wait wait wait..... they think they have the right to ban large sugary drinks. I am truly disgusted. So sugary drinks are so bad they need legislation to limit them but u can still buy tobacco that is loaded with extra carcinogens to make people more addicted. So i guess they need to pass a limit on doughnuts and cheeseburgers. F****** idiots
While I'm not for a ban (I'm for a tax), they are that bad and people refuse to acknowledge that. Diabetes and other diseases related to high sugar consumption cost this country far more money than cigarettes ever did. Lung cancer will kill you in 5 or so years, diabetes takes decades and costs billions more.
Here's a link from Robb Wolf who essentially watched his dad die from diabetes.
Is the paleo diet hard to do? Can you make the change?
This quote is particularly powerful and telling...
"I remember when my dad?s whole foot was really infected, antibiotics were worthless due to his poor circulation. His doctors were trying to figure out what to do with him and the options were grim. While I was trying to patch up dad?s foot for the umpteenth time, he took in a big breath, let it out in a sigh and said (cigarette in one hand, beer in the other) ?Well. I guess I?ll let them take the foot. Then we?ll finally be done.?
I looked at him for a moment and then said:
?Done? Like, they take the foot, you quit smoking, drinking and eating poorly? Because this is not some nebulous deal with the universe. If you don?t change, it?s the foot today, up to your knee in 3-6 months??
About a week later they ?took? my dad?s right foot just above the ankle. Four months after that they ?took ? his leg up to his knee. Once they hit his knee his circulation was sufficient to keep him ulcer free on the right leg. Then he started having problems with his left foot?"
This is the thought process of a vast majority of people. "I'll do what I want and the doctors will fix it." Ahh, no they won't, dickhead."