inflated portion sizes. |
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Fri Aug-14-09 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
215. Anyone know of any online shopping guides that try to help someone avoid HFCS foods? |
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