The Freedom To Be Fat..Does Government Have The Right To "Outlaw" Unhealthy Foods?

[cannabineer]

I am going to have to take the 5th.......

Commandment?

 

[Dr Kynes]

Isn't that like, ewwww, okra.

Okra suuuuuuks.

okra is delicius. fuck i want some now.

fried in cornmeal, or pickled or steamed or in gumbo....

 

[cannabineer]

Isn't that like, ewwww, okra.

I have food texture issues. Seaweed ain't slimy. Okra is slimier than zucchini, and that takes talent.

 

[racerboy71]

I have food texture issues. Seaweed ain't slimy. Okra is slimier than zucchini, and that takes talent.

Okra is about one of the only veggies me moms won't eat..
That's really saying something.. okra is pretty foul..

 

[Canna Sylvan]

Isn't that like, ewwww, okra.

The Japanese call it kombu. Seaweed for the gringo. But other seaweeds besides kelp exist, like dulse from Maine. I'm trying to be the technically speaking Nazi proof. Sorry I can't cite, I'm on a shit phone.

 

[Samwell Seed Well]

Petrochemicals ≠ petroleum waste. On that inequality alone your argument collapses. So hoist bird to your own exhaustion.

terminology is never important

geographically speaking

i think you mean konbu (Japanese)

Kombu is a sea vegetable.

 

[abandonconflict]

The Japanese call it kombu. Seaweed for the gringo. But other seaweeds besides kelp exist, like dulse from Maine. I'm trying to be the technically speaking Nazi proof. Sorry I can't cite, I'm on a shit phone.

Nobody cares about food advice from you anyway bro. Just sayin...

 

[ChesusRice]

I wont eat what Canna eats

it will drive you nuts

How is that metallic pine nut taste Canna? Still prefer it to the after taste of all the cocks you sucked?

 

[Dr Kynes]

Okra is about one of the only veggies me moms won't eat..
That's really saying something.. okra is pretty foul..

northern yankee carpetbaggers everywhere!

next youll be telling me you dont like grits and ham steaks.

 

[racerboy71]

northern yankee carpetbaggers everywhere!

next youll be telling me you dont like grits and ham steaks.

Grits are OK... ham steak is pretty bomb if it.is what I think it is..
Okra is still foul..

 

[racerboy71]

What about opposum and road kill?
I hear they're pretty popular with rednecks, err, southerners.

 

[ChesusRice]

Grits are OK... ham steak is pretty bomb if it.is what I think it is..
Okra is still foul..

Cut into sections and sear the sliminess inside it aint so bad

Italians eat a lot of Okra

 

[racerboy71]

Cut into sections and sear the sliminess inside it aint so bad

Italians eat a lot of Okra

Remind me not to marry an Italian, or southerner, lol..
Too slimy, and kinda chewy IMO..

How about some pepper pot soup?

 

[abandonconflict]

Had awesome ceviche de camaron today, no ochra in it.

 

[Dr Kynes]

What about opposum and road kill?
I hear they're pretty popular with rednecks, err, southerners.

just like mother used to make.

 

[Beefbisquit]

Hmmm.... banning 'unhealthy' food.....

That's an very arbitrary term.

What constitutes 'unhealthy'?

Sugar can be unhealthy, but our bodies need need it to survive (glucose). Drinking a 40oz of whiskey everyday is bad for you, but a glass of red wine a day is good for you. For that matter, too much water can kill you (water poisoning).


It's an interesting question, especially for myself, being from Canada. Our universal health care system is undoubtedly stressed by obese people, but does that give others the right to decide what they eat? I don't think so... as much as I don't want to have to pay for fat people to be fat, I just can't flip it in my head in a way that makes regulating peoples food O.K. and concurrent with liberty.

 

[racerboy71]

just like mother used to make.

No wonder why you think okra tastes good.. think you've eaten a bit too much yellow paint as a kid..

 

[racerboy71]

Hmmm.... banning 'unhealthy' food.....

That's an very arbitrary term.

What constitutes 'unhealthy'?

Sugar can be unhealthy, but our bodies need need it to survive (glucose). Drinking a 40oz of whiskey everyday is bad for you, but a glass of red wine a day is good for you. For that matter, too much water can kill you (water poisoning).




It's an interesting question, especially for myself, being from Canada. Our universal health care system is undoubtedly stressed by obese people, but does that give others the right to decide what they eat? I don't think so... as much as I don't want to have to pay for fat people to be fat, I just can't flip it in my head in a way that makes regulating peoples food O.K. and concurrent with liberty.

In NYC, you already can't but a big gulp size of soda.. you can go in and buy 12 12 oz cans, but not 1 32 oz'er..

 

[ChesusRice]

I cooked dinner tonight. We are having Phyllo wrapped pork tendorloin with a almond mushroom filling and Mango Chutney gravy
Mashed potatoes and asparagus

 

[ginjawarrior]

Hmmm.... banning 'unhealthy' food.....

That's an very arbitrary term.

What constitutes 'unhealthy'?

Sugar can be unhealthy, but our bodies need need it to survive (glucose). Drinking a 40oz of whiskey everyday is bad for you, but a glass of red wine a day is good for you. For that matter, too much water can kill you (water poisoning).


It's an interesting question, especially for myself, being from Canada. Our universal health care system is undoubtedly stressed by obese people, but does that give others the right to decide what they eat? I don't think so... as much as I don't want to have to pay for fat people to be fat, I just can't flip it in my head in a way that makes regulating peoples food O.K. and concurrent with liberty.

Fat people cost less long-term than skinny people (smokers too)

The researchers found that from age 20 to 56, obese people racked up the most expensive health costs. But because both the smokers and the obese people died sooner than the healthy group, it cost less to treat them in the long run.On average, healthy people lived 84 years. Smokers lived about 77 years and obese people lived about 80 years. Smokers and obese people tended to have more heart disease than the healthy people.
Cancer incidence, except for lung cancer, was the same in all three groups. Obese people had the most diabetes, and healthy people had the most strokes. Ultimately, the thin and healthy group cost the most, about $417,000, from age 20 on.
The cost of care for obese people was $371,000, and for smokers, about $326,000.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/health/05iht-obese.1.9748884.html?_r=0