50 Years Ago, the Sugar Industry Paid Scientists to Blame Fat (2016)

Re:50 Years Ago, the Sugar Industry Paid Scientists to Blame... by stareatgoats on Saturday January 19, 2019 @04:40AM (#18946180)

American food culture suffers from the same problem that afflicts the American culture in general: the infatuation with big: big cars, big army, big dicks, big coffee-mugs, big tits. And big soft-drinks.

No surprise they have an obesity problem. Of course Americans are also usually nice people in a big way, let's not forget.

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Re:50 Years Ago, the Sugar Industry Paid Scientists to Blame... by TeMPOraL on Saturday January 19, 2019 @06:54AM (#18946550)

> big cars, big army, big dicks, big coffee-mugs, big tits. And big soft-drinks.

One of these things is not like the others...

Buying big soft drink bottles instead of small is both cost-effective (as they're usually cheaper per liter) and a plastic saving measure.

(What I particularly dislike about modern consumerism is the infatuation with small: small bags of chips, small bags of fruits, individually-packaged sausages, small bottles of drinks, small bottles/bags of cosmetics, etc. Combined with disposability of packaging, it's just a huge generator of plastic waste.)

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Re:50 Years Ago, the Sugar Industry Paid Scientists to Blame... by jkaplowitz on Saturday January 19, 2019 @07:34AM (#18946717)

I like small for consumption on the go, such as waiting for a train or bus, without wasting food/drink or overeating ... But I do agree with you about plastic waste. I'd prefer some other packaging solution, such as if a snack vending machine could sanitarily transfer the contents of a bag of chips to my own reusable, washable, foldable (when empty) snack bag. No, I don't have a good practical answer right now.

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Re:50 Years Ago, the Sugar Industry Paid Scientists to Blame... by wool_gather on Saturday January 19, 2019 @12:13PM (#18947939)

Not a bad idea. Nobody seems to have a problem with the coffee bean dispensing bins at the grocery store, so maybe this isn't that far out.

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Re:50 Years Ago, the Sugar Industry Paid Scientists to Blame... by williamdclt on Saturday January 19, 2019 @07:14AM (#18946638)

I think the person you're answering to is talking about big cup of soft-drink, rather than big bottle. As in, big portions, not big stock.

Edit: I agree with your complaint about packaging, but it's another problem that's not uncompatible

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Re:50 Years Ago, the Sugar Industry Paid Scientists to Blame... by Reason077 on Saturday January 19, 2019 @07:32AM (#18946711)

> "Buying big soft drink bottles instead of small is both cost-effective"

True, but bigger serving sizes have been shown to increase consumption. If you reduce soft-drink serving sizes from 500ml to 350ml, for example, most people will not purchase two - and will consume less overall.

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Re:50 Years Ago, the Sugar Industry Paid Scientists to Blame... by babuskov on Saturday January 19, 2019 @07:15AM (#18946640)

> Buying big soft drink bottles instead of small is both cost-effective

Carbonated drinks fizzle out quickly and they don't taste that good afterwards. So, if you buy bigger bottles, you are inclined to drink more so it doesn't go to waste.

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Re:50 Years Ago, the Sugar Industry Paid Scientists to Blame... by jononor on Saturday January 19, 2019 @09:28AM (#18947201)

Not buying soft drinks is much better, both cost efficiency, environmental impact and health.

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