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Re:The Decline of ‘Big Soda’ by adventured on Saturday October 03, 2015 @05:36PM (#10325487)
Replace 90% of the sugar consumed in America with erythritol or similar, and ban high fructose corn syrup as unsafe for human consumption. Obesity would begin to plunge overnight. It would remove vast amounts of calories from the typical American diet.
Re:The Decline of ‘Big Soda’ by HappyTypist on Sunday October 04, 2015 @03:57AM (#10326849)
Alternatively, tax sugar and hfcs at to be 125% the price of erythritol/xylitol/etc. Will cause manufacturers to generally shift to polyols while still allowing consumers to have a choice and bringing tax revenue in the process.