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My goodness. Relax. I don't know if you skipped through my post looking for bits and pieces you could get inflamed at, but if you'd read the entire post you'd have noticed I was not in favor of government regulation of any kind. I think it's a personal responsibility for people to take care of their own bodies.

I was just pointing out that sugar is addictive to a certain degree. If you disagree, I suggest you eliminate all sugars and carbs from you diet for a month and see what happens. We also have a lot more preservatives and transfats in food now then we've had in the past. That can be a good thing in that it helps us ship food greater distances and preserve it longer. But it has drawbacks as well.

Try not to assume the worst so quickly.

I was just pointing out that sugar is addictive to a certain degree.

This is the kind of nonsense that will lead us to more restrictions on what we can and cannot consume. I can hear the defense now.....the Twinkies made me do it, your honor. No wait, they've already used that one.

Sugar is no more addicting than a Ritz cracker. To believe sugar is addicting you'd have to believe that all carbohydrates are addicting. It's this kind of ignorance that should worry people because it plays right into the nanny staters hands.

I suggest you eliminate all sugars and carbs from you diet for a month and see what happens.

Other than not having any energy what exactly do you think will happen? Do you think my body will tell me that I should give it what it needs?

We also have a lot more preservatives and transfats in food now then we've had in the past

Yet our food supply is safer than ever, we're healthier than ever and we're living longer than ever. Sounds scary. Trans fat is feared because it raises bad cholesterol and reduces good cholesterol, right? High cholesterol is responsible for coronary heart disease, right? Trans fat is everywhere now, right? Then how is it that the incidence of coronary heart disease has been plummeting in this country while the consumption of trans fats has been increasing?

But it has drawbacks as well.

What drawbacks?

Try not to assume the worst so quickly.

I think I assumed correctly about your misunderstanding of these food ingredients. It's real hard to find anything but the extreme positions of the food Nazi's regarding the food debate. This article makes clear why that is. Unless people begin to understand the truth about these things we'll just end up giving up more of our freedoms to know nothing busybodies who want to determine what's best for us. I'm relaxed but I'm certainly not casual about the issue. This article should really scare conservatives and anyone else who thinks personal freedom is worth protecting.