I now await the "I miss the old Republican party" proto-Clinton supporters to preemptively condemn any such move here in the US.
Wow, something that doesn't have an effect on me. I'm not going to condemn it or support it. If it were to happen here, then we can talk. Right now, it's not an important issue.
Smart move. Obesity and obesity related illnesses are a huge expense for healthcare costs. I would go with a sugar tax personally and people can have as many refills as possible. It's funny how conservatives like Cohete don't mind subsidizing unhealthy behavior.
(Ignoring the non-sequitor trolly-o Clinton reference and choosing the interesting issue of sugary drinks as obvious health hazard.) I think I favor the tax idea. We know cigarettes are bad -- do we restrict those? No, other than an age minimum, just labels and extra tax, right? Can't people still smoke as much as they want (in America at least)?
It's not a question of size but more of health. Being French (and gourmand) I highly am in support this law. Then again the only time I saw refills machines are in fast foods restaurants (mainly Subways).
People need to switch the diet or "zero" products if they still need soda. Tastes the same without the calories.
my face and tongue has serious spazztic responses to aspartame flavored diet sodas. that's the only reason I can't switch to diet sodas. I would switch in a minute if there was a low calorie, diet soda without that distinct flavor and aftertaste.
It seems like these days drinking diet soda is made out to be worse than if you just drank regular soda. I've read some claim sugar substitutes cause insulin spikes and insensitivity...and your body has trouble dealing with regular sugar intake if you corrupt yourself with sugar substitutes regularly. That said...I said I have read (know-it-all type articles where statements are made with no backing evidence). The evidence may or may not be there. I don't anyone like the FDA has evidence to back those claims. All I know is I've been drinking diet soda after switching from regular soda a ways back (a few decades ago I think in my 20s) on the premise that no sugar was better than with sugar. I am uncertain as to how bad it is for you. My blood checks out okay albeit my insulin-related (glucose) reading is slightly elevated after fast. I know there can be side effects, like acid reflux. I do think it is bad so I try to drink my day's water allotment as well...to kind of cushion the blow. I do that by drinking water with meals instead of diet soda. At one time, though, for a long stretch...it seemed like I mostly just drank diet soda and not much water (or anything else for that matter) at all. That's the curse of drinking soda is you tend to replace water with it and not get enough water. All the chemicals in soda regardless of if diet or not...it's crazy. I do try to limit my intake nowadays to 24 ounces on a bad day and 12 ounces on a decent day to none on other days. I think the chemicals in soda cause an addiction. Obviously, one of the peeves is you can drink a ton of it if you're not careful because it is set up to keep you coming back for more and more the way the body reacts to it. I will usually have a headache day if I quit (easily remedied with some aspirin), i.e. withdrawal. So, yea, empty calories...with whatever else happens to the body in reaction to these chemicals made up to form a flavor profile.
Banning free refills is a bit too much. We shouldn't dictate a business on how to run it. I completely support a junk food/sugar/fried food tax, provided the tax goes directly to relevant medicine.
Has anybody on here said we should be more like Europe or is the op just fighting an imaginary battle?
