By: dejah420
Here's an example: I stopped at Sprouts on the way home today to pick up stuff for dinner. (Sprouts is an upscale farmer's market, mostly organics, with some grocery items...like a scaled down Whole...
View ArticleBy: Mitheral
Liquid corn adjuncts = corn syrup. Wikipedia (I know) cites an old study claiming Miller Lite contains corn syrup.
View ArticleBy: furiousxgeorge
They use corn as an adjunct, but I'm not aware of use of actual corn syrup.
View ArticleBy: Kadin2048
Beer is healthy, no high fructose corn syrup. Depends on what beer you drink. Lots of cheap beers contain corn syrup of one sort or another, either high-fructose or regular.
View ArticleBy: Space Kitty
And what, screw you booze drinker? How does that even make sense? (Not Booze-ist)
View ArticleBy: epersonae
liquor stores stocking fresh vegetables This actually just happened in my neighborhood: Aided by a $10,000 federal stimulus grant from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Wigen and...
View ArticleBy: EmpressCallipygos
I realized the other day why I don't eat much veggies and fruit any more. They taste terrible. They taste much worse than when I was a kid. The grab them before they are ripe and ship them half way...
View ArticleBy: stavrosthewonderchicken
I realized the other day why I don't eat much veggies and fruit any more. They taste terrible. They taste much worse than when I was a kid. This is absolutely one of the greatest things about living...
View ArticleBy: fusinski
I am sensitive to the government trying to dictate our behaviors or whatever, but my grocery bill was $307 this weekend and while, to be fair, it did include a tremendous amount of booze, I do buy a...
View ArticleBy: parrot_person
Personally, I'd be fine with a plan that eliminated all farm subsidies and instead took that money and expanded SNAP, WIC, Summer EBT for Children, etc. (decreasing eligibility threshold and increase...
View ArticleBy: parudox
>1. In the United States, calorie-dense foods are cheaper than nutrient-dense foods, thanks mostly to farm subsidies. Really? This seems to be common knowledge in this thread, but as far as I can...
View ArticleBy: munchingzombie
We do live in a nanny state. Our nanny is spending billions of dollars to make sure we get lots of corn, soy, and wheat. Our nanny is making it more economic to eat poorly. Since we already live in a...
View ArticleBy: jacanj
Australia has had taxed/untaxed = bad/good food since 2001. Healthy foods became generally more expensive.
View ArticleBy: Kadin2048
I'm all for the nanny stat when it means free healthcare, but I'm worried about things like banning fast food ads. What makes you think that you can -- by which I mean, that your fellow taxpayers will...
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