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

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?
 
racerboy71 said:
What about opposum and road kill?
I hear they're pretty popular with rednecks, err, southerners.
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just like mother used to make.
 
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.
 
Beefbisquit said:
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.
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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..
 
I cooked dinner tonight. We are having Phyllo wrapped pork tendorloin with a almond mushroom filling and Mango Chutney gravy
Mashed potatoes and asparagus
 
Beefbisquit said:
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.
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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.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/health/05iht-obese.1.9748884.html?_r=0
 
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