• qyron@sopuli.xyz
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    10 months ago

    New strategy to refrain consumers from buying soft drinks? Perhaps high taxation behind it, like special purpose taxes?

    I remember this happened in my country; to cull high sugar and sweetners content, the industry threw a fit, the authorities didn’t care, life moved forward and sugar content in soft drinks dropped (but not the prices).

    Lipton was always much more expensive than other brands, as well.

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      10 months ago

      I smoke weed like a chimney and occasionally binge on sugary stuff.

      It’s the sugar that fucks me up. I kick ass at work when I haven’t eaten any sugar. Then I go get a bunch of donuts, and I’m fucked for a few days.

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        10 months ago

        I’m not going to call sugar poison but too much can do a number on you.