Michael-5 said:
Kasz216 said:
The only reason corn is the cheapest food to grow in the US is because of the government.
Rather then crazy junkfood bans and the like they should just remove the corn subsidies so junk food naturally costs more.
There is a reason why even mexico uses sugar over HFC... (and they have a bigger obesity problem then we do.)
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No they don't
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/hea_obe-health-obesity
Mind you those statistics are old, I know USA is approaching 40% and Canada is about 18%.
Also I think if you take a Europe average, and exclude UK, obesity rates are actually lower then 13%. A lot of countries like Sweden, Denmark, France, and Italy hold 8-10%.
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Oh wait, now I get your point. I don't think corn is subsidized in Canada, I think it's subsidized in the USA because USA and Mexico are the world lead producers of corn. So one of the options I gave was to ban (I should have said ban/regulate) corn fillers and HFCS. I guess removing the subsidies would make a similar affect.
As for Sugar over HFCS, what's that reason? Pop in Europe uses Beat sugar over HFCS and not only does it taste better, but it's better for you too because you body recognizes it as a sugar.
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What's your take on strong salt regulations?
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Nationmaster is a horrible site for government statistics.
The number one killer in Mexico? Diabetes.
http://www.voxxi.com/mexico-diabetes-obesity-epidemic/
The reason Europe uses Beat Sugar... (And mexico uses sugar by the way, hence the popularity of "Mexican Coke") is because they don't have crazy corn subsidies like the US does. Well that and a double whammy tax on sugar imports.
In the US it's cheaper to use HFC then it is Sugar. Everywhere else in the world it's cheaper to use real sugar. (Beat or Sugar Cane.)
HFC isn't banned in europe. There is a production quota... but this was done for economic... not health reasons.
It's also why we use inferior Corn based ethanol when Sugar Cane Ethanol is cheaper and cleaner burning.
