and is it true that nutra sweet is only legal because the govenrment is crooked and people are getting really sick from this stuff and it's making everyone fat?
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Not only does diet coke make you fat, it also makes you sick because of the dangerous additives it contains.  Diet sodas are very toxic to our organs.\nThe chemicals put in all soda products are very addictive, which is only one of the reasons we crave them and have to keep drinking them.  They never satisfy our thirst.\nDo some research on it..the facts and truth are very scary.
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ya.  it's one of the most delicious things ever.  unhealthy, but everything these days is unhealthy.  live your life!
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No, it is a theoretical thing. The only thing that is sure is your chance of getting ill increases. You can never prove it was the secondhand smoke, bad diet, drinking. Just that it did not help.
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your basically making yourself having type 2 diabetes. It's the same diet for people who are insulin resitant. I think it's gonna be bad just by the name. It'll might be good because it is very healthy. I don't know i'd try it.
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It already has gone beyond molding into control, laws are passed daily which makes new criminals out of law abiding citizens, laws against personal or medical use of marijuana for example, in many states oral sex with your spouce is illegal, gee lock me up throw away the key for being a reapeat offender there! Laws are too numerious to mention, but yes the goverment has its idea of the dumb non questioning them ordiary citizen and is locking up non conformiss left and right, which is not demoracy
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The only weight loss product that works is the one called "Diet & Exercise".  Everything else is 'snakeoil'.  Don't buy it.  It'll make you sick, rather than healthy.  If it worked, wouldn't it be on the front page of the Times?
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I don't get it. \n\nDiet Pepsi,  McDonalds Salad, \n\nRaisins are a fruit so why would it become illegal to advertise them.  ????? \n\nSociety just keeps on getting stranger.
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I wouldn't say that the goverment is after McDonald's. I think they are just concerned about the health of the kids. I think they are trying to help them make better food choices.
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Wow, even within these responses you can see the hatred.\n\n1) Not all obesity is because of slothfullness and laziness. A majority of severely obese people do have poor eating habits but also underlying medical conditions that slow metabollism, alter brain chemistry, or other chemical imbalance. Often, merely reducing calories is not enough for these people. Even on a 1000 calorie diet, some people will continue to gain weight. I do not think they should be called slothfull.\n\n2) Many overweight people do not eat more than everyone else, they eat the WRONG foods. In a few studies they showed the calori consumption was within 5% of a normal BMI individual but the food choices were less healthy.\n\n2a) It has been shown that variations in genetics predispose people to like certain tastes, textures and foods. If you look at point #2 and this, the less healthy choices are not always a matter of choice, but dictated by a biological drive.\n\nThat said, it is not acepted in this nation at all. At one time, 'Rubenesque' women were the equivilent of sex symbols. Having some flesh on the bone connoted wealth and prosperity. Now, being skinny is paramount. Even those who are fit and healthy have less status than the uber skinny.\n\nBeing overweight does have negative imapcts. It is not healthy. It places a strain on your heart and circulatory system, your joints, and can lead to diabtes.\n\nOften overweight people earn less than their skinny counterparts, and chosen less often for jobs, and as leaders.  Sad but true.\n\nMost people are shallow and superficial and only look for the supermodel look. Funny thing, in America the overweight will soon outnumber the skinny.
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I have been complaining of that for years!! I totally agree. Unfortunately it is cheaper to buy foods that are unhealthy. And yes, a lot of Americans are overweight because of it. I don't understand why the government isn't stepping in to help somehow. But, like Kevin Trudeau states in his book "Things they don't want you to know about", government agencies themselves are getting rich off people being unhealthy. More people are taking diet pills than ever before. More people are going to the doctor than ever before. More people are buying more prescriptions than ever before. So, it is to their advantage that we stay unhealthy.\n\nThe sad thing is if you have a set amount of income you use toward groceries and need to stretch that money out so your family has something to eat for the week, it is cheaper to buy that bag of chips than it is fruit or other healthy products. Really. What do I tell my child when she is hungry that she can't have anything to eat because the healthy stuff I bought is already gone and we are only a few days into the week? Stupid really. \n\nThis is one issue that really has me steamed, and always has. We should all stand up and  protest it....but I don't think that will happen because too many people are afraid to "buck" the system...
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The Anarchist's Cookbook is a joke, actually.  Most of the stuff in there is common knowledge, and a lot of it was totally made up (Smoking a banana peel?  Come on now).\n\nSo no.  It's not illegal in any sense of the word.  Nor is it really dangerous.\n\nHeck, you can buy it on AMAZON!!!
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I don't think the FDA should have any laws to help reduce obesity. \n\nWhy is it that people think it is the food manufacturers fault for being obese? People should educate themselves on how to live a healthy life. A healthy life includes eating properly, eating proportions of food that are relative to their body structure, and exercising regularly.\n\nIt is NOT the governments fault that people choose to eat food loaded w/ crap, in such proportions that it makes them obese.\n\nLearn to cook a decent meal at home w/ natural herbs and spices, NOT sodium filled season mixes. If you can't cook every night due to work schedule, grab a salad to eat on the run, or get some whole grain bread w/ tuna and tomato or lettuce.\n\nPeople need to take some 'effin responsibility for their actions and lifestyle. \n\nThese people that sue McDonald's and other fast food establishments because they (fast food establishments) are somehow responsible for some kid looking like a bag of dinner rolls, ought to be taken in the back alley and beaten w/ a carrot.\n\nLearn some self control America!! Read a book on nutrition! Go for a walk! Get off your arse and stop watching Jerry Springer!
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That is a great question - you hit the nail totally on the head at the absolute ridiculousness of the supposed "war on drugs". \n\nWhy are we telling people not to take "illegal" drugs such as cocaine, ecstasy, cannabis, etc., when "legal" drugs such as prozac, seroxat and zoloft are used in pretty much exactly the same way.\n\nIt comes down to money and control. Pharmaceutical companies make billions of dollars from psychiatric drugs and GPs seem to hand them out to people like candy. And what do these drugs actually do? They certainly do not cure anyone of anything. Mental illnesses are not physical diseases. Taking prozac for "depression" is not like taking insulin for diabetes. Psychiatry is total junkscience. All these drugs do is simply change the normal chemistry of the brain to create a false psychological state. Long-term use, like any other drug, can be seriously harmful, both physically and mentally, and yet many people swear by them as some sort of modern day wonder. These same people, i'm guessing, at the same time, are probably telling their kids about the dangers of smoking weed or snorting coke...! It's totally crazy.\n\nAll psychoactive drugs are harmful, whether "legal" or "illegal". Instead of fussing about the legality and costs of recreational drugs, or being blinded by the giant pharmaceutical companies' propaganda regarding "psychiatric medications", governments should look into what is missing in society for people to turn to mind-affecting drugs in the first place.\n\nMike\n\n--\nDecoding Psychiatric Propaganda\nhttp://groups.msn.com/psychbusters\n\n\n--------------\nNOTE ADDED: 03 Feb 2006\nFairyNanook, Of course... anyone who has even the slightest criticism of Psychiatry must be a Scientologist! LOL! Do me a favour! And as for your claim that "depression is a physical disease, just like every other disease out there" I would simply say this: PROVE IT! Provide me with some SCIENTIFIC PROOF! No one has been able to so far, including the NIMH, NAMI or the American Psychiatric Association. Only last July did the president of the APA, Dr. Steven Sharfstein admit that "We do not have a clean-cut lab test". Check the DSM IV and it even says it in there. There is no evidence that ANY mental illness is a physical disease. If you have been told differently then know this: YOU HAVE BEEN LIED TO. Check http://groups.msn.com/psychbusters for more info.
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No it is not legal for individuals.  Governments can and do do it all the time.
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No, as the name suggests, it is genetically modified.  It has been through so much chemicals that its hard to tell if you will get essential nutrients out of it at all.  Maybe some kind of sickness if exposure will be for a long period of time.  Also, many farmers of organic products, like in India, are losing their only source of livelihood to these giant manufacturers of genetically modified foods, hence, it will be a nightmare in the future if all of what we eat are no longer produced naturally, but are made synthetically!!!
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Don't hold your breath waiting on the government.  As past history has shown, they tend to be beholden to corporations who help them get re-elected, and not necessarily to you and me.  If you're not sure about an ingredient and you want to be safe, don't eat or drink it.\n\nIt goes without saying that you will be better off sticking to things that are as natural as possible, which is sometimes easier said than done.  Use some common sense and read up on the specific ingredients you're concerned about and make your own decisions.  I think you'll be disappointed if you're looking for someone to tell you what's good or bad because there are disagreements on many things.
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Some of the artificial sweetners have been linked to cancer.  Splenda is a really good one, it's made from real suger but without all the calories.