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Mar 8, 2015 6:31:02 GMT -5
Post by kimmsr🕊 on Mar 8, 2015 6:31:02 GMT -5
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Mar 8, 2015 12:50:13 GMT -5
Post by SpringRain🕊️ on Mar 8, 2015 12:50:13 GMT -5
I read most of the first part of the article, skimmed through the rest, including the comments and a reference to a study done in France, then bookmarked the article for further reading.
Hopefully the author will appear on book review circuits and tv programs which review books to support the credibility of his conclusions, as I assume Monsanto and the FDA will launch a counterattack to discredit the author, his conclusions, and Jane Goodall's contributions as well. Massive onslaught by the corporate entities is nothing new.
The question I keep asking myself is how long does it take before others wake up to this conspiracy, of a sort, and start boycotting unhealthy foods? As long as corporations are making profits, they're not going to change their ways.
Sometimes when I go through a grocery store I'm tempted to put up signs on the junk and other unhealthy food, including those with documented dangerous chemicals, warning people not to buy that junk. But there will always be someone who refuses to believe that the stuff isn't safe.
A few weeks ago the grocery store in which I was shopping had an electronic breakdown, resulting in long lines at the checkouts. While waiting, I noticed two men in the line over, each of whom had a cart full of nothing but pop. I counted: there were 30 2 liter bottles of Mountain Dew on the bottom "row" of the cart. The top was full of bottles of Pepsi, smaller size, but filling the top of the cart. So there were at least 60 bottles of pop in the cart. His friend had a similar cart full of diabetic causing liquids.
I thought perhaps they were preparing for a party or sports watching event, but there were no other "foods" in the cart. Just the pop!
It just amazed me that anyone could even consider buying so much pop, given all the information available about its detrimental effects. I couldn't help thinking that some doctor who treats diabetes is going to have 2 more patients with serious health issues.
I ask again, what does it take for people to recognize these issues and change their lifestyles? Most certainly I don't know.
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Mar 8, 2015 20:16:03 GMT -5
Post by gardendmpls on Mar 8, 2015 20:16:03 GMT -5
Maybe it was for a party and they were designated to bring the drinks.
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Mar 8, 2015 21:10:53 GMT -5
Post by SpringRain🕊️ on Mar 8, 2015 21:10:53 GMT -5
GD, never thought of that...I assumed it was all for the two guys buying. There's always another way to look at things, isn't there? Perhaps I was too quick to judge. Still, that's a lot of pop!
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Mar 8, 2015 21:15:51 GMT -5
Post by binnylou on Mar 8, 2015 21:15:51 GMT -5
I once worked with a gal who started the day with a 2 Liter Pepsi on her desk. It was gone at the end of her day. Just one of the many things about her that really drove me crazy.
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Mar 8, 2015 21:21:28 GMT -5
Post by desertwoman on Mar 8, 2015 21:21:28 GMT -5
If I drank 2L of pepsi they would be arresting me.
Heck, if I drank one glass they would have a suspicious eye on me and I would be 86'd from the Tiki Bar
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Mar 8, 2015 21:31:39 GMT -5
Post by SpringRain🕊️ on Mar 8, 2015 21:31:39 GMT -5
Binny, I've seen that at a few jobs as well, including one who made breakfast at work (on company time) and opened a 2 liter bottle of pop (don't remember which kind). Work not only pays for our livelihood but puts us in contact with people of strange eating habits!
(I once worked for a law firm whose senior partner was always, and I mean ALWAYS on a diet. That didn't stop him from raiding the frig and eating staff's sandwiches. If something was missing from my lunch, I knew who the human mouse was. Of course he never replaced or compensated us for his snitching.
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Mar 8, 2015 21:45:17 GMT -5
Post by binnylou on Mar 8, 2015 21:45:17 GMT -5
Binny, I've seen that at a few jobs as well, including one who made breakfast at work (on company time) Same co-worker, different story. She would bring in leftovers from her previous evening meal. One in particular....a Brussel sprout/cheese dish that she heated in the microwave and brought back to her desk. The smell was so pungent, the other gal in the office and I asked her to please take her food to the breakroom. We just couldn't handle those smells at 7 a.m. As for co workers raiding the fridge and getting into others' lunches, daughter's old boyfriend cured that. He had some homemade jerky in his lunch and somebody helped themselves to it. The next day, he had more jerky in his lunch, but it was dog jerky. Yup..they ate it too. that cured the problem for a while.
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Mar 9, 2015 22:11:14 GMT -5
Post by gakaren on Mar 9, 2015 22:11:14 GMT -5
A lot of times those people buying nothing but sodas are buying for small stores. It's cheaper for them than to have it delivered cause when they don't get a lot at a time from the route guys, their costs are much higher. Having worked at both grocery stores & drug stores...that was often the case when we had it on sale. Especially the India(n) store owners. One drug store where I worked, we finally had to limit them to how much they could get each week during a sale.
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