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Pro, con arguments on proposed NY sugary drink ban
Yahoo News ^ | July 24, 2012 | Samantha Gross

Posted on 07/25/2012 8:54:09 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

NEW YORK (AP) — Medical professionals who favor a proposed ban on large-sized sugary drinks likened soda companies to Big Tobacco at a public hearing Tuesday, saying the plan would protect the public, while opponents accused the city of playing Big Brother and wondered what tasty but unhealthy foods might be targeted next.

New York City's health board heard hours of testimony on a proposed rule that would limit soft-drink cup and bottle sizes at food service establishments to no larger than 16 ounces.

Medical experts spared no rhetoric in hailing Mayor Michael Bloomberg's proposal as a way to protect the public from a soft-drink industry they said pushes carbonated calories on children and employs the same well-financed lobbying tactics as Big Tobacco.

One doctor said before the hearing that the calorie-packed beverages increase the risk of diabetes, and are responsible for a big share of the "massive suffering and premature death" linked to obesity.

"Soda in large amounts is metabolically toxic," said Walter Willett, a professor of epidemiology and nutrition at Harvard School of Public Health. "It's obvious that this is the right thing to do."

A 20-ounce bottle of Coca-Cola has roughly the same calorie count as a McDonald's hamburger, but Kelly Brownell, a psychology, epidemiology and public health professor at Yale University, said it is easier to over-drink than over-eat.

"You don't feel as full when you consume calories in liquids," he said. "These beverages are the single greatest source of added sugar in the American diet."

Critics ridiculed the idea that city officials should regulate portion sizes.

City Councilman Daniel Halloran III called the proposal a "feel-good placebo" that would hurt profit margins at small businesses while failing to improve anyone's health.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: antitobaccoscam; bloominidiotberg; bullystate; diabetes; health; healthboard; hearing; michaelbloomberg; nannystate; newyorkcity; nutrition; obesity; scam; sodaban; softdrinks
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To: P-Marlowe

Tofu IS dead people

Reconstituted with SureGel


21 posted on 07/25/2012 9:36:38 PM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for their victory!)
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To: xzins

LOLOL!


22 posted on 07/25/2012 9:42:52 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: Telepathic Intruder

Seems to me doctors have a tendencty to want to dictate your life choices and tend to be the worst socialists .


23 posted on 07/25/2012 9:47:24 PM PDT by hoosierham (Freedom isn't free)
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To: Alamo-Girl; P-Marlowe; blue-duncan

Why did the tofu cross the road?

To prove he wasn’t chicken.


24 posted on 07/25/2012 9:48:02 PM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for their victory!)
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To: xzins

Why did the chicken cross the road?

To get away from Mike Bloomberg.


25 posted on 07/25/2012 9:51:59 PM PDT by Silly (Okay, I'm getting just a little sick of this bereaved chicken-widow crap!)
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To: xzins

LOLOL!


26 posted on 07/25/2012 9:55:37 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: Alamo-Girl; xzins; blue-duncan; wmfights
If it were Friday, I would propose a thread hijack.

Soylent Green is TOFU!


27 posted on 07/25/2012 9:59:22 PM PDT by P-Marlowe (There can be no Victory without a fight and no battle without wounds.)
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To: Alamo-Girl; P-Marlowe; blue-duncan

A rabbit one day managed to break free from the laboratory where he had been born and brought up. As he scurried away from the fencing of the compound, he felt grass under his little feet and saw the dawn breaking for the first time in his life.

“Wow, this is great,” he thought. It wasn’t long before he came to a hedge and, after squeezing under it he saw a wonderful sight lots of other bunny rabbits, all free and nibbling at the lush grass.

“Hey,” he called. “I’m a rabbit from the laboratory and I’ve just escaped. Are you wild rabbits?”

“Yes. Come and join us,” they cried.

Our friend hopped over to them and started eating the grass. It tasted so good. “What else do you wild rabbits do?” he asked.

“Well,” one of them said. “You see that field there? It’s got carrots growing in it. We dig them up and eat them.”

This, he couldn’t resist and he spent the next hour eating the most succulent carrots. They were wonderful.

Later, he asked them again, “What else do you do?”

“You see that field there? It’s got lettuce growing in it. We eat them as well.”

The lettuce tasted just as good and he returned a while later completely full.

“Is there anything else you guys do?” he asked. One of the other rabbits came a bit closer to him and spoke softly.

“There’s one other thing you must try. You see those rabbits there,” he said, pointing to the far corner of the field. “They’re girls. We consort with them. Go and try it.”

Well, our rabbit friend spent the rest of the morning ensuring the survival of the species until, completely worn out, he staggered back over to the guys.

“That was fantastic,” he panted.

“So are you going to live with us then?” one of them asked.

“I’m sorry, I had a great time but I can’t.”

The wild rabbits all stared at him, a bit surprised. “Why? We thought you liked it here.”

“I do,” our friend replied. “But I must get back to the laboratory.

I’m dying for a cigarette.”


28 posted on 07/25/2012 10:00:04 PM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for their victory!)
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To: napscoordinator

All the anti-smoking nazis here on FReeRepublic who thought it was so good for every law banning smoking somewhere should be here on this thread rejoicing. This is the logical progression of their thoughts. Funny but I don’t see any of them around here...wonder why?


29 posted on 07/25/2012 10:05:15 PM PDT by MissouriConservative (Voting Anyone but Obama in 2012.)
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To: P-Marlowe

LOLOL!


30 posted on 07/25/2012 10:05:35 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: xzins

LOLOL!!!


31 posted on 07/25/2012 10:06:19 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: hoosierham
...and tend to be the worst socialists.

All things being relative, of course. There has to be something psychologically wrong with anyone who wants to control others. It's the motivation behind serial killers and serial rapists. Putting in a politically correct way such as "it's for your own good" makes no difference. Doctors are just better enabled to use that excuse.


32 posted on 07/25/2012 10:10:57 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder (The right thing is not always the popular thing)
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To: Telepathic Intruder; hoosierham; Alamo-Girl; xzins

“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.” C.S. Lewis


33 posted on 07/25/2012 10:19:52 PM PDT by P-Marlowe (There can be no Victory without a fight and no battle without wounds.)
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To: sargon
This nanny-state mentality must be rebuked wherever and whenever it appears, and its enablers repudiated as the anti-patriotic petty Tyrants that they are...

Alas - many with that mentality are residents of Free Republic and long time FReepers.

34 posted on 07/25/2012 10:22:35 PM PDT by Gabz (Democrats for Voldemort.)
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To: P-Marlowe

Gotta love C.S. Lewis.


35 posted on 07/25/2012 10:23:48 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder (The right thing is not always the popular thing)
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To: MissouriConservative; napscoordinator
Funny but I don’t see any of them around here...wonder why?

They can't show their faces on threads like this because they made fun of us when we warned them this is exactly what would happen because of their support for the smoking bans.

They can not admit that they were wrong.

36 posted on 07/25/2012 10:28:02 PM PDT by Gabz (Democrats for Voldemort.)
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To: xzins

Tofu IS outlawed at my house! And that’s where food choice should stay— with the individual persons/families choice.


37 posted on 07/25/2012 10:29:55 PM PDT by MacMattico
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Because you can only buy 16oz cups of soda, and people will just buy more then one, when does the tax kick in for each cup of soda purchased?

Can I still buy a two liter bottle? I don't even drink regular soda but I'd be willing to buy a two liter of Pepsi and bring my own straw to a protest.

My friend used to drink Pepsi with milk. Yuck. But does this make it a dairy beverage so can she get a big gulp?

38 posted on 07/25/2012 10:44:49 PM PDT by MacMattico
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To: Telepathic Intruder; xzins; Alamo-Girl
Omnipotent Moral Busybodies

Remember that phrase. Use it often.

39 posted on 07/25/2012 10:45:36 PM PDT by P-Marlowe (There can be no Victory without a fight and no battle without wounds.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

There is no such thing as an unhealthy food.


40 posted on 07/26/2012 12:11:20 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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