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• NY Proposes Taxing Non-Diet Soda

  OK Gov. Paterson: I know you've got a wicked budget hole, and we all have to "share the pain." I also know that this country has a severe health crisis with escalating rates of diabetes, heart disease, etc. and that soda and related sugar-water drinks (or, more specifically, high-fructose-corn-syrup drinks) are bad for us and our kids. But can we work through a few of the logical problems with your proposed "obesity tax" here? Read More... Posted Dec 19 2008, 02:00 PM by Miriam Axel-Lute with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: health, fat, obesity, budget, sleep, exercise, diet, soda, New York, water, fruit drinks, sugar, HFCS, milk, taxes, food desert, high-fructose corn syrup, healthy food, obesity tax, Governor Paterson, non-diet soda, deficit, fruit juice, balancing budget, sugary drinks, sin taxes

• High-Fructose Corn Syrup is Delicious, Healthy, Natural

  Yesterday was a seriously jaw-dropping day in my part of the world. Our mayor pled guilty to two felony counts of obstruction of justice, admitted in open court he lied under oath, and resigned (all this to cover up an affair with his chief of staff). And still, that wasn't even my biggest WTF moment of the day. It was this – while watching a little escapist HGTV, across my screen flashed an ad promoting the healthfulness and deliciousisty of high fructose corn syrup. Yes, the evil HFCS, the highly sweet ingredient that is in just about every damn thing in the supermarket, if you look closely. The ad shows   Read More... Posted Sep 05 2008, 10:30 AM by Amy Kuras with | with 8 comment(s) Filed under: wtf, sugar, Kwame Kilpatrick, HFCS, stupid ideas, high-fructose corn syrup, sweet surprise, Sanctimommy, ad campaigns