I keep seeing this thing on soda/soda commercials saying 'balance what you eat, drink, and do' and stuff like 'we list calories and sugar because we care'. I haven't had a soda in 4 years because They are Horrendous for your health and don't belong anywhere in a healthy diet.
I don't believe that any business actually cares about my health.
Not even businesses that are IN the health care industry.
ParanoidObsessive posted...
I don't believe that any business actually cares about my health.
Not even businesses that are IN the health care industry.
nope. being healthy has been becoming a new fad. so there's money to be made off it.
if they truly cared, they'd put out healthy shit, and undercut the unhealthy stuff as much as possible on pricing. to try and persuade people due to it being cheaper
mooreandrew58 posted...
ParanoidObsessive posted...
I don't believe that any business actually cares about my health.
Not even businesses that are IN the health care industry.
nope. being healthy has been becoming a new fad. so there's money to be made off it.
if they truly cared, they'd put out healthy shit, and undercut the unhealthy stuff as much as possible on pricing. to try and persuade people due to it being cheaper
None of those ideas are cost efficient though. Again, their only concern is in quarterly profits.
Good thing I don't drink sodas as much anymore.
It's mostly bottled water for me and I'm fine with it and my body appreciates it as well.
LeetCheet posted...
Good thing I don't drink sodas as much anymore.
It's mostly bottled water for me and I'm fine with it and my body appreciates it as well.
I hope you bottle at home, 'cuz paying money for water is dumb
I hope you bottle at home, 'cuz paying money for water is dumb
LeetCheet posted...
Good thing I don't drink sodas as much anymore.
It's mostly bottled water for me and I'm fine with it and my body appreciates it as well.
I hope you bottle at home, 'cuz paying money for water is dumb
LeetCheet posted...
Good thing I don't drink sodas as much anymore.
It's mostly bottled water for me and I'm fine with it and my body appreciates it as well.
I hope you bottle at home, 'cuz paying money for water is dumb
If soda companies cared about anyone's health, they wouldn't use high fructose corn syrup.
I'm not sure any company overly cares, although *most* companies have some concern for customers since they're a source of revenue. The only indifferent groups might be cigarette-makers.
Do they care?
fun fact though, if memory serves correct coke started off as a "medicine" and had cocaine in it.
mooreandrew58 posted...
fun fact though, if memory serves correct coke started off as a "medicine" and had cocaine in it.
Back when coke was used for a lot of things -- including shining hubcaps or something -- the formula was considerably different.
Tap is gross
If soda companies cared about anyone's health, they wouldn't use high fructose corn syrup.
Businesses only care about your health if it affects their bottom line
The HFCS hype is overblown. The hate is largely based on a bulls*** naturalist argument. Repeated studies have shown no real difference when it comes to average consumption.
Soda is very, very unhealthy, and HFCS is a major part of that unhealthiness, even if enough people are sufficiently aware of that fact to keep "average consumption" below dangerous levels.
I don't get the HFCS fear mongering. If you drink bucketloads of soda, it doesn't matter whether it has HFCS or regular sugar. Demonizing HFCS specifically is missing the forest for the trees, and weirdly makes it sound like soda with regular sugar is health food o_O
High fructose corn syrup is bad, but it's just as bad as ordinary sugar, not an extra evil version.
Golden Road posted...
I don't get the HFCS fear mongering. If you drink bucketloads of soda, it doesn't matter whether it has HFCS or regular sugar. Demonizing HFCS specifically is missing the forest for the trees, and weirdly makes it sound like soda with regular sugar is health food o_O
High fructose corn syrup is bad, but it's just as bad as ordinary sugar, not an extra evil version.
Again, a higher fructose content means more of the sugar is bypassing the first regulatory step in carbohydrate metabolism, which means it contributes more to the development of diabetes, as well as being more immediately converted into fat. Other forms of sugar are also bad in similar ways, but HFCS is particularly bad because of its high fructose content.
Not to mention is something has high frutose corn syrup that means the 'food' is highly processed and should be avoided. Also HFCS is most likely gmo
I feel like Zeus is someone who would have denied that smoking tobacco causes cancer back in the day lol