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Message 1597201 - Posted: 5 Nov 2014, 14:48:33 UTC - in response to Message 1596956.  

You are what you eat and drink...


So that means I'm a beer! Cool! (kidding Martin;)

I'm sure there's a multitude of other good ingredients included :-P


You might say I'm somewhat more mixed with a semi-diurnal mix of coffee, orange juice, and beer!... :-)


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Message 1597206 - Posted: 5 Nov 2014, 15:03:07 UTC
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And for some really slimy diabetic inducing Marketing stuff:


Tax on sugary drinks passed in first US city

The US city of Berkeley in California has voted in favour of a tax on sugary drinks, the first specifically targeting soda consumption in the US.

However, nearby San Francisco has not backed a similar measure.

Although final votes were still being counted, Berkeley - which required a simple 50% majority - backed the measure with the support of about two-thirds of voters. San Francisco failed to achieve the two-thirds majority needed.

The vote was being watched across the US, in large part because the drinks industry reportedly spent millions of dollars fighting the taxes...




Also, we are what we drink...
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Message 1597393 - Posted: 5 Nov 2014, 22:10:43 UTC - in response to Message 1597206.  

And for some really slimy diabetic inducing Marketing stuff:


Tax on sugary drinks passed in first US city

The US city of Berkeley in California has voted in favour of a tax on sugary drinks, the first specifically targeting soda consumption in the US.

However, nearby San Francisco has not backed a similar measure.

Although final votes were still being counted, Berkeley - which required a simple 50% majority - backed the measure with the support of about two-thirds of voters. San Francisco failed to achieve the two-thirds majority needed.

The vote was being watched across the US, in large part because the drinks industry reportedly spent millions of dollars fighting the taxes...




Also, we are what we drink...
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How many farm workers just lost their job tending sugar beets?

For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
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Message 1600391 - Posted: 12 Nov 2014, 21:45:40 UTC - in response to Message 1597418.  
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One good thing about Berkeley passing 'If It Tastes Good - Tax It':

Now we know, because Berkeley is FOR it: What NOT to do.

A question: Is this just another example of Left Wing Puritanism?

Or that is only an overly gentle response to the cruelty of the food-slime being deceptively peddled?


There is this little sequence that personally I believe should turn everyone's stomachs cold:


Pub chain criticised for calorific doughnut burger

"Family friendly" pub chain Hungry Horse has been criticised for creating a burger containing nearly 100% of a woman's recommended daily calorie intake at 1,996 calories. The Double Donut burger consists of two beef burgers topped with cheese, four bacon rashers and BBQ sauce, sandwiched between two glazed ring-doughnuts.

Critics called it irresponsible, dubbing it "a heart attack on a plate".

Hungry Horse said it was catering for a variety of tastes...

... Advertised with the tag line "So Wrong It's Right"...

... Mel Wakeman, senior lecturer in Applied Physiology at Birmingham City University, said: "To me, this is simply ludicrous and irresponsible. I am no killjoy but why is this sort of food available?"...




Call to banish fruit juice from recommended five a day

Fruit juice should be removed from the recommended list of healthy things to eat daily because it is confusing...

... Action on Sugar found many children's juices contain at least six teaspoons of sugar - more than cola - and come in cartons larger than recommended...



One in 10 sausages 'carries risk of hepatitis E virus'

One in 10 sausages and processed pork meat products in England and Wales could cause hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection if undercooked... There has been an "abrupt rise" in the number of cases in England and Wales as people do not realise the risk...

... He said the virus occurred in the animal and in the blood system and warned it would continue unless there was a "big change" in animal practices, such as introducing different hygiene measures...

... In Asia and Africa, hepatitis E is more commonly transmitted by contaminated drinking water.



And add also that "little extra" as children 'grow up'?...

Ad Breakdown: Sex and the e-cigarette

E-cigarettes are to be shown in a UK TV advert for the first time on ITV on Monday. And it's deemed too sexual to air before 9pm...

... "The old adverts were using sex to sell cigarettes to young people, but the VIP ad is just crude,"...




To my view, all very slimy and cruel and deceptive.

And yet that is condoned as good and profitable business practice?...


We are what we eat and drink and breathe...
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Message 1603238 - Posted: 20 Nov 2014, 20:14:12 UTC - in response to Message 1600402.  
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... Tell people what may be bad (even if it changes constantly). Then....

Leave them alone.

People are FREE to do what Other's believe are bad for them. Who are the 'Other's?...

And what of the continually repeated deliberately deceitful Marketing that is carefully crafted to be ever more persuasive?

And the target people abstracted as "marks" to be exploited and damned?...


You care nothing for how the following example has come about?


Obesity 'costing same as smoking'

The worldwide cost of obesity is about the same as smoking or armed conflict and greater than both alcoholism and climate change, research has suggested.

The McKinsey Global Institute said it cost £1.3tn, or 2.8% of annual economic activity - it cost the UK £47bn. ...



That might be the monetary cost. What costs for the misery?

We are what we see and eat and drink and breathe...


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Message 1604894 - Posted: 24 Nov 2014, 14:08:47 UTC - in response to Message 1603294.  
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... After Regulation/Laws hopefully deal with Deceitful Marketing:

Do you believe a Free People, when given the best information available (it always changes), have the Right to eat what they wish, without regulations, nor extra taxes?

Indeed so and indeed so for real freedoms.

Unfortunately, what we are seeing is the freedom for overly powerful corporations (and others) to use widespread Marketing coercion and market manipulation that denies freedom for the victims.

So, who's freedom?


For example:

We still have the stark example of how this killer is still being ruthlessly Marketed:


The battle for control of the cigarette packet

Governments and tobacco companies are engaged in a struggle over territory - a few square inches on the front and back of cigarette packets. But as health warnings grow ever bigger and gorier, the companies have been finding other ways to give their products a distinctive look and feel.

WARNING: some readers may find the images below disturbing...


(I'd relabel that warning to that all readers should find the article and images disturbing.)


Note that we have long known how the cigarette format has been manipulated and formulated to be especially addictive. It really does alter the victims minds, physically.

Is that the freedom for unwitting victims to continue to be abused? The Marketing coercion is clearly working, still.


Despite all that we know, how can anyone rationally choose such misery for themselves and for those around them?



A second example is the unbelievable volume of FUD sponsored by the Fossil Fuels industry that has polluted the issues about Global Warming and Climate Change into the oblivion of a quagmire... Again, for who's freedom?


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Message 1609478 - Posted: 5 Dec 2014, 14:31:35 UTC - in response to Message 1604894.  
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... After Regulation/Laws hopefully deal with Deceitful Marketing:

Do you believe a Free People, when given the best information available (it always changes), have the Right to eat what they wish, without regulations, nor extra taxes?

Indeed so and indeed so for real freedoms.

Unfortunately, what we are seeing is the freedom for overly powerful corporations (and others) to use widespread Marketing coercion and market manipulation that denies freedom for the victims.

So, who's freedom?



Really, people freely choose this?


Obese lose up to eight years of life

Being severely obese can knock up to eight years off your life and cause decades of ill health, a report says.

The analysis showed being obese at a young age was more damaging to health and life expectancy...




And we see far too much of that in CHILDREN...

... Again, for who's freedom?


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Message 1609496 - Posted: 5 Dec 2014, 15:50:43 UTC - in response to Message 1609486.  

... Being severely obese can knock up to eight years off your life and cause decades of ill health, a report says.

The analysis showed being obese at a young age was more damaging to health and life expectancy...




And we see far too much of that in CHILDREN...

... Again, for who's freedom?



THEIR FREEDOM!

Who gives you, any other person, or King (AKA Government) The Right to CONTROL Free Individuals Freedoms?...

And so you condone deception and exploitation and victimization?...

Sure looks that way... Slimy indeed...


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Message 1609501 - Posted: 5 Dec 2014, 16:24:08 UTC - in response to Message 1609486.  

... After Regulation/Laws hopefully deal with Deceitful Marketing:

Do you believe a Free People, when given the best information available (it always changes), have the Right to eat what they wish, without regulations, nor extra taxes?

Indeed so and indeed so for real freedoms.

Unfortunately, what we are seeing is the freedom for overly powerful corporations (and others) to use widespread Marketing coercion and market manipulation that denies freedom for the victims.

So, who's freedom?



Really, people freely choose this?


Obese lose up to eight years of life

Being severely obese can knock up to eight years off your life and cause decades of ill health, a report says.

The analysis showed being obese at a young age was more damaging to health and life expectancy...




And we see far too much of that in CHILDREN...

... Again, for who's freedom?



THEIR FREEDOM!

Who gives you, any other person, or King (AKA Government) The Right to CONTROL Free Individuals Freedoms?

Nothing.

ONLY those who Believe they are Superior. That is what all this controlling is about.

No... Neither you, nor anyone else is Superior.

Why exactly do you believe you can Regulate anyone?

Do I have the Right to Regulate You?

As I pointed out in another thread there was an "ism" posted which implies there was an "ist" posting it. Superiority. That is the root of "ist." There is a nice thread for discussing such issues.
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Message 1612536 - Posted: 12 Dec 2014, 1:31:51 UTC - in response to Message 1609512.  
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... Who gives you, any other person, or King (AKA Government) The Right to CONTROL Free Individuals Freedoms?

And what of overwhelming, coercive, deceptive, exploitive Marketing controlling and limiting Individuals Freedoms?...

Or in your world is the "Free Market" free even to enslave and to commit misery and murder all for the sake of profit?


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Message 1612540 - Posted: 12 Dec 2014, 1:40:25 UTC

Going back to the original topic of food...

Here is a "bad" and a "good" example:


Why late night dining may encourage weight gain

Eating after the sun has gone down might trigger weight gain...

... Fasting for at least 12 hours [each day] appears to switch on important fat burning pathways in the body...

... The researchers believe a key to controlling weight gain could be sticking to a consistent 12-hour fast every 24 hours.

In the experiments, fasting at night had beneficial effects on blood sugar and cholesterol and reversed the effects of diabetes...



Mediterranean diet keeps people 'genetically young'

Following a Mediterranean diet might be a recipe for a long life because it appears to keep people genetically younger, say US researchers.

Its mix of vegetables, olive oil, fresh fish and fruits may stop our DNA code from scrambling as we age...

... The Mediterranean diet has been repeatedly linked to health gains, such as cutting the risk of heart disease. Although it's not clear exactly what makes it so good, its key components - an abundance of fresh fruit and vegetables as well as poultry and fish, rather than lots of red meat, butter and animal fats - all have well documented beneficial effects on the body...




Can you overcome adverse Marketing to instead enjoy your own healthy better lifestyle?

(Or is the Marketing message too strong that honest healthy is somehow 'uncool'?!)


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Message 1615541 - Posted: 17 Dec 2014, 23:23:15 UTC - in response to Message 1612561.  

I'm speaking about Government Controlling Individual Freedoms. ...

That is what they seem to do and is worthy of a thread unto itself...


Care to weave a new thread?

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Message 1615549 - Posted: 17 Dec 2014, 23:33:48 UTC
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From what I can see, you can't easily get more opportunistically slimy and contradictory as this:


Why do Americans love ancient grains?

In the past five years there has been an explosion in popularity of so-called "ancient grains" in the American food market.

There is no comprehensive list of "ancient" grains, but the category is generally agreed to include amaranth, barley, bulgur, buckwheat, kamut, millet, spelt, teff and quinoa. Many of these grains - Bolivian quinoa and Ethiopian teff, for example - have been planted and harvested in the same way for thousands of years.

"It's been a positive perfect storm for these ancient grains," says Cynthia Harriman, director of food and nutritional strategies at the non-profit organisation, the Whole Grain Council.

"They fit with our desire to look for a super-food, a magic bullet we should be eating," she says. Ancient grains are perceived as the opposite of modern wheat, which is the descendant of three ancient strains of wheat - spelt, einkorn and emmer - and often heavily refined.

They are seen as more healthy, more natural and better for us, providing more vitamins, minerals, fibre and protein than modern wheat - partly because they are rarely eaten in processed form...

... "It's a revolt against processed food. It's the opposite of modern."...

... The company has announced it will be launching a new line of its successful breakfast cereal, Cheerios, with ancient grains next year. "It's a way to bring this product into the mainstream," Cunningham says.

"Consumers may feel that the barrier to eating ancient grains is that they're not convenient, so we figured a way to deliver them in a bowl of cereal."

But this will also mean including five times as much sugar as in the original Cheerios recipe - 5g of sugar per 28g serving, instead of just 1g - though, as Cunningham points out, about half as much as in the company's best seller, Honey Nut Cheerios.

"We feel great about the health profile of this Cheerios," he says.

But the addition of sugar and heavy processing has led some to accuse companies like General Mills of cynically making money from the "health halo" surrounding ancient grains.

"Like any grain they can be used in a healthy or unhealthy way," says Hemi Weingarten, founder and CEO of the food blog site Fooducate.

"The gullible consumer is going to buy more if it sounds healthy," he says...




I'll have to admit to being impressed by the Marketing jingoism!

So... We are all the gullible to be sweetly slimily deceived for profit and no cares for inducing ill health?...


And meanwhile what of the big corporate push to force artificially Genetically Modified products down our throats for the 'modern grains'?...


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Message 1615568 - Posted: 18 Dec 2014, 0:03:19 UTC - in response to Message 1615549.  

I'll have to admit to being impressed by the Marketing jingoism!

About like any claim about a technology being green.
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Message 1615774 - Posted: 18 Dec 2014, 14:31:57 UTC

After far far too long knowing the unpleasant bad health effects, finally:


Car smoke ban 'to start in October'

Smoking in cars with children will be banned in England, under new laws put forward by the government.

The regulations laid before Parliament propose banning smoking in cars containing under 18s...



There is also the smoking distraction from driving that has proved fatally too dangerous too many times...


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Message 1615913 - Posted: 18 Dec 2014, 19:20:14 UTC - in response to Message 1615571.  

I'll have to admit to being impressed by the Marketing jingoism!

About like any claim about a technology being green.

Some may be. Some may not.

How does one understand which is which. When Enormous Money, regarding Big Green, is involved?

Well, if green isn't the new slime ...
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/12/18/10-billion-un-linked-climate-change-fund-wants-immunity-from-prosecution/
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Message 1616805 - Posted: 21 Dec 2014, 0:48:38 UTC

Guardian - ‘I felt like a piece of trash’ – Life inside America’s food processing plants

A new book offers a damning insight into conditions for low-paid, non-union, immigrant workers helping to feed our huge appetite for cheap meat
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Message 1616811 - Posted: 21 Dec 2014, 1:02:31 UTC - in response to Message 1615913.  

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Message 1616824 - Posted: 21 Dec 2014, 1:26:03 UTC

My Finely Tuned, Beautifully Evolved, Immune System has Fought Off The Slime fO a Long Long Time and Will Continue to Do So.

I'll Eat Cheap Tasty Slime, till The Day I Die.

So Help Me GOoD.

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May we All have a METAMORPHOSIS. REASON. GOoD JUDGEMENT and LOVE and ORDER!!!!!
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