Board index › Topical Discussion › Politics, Philosophy, and Religion

Research finds that HFCS prompts considerable weight gain

Page 2 of 2 [ 21 posts ]  Go to page Previous  1, 2

Previous topic | Next topic

mcg
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 26 Jan 2010
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Posts: 538
Location: Sacramento

15 Sep 2010, 8:49 pm

skafather84 wrote:
So...umm...can we stop the corn subsidies so that we can stop being fattened up by sub-par sugar substitutes?
As if corn subsidies aren't bad enough, there is also a sugar Tariff.



skafather84
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 20 Mar 2006
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Posts: 9,848
Location: New Orleans, LA

15 Sep 2010, 8:52 pm

sartresue wrote:
Ska, your idea regarding Cuba is sensible. I hope your government takes up this challenge.


That was Orwell's idea. I like it except that Louisiana has a nice sugarcane industry as well and I wouldn't mind my home state seeing some more money.


_________________
Wherever they burn books they will also, in the end, burn human beings. ~Heinrich Heine, Almansor, 1823

?I wouldn't recommend sex, drugs or insanity for everyone, but they've always worked for me.? - Hunter S. Thompson


Orwell
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 8 Aug 2007
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Posts: 12,518
Location: Room 101

15 Sep 2010, 9:29 pm

skafather84 wrote:
sartresue wrote:
Ska, your idea regarding Cuba is sensible. I hope your government takes up this challenge.


That was Orwell's idea. I like it except that Louisiana has a nice sugarcane industry as well and I wouldn't mind my home state seeing some more money.

Americans consume a lot of sugar, I'm sure we'll buy Louisiana sugarcane as well. Perhaps we can take some of those corn subsidies and send them towards American sugarcane production instead.


_________________
WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH


skafather84
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 20 Mar 2006
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Posts: 9,848
Location: New Orleans, LA

16 Sep 2010, 10:06 pm

Orwell wrote:
skafather84 wrote:
sartresue wrote:
Ska, your idea regarding Cuba is sensible. I hope your government takes up this challenge.


That was Orwell's idea. I like it except that Louisiana has a nice sugarcane industry as well and I wouldn't mind my home state seeing some more money.

Americans consume a lot of sugar, I'm sure we'll buy Louisiana sugarcane as well. Perhaps we can take some of those corn subsidies and send them towards American sugarcane production instead.


By the lists provided of just corporate use...yeah, Americans consume a lot of sugar.


_________________
Wherever they burn books they will also, in the end, burn human beings. ~Heinrich Heine, Almansor, 1823

?I wouldn't recommend sex, drugs or insanity for everyone, but they've always worked for me.? - Hunter S. Thompson


techstepgenr8tion
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 6 Feb 2005
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Posts: 24,522
Location: 28th Path of Tzaddi

17 Sep 2010, 6:33 am

BTW, I keep hearing that they still have a problem with over-subsidizing Florida, supposedly that's a good part of the reason why corn syrup has made such a big debut? They'll need to sort that one out because as long as something is priced out of industrial demand not much will happen in the meantime.