All of you who criticized Bloomberg over the Soda ban ... consider this

[chervilant]

153. Thank you for this OP.

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As I read through your OP, and all the responses herein above, I wondered:

What if Bloomberg pushed this agenda in order to create the controversy that motivates dialogs like this, AND facilitates awareness of the risks associated with consumption of refined sugar?

Like another DUer upthread, I've spent a lifetime combating obesity and poor eating habits. For the first half of my adult life, medical professionals almost never addressed my health as it related to nutrition. I was told to push away from the table (duh, why didn't I think of that?!?), exercise and go on a (the dreaded 'D' word) diet.

For more than twenty years, I tried every diet I could afford, to no avail.

Then, I read Sugar Blues by William Dufty and I had an Epiphany! Here was someone writing about something I ate in terms of the consequences of said consumption. It was my first step in recognizing that my body doesn't tolerate sugar at all. Luckily, I had "taken steps" that put me among people who understood, and one of them observed that all of our bodies are different -- what works for one person might not work for the next.

Still, the biggest gift Sugar Blues gave me is the awareness that it is inadvisable to eat everything presented by the corporate food manufacturers as safe and nutritious.

Now, I know what works for me. I no longer eat sugar or hydrogenated oils. Yesterday marked my first year as a Vegan. All of my current eating habits have been shaped by research -- and by dialogs like this one. Like others upthread, I am strongly in favor of disseminating information about sugar, hydrogenated oils, GMOs, and the host of other victuals with which corporate megalomaniacs keep us addicted, sedated, and unhealthy.