Re:YC Research: Universal Healthcare
by kiba on Tuesday February 07, 2017 @02:48PM
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More like, there's too much sugar that people are using. It's doesn't matter if it's corn syrup or not.
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Re:YC Research: Universal Healthcare
by will_pseudonym on Tuesday February 07, 2017 @02:58PM
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Yes, but I would posit that the greatest reason that it has become such a problem is because of the subsidization that makes corn syrup so inexpensive. It's a massive negative externality that is completely unpriced.
In part, but there is sugar or corn syrup in so many products, especially US products, where there is really no good reason for either.
Re:YC Research: Universal Healthcare
by will_pseudonym on Tuesday February 07, 2017 @03:47PM
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They're cheap, addictive calories. HFCS and sucrose also don't trigger our satiety responses well, so that also allows us to eat more than our body needs[0]. It's a battle over space in our stomachs, and sugars are a massive weapon in that competition. Food science is practiced by food companies not to make us healthier, but to ingest more.