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Sure, sugar's bad for you. But should we establish a drinking age for sugary sodas? According to UC San Francisco pediatric endocrinologist Robert Lustig, the answer is emphatically yes. He says that added sweeteners have health effects comparable to alcohol and tobacco, and should be regulated accordingly. In a comment piece for the journal Nature, Lustig and his colleagues argue that the state should selectively block access to sugar, using some pretty stiff rules.
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lessismore · 4743 days ago · link ·
Yeah. It is very tough. I've been trying to cut down on high-fructose corn syrup. It is in just about everything. :(
Comparing sugar to booze isn't a way to make me stop drinking soda, considering alcohol is awesome on so many levels: delicious; heart smart; gets you drunk. Need I go on?!
Seriously, though, I don't rally care for soda that much. I have a coke maybe once a month, tops. I drank it like crazy when I was a kid. I'm glad I played a lot of sports, in retrospect.
thenewgreen · 4743 days ago · link ·
http://naturalnews.com/Images/Cola-Earlier.jpg
It's never too early!
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lessismore · 4743 days ago · link ·
Wow!! That is crazy. I can count on one hand all the sodas I've had in the last ten years. So glad that I quit.
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thenewgreen · 4742 days ago · link ·
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BAM. I stand corrected. That's awesome.
Now find the source for this: http://cache.kotaku.com/assets/resources/2008/03/sinistar.jp...
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thenewgreen · 4742 days ago · link ·
Damn. Not sure I'll be able to find the source for that... not sure I want to. Some mysteries are best left unsolved.
Awesome image.
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It's one I have printed out on my bulletin board.
This is another. http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_vCJ5ph6Hw5w/S-G3F3dZHXI/AAAAAAAAED...
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sounds_sound · 4742 days ago · link ·
Yes! As I was reading this thread, that family circus image popped into my head. Nice to see you beat me to it. I had that pinned up for a while too. Got a lot of comments on it. Maybe some day I'll read some HP Lovecraft.
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Robert Howard's take on Ctulhu was, in my opinion, substantially easier to read. Not nearly as revered, of course, but shit. Howard could write.
http://www.amazon.com/Nameless-Cults-Complete-Cthulhu-Fictio...
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thenewgreen · 4743 days ago · link ·
I very rarely drink it either. I love me some water with a dash of lemonade though.
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