| Michael-5 said:
Diet soda still has a lot of salt, and aspartame, a known carcinogen.
YEs everything in Moderation is okay, even arsenic. You won't die if you have a little, but why have it at all? Wouldn't you rather have pop without salt if you had the option?
HFCS is actually really bad for the body because the body doesn't recognize it as a sugar. It's the leading cause of type 2 diabetes because companies put tons of the stuff in pop and candy, and since our body doesn't recognize it as a sugar, our body's will still ask for more sugar (we need some sugar for energy).
I'm not saying ban products, it's peoples choices on what they consume, but control what's in it. The government already controls television by not allowing porn play on public tv channels in the daytime, and Adult rated shows being forced to play late night. That's a good thing, it makes TV better for the most of us.
Let's confine this discussion to salt, since redulating salt doesn't affect food prices. Regulating salt in our food will not increase or decrease the price of food, salt is added to make you thirsty and buy a pop, or a drink. So why have not regulate it? This follows the same logic as banning lead in out fuel, not only is lead bad for the environment, but exposure to youth does cause irregular brain formation. Or this follows the same logic that commercials cannot be more then 1/3rd the total air time of the show (we limit commercials, why not limit salt?).
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Check your source...it references data from 2000, 2006/7...I think 2010/2012 is a bit more relevant.
Anyway, I know diet soda isn't the best. I need the caffeine and I can't stand coffee. I only consume it during meals, so my body isn't fooled by the sucralose or lack of calories.
I never said ingesting chemicals in moderation isn't bad. I said food - arsenic isn't food.
Salt is actually a point I agree with. I try to avoid frozen meals for this point precisely. But your body needs salt, just as it needs fat and sugars. Balance is key and no doubt about it - it's very difficult to balance an intake of sodium when it's in everything. I wouldn't be opposed to some form of salt cap, but I think it'd be exceedingly difficult to impose with such a wide variety of foods.
