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Obesity Epidemic Linked to Soda, Study SaysPosted on Aug 9, 2006An extra can of soda a day can add 15 pounds a year, according to a report in a prestigious journal. And this kind of consumption may be the prime mover behind this nation’s apocalyptically expanding waistlines.
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By R. A. Earl, August 10, 2006 at 12:08 pm #
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I simply cannot believe there are still MILLIONS of supposedly intelligent, educated adults BIG GULPING their way to GROSSNESS on no-nutritive-value sugar water when perfectly acceptable alternatives are available.
The best drink for human beings, of course, is CLEAN WATER… which can still be had for FREE.
But if you HAVE to have a sweet soft drink and blow hard-earned money to get it, all the “diet” fizzy stuff with artificial sweeteners (aspartame, primarily) are a million miles better for you than any SUGAR LADEN drink.
Wake up big fat lazy gluttons! It’s not that I mind you killing yourselves by bad food and drink choices, it’s that with this form of SUICIDE you die TOO SLOWLY, costing the system (ie the rest of us) BILLIONS for YOUR medical treatments unnecessarily.
I’ve often thought if I was a doctor, I’d simply refuse to treat those who insisted on commiting suicide with self-inflicted injuries such as smoking, overeating, no sun-screen protection, too much alcohol, dangerous drug use, etc.
If you don’t have the good sense to follow basic information for the healthy care & feeding of the human body, WHY SHOULD THE REST OF US SHELL OUT FOR YOUR MEDICAL BILLS?
Stupid. Stupid. Stupid.
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