Should sugar be regulated?

[Ceilidh]

A government has a duty of care to its citizens. They are obligated to protect, even from themselves. This can include regulation, restrictions, laws, and even education. Part of a solid regulation of any food should probably education so people are well informed of the potential dangers of excessive consumption. But the government would need to know exactly what constitutes as excessive, and specifically what the dangers are.

Now I know we're probably going to disagree on the idea of governments as a regulatory body. But that's my opinion on the matter.

[couldbecousin]

I feel further study by these same people will have similar results.

That's generally why, to build a scientific consensus,  you need to have multiple teams  producing the same or similar results.

 I volunteer to help with research, I've always been a team player! 

[parts]

A government has a duty of care to its citizens. They are obligated to protect, even from themselves. This can include regulation, restrictions, laws, and even education. Part of a solid regulation of any food should probably education so people are well informed of the potential dangers of excessive consumption. But the government would need to know exactly what constitutes as excessive, and specifically what the dangers are.

Now I know we're probably going to disagree on the idea of governments as a regulatory body. But that's my opinion on the matter.

They do a pretty poor job of the duties they already claim to do when they even do them. So unless something is truly dangerous to the public at large they should stay out of it.

[bucephalus]

i thought governments hired independent bodies to protect us e.g., Department of Health for the UK

[parts]

In the US they are all part of the government and not always independent or objective at all.  In my town the Heath department had been used by the mayor to force out businesses that they deemed undesirable after they could not stop them otherwise.  They are also used to selectively enforce blight ordinances and mostly do what ever the mayor has told them in the past.  It's a new year though with a new mayor so we shall see how it goes.  It has been pretty much this way everywhere I have lived and in the surrounding towns.

[Ceilidh]

i thought governments hired independent bodies to protect us e.g., Department of Health for the UK

I see that as part of the government. Perhaps it's more bureaucracy than government, but *shrug*

[hykeaswell]

So, in stead of bears and wolves, we now are to be afraid of sugar.

And, in a culture where everyone is supposed to be happy and satisfied all the time, we'll go to aspartame, for the sweetness. (HUGE YUCK btw) and to increased use of happy pills.

Until, in ten years. The government will have to regulate that too, because in stead of sugar, we need a new natural environment enemy to be scared of.






* craves for chocolate *

[Icequeen]

*starts illegally trafficking sugar at $10.00 a lb*

[parts]

*starts illegally trafficking sugar at $10.00 a lb*

Good thing you have steel doors they can't get through  with the chainsaw

[PMS Elle]

Clearly we should rely on SCIENCE^TM to conduct INDEPENDENT, PEER-REVIEWED STUDIES^TM- which are, of course, as solidly free of lies, corruption and general adgenda'ed fuckwittery as our wonderful benevolent government at large is- in order to tell us what freedoms we would be better off without.

[Queen Victoria]

No, because I wants all the sugars my hubby can give me.   

[Ceilidh]

Clearly we should rely on SCIENCE^TM to conduct INDEPENDENT, PEER-REVIEWED STUDIES^TM- which are, of course, as solidly free of lies, corruption and general adgenda'ed fuckwittery as our wonderful benevolent government at large is- in order to tell us what freedoms we would be better off without.

"All statistics are socially constructed" - my first Uni tutor.

[Peter]

*starts illegally trafficking sugar at $10.00 a lb*

Or growing your own sugar cane?

[Ceilidh]

Sugarcane by Missy Higgins HQ

[CommanderShepard]

*starts illegally trafficking sugar at $10.00 a lb*

Or growing your own sugar cane?

But I can see it now... [Today a house on Pine Street, Somewhereville was raided by the DEA for illegally growing vast quantities of sugar cane. The DEA were quoted saying, "This has been a significant haul, holding a market value of at least $200,000. Let this be a lesson. We will not tolerate people attempting to illegally distribute this natural narcotic substance on our streets. We will continue operation sour tooth to ensure that people are kept safe from the dangers of sugar addiction and the risk of diabetes." This raid has not gone without controversy however. Proponents defend the raid and the "war on sugar" crackdown by calling sugar cane as toxic as alcohol and weed combined and is known to destroy lives in it's wake. Meanwhile critics condemn this crackdown as a draconian measure to control people's lives needlessly and endanger civil liberties in consumer choice...]