<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for USDA food-desert report points to need for a soda tax]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by Lilola http://www.grist.org/article/usda-food-desert-report-points-to-need-for-a-soda-tax/ Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:45:44 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/usda-food-desert-report-points-to-need-for-a-soda-tax/1 I cannot believe you did an entire article on sugary foods, sodas and the effect on obesity in the US over the past 2 decades without once mentioning high fructose corn syrup.

Beginning the same year that the widespread use of HFCS began on the major markets, obesity rates began to climb along with juvenile and adult onset diabetes. I am just mind-boggled that you never mention this in your article. There is a lot of political pressure from growers and HFCS manufacturers to try to keep this information out of major media- but there is no way it can be avoided at this point. We're drowning in high fructose corn syrup.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2004/02/18/FDGS24VKMH1.DTL

And worse now a new study linking mercury with HFCS.Mercury in high-fructose corn syrup

http://blogs.consumerreports.org/health/2009/01/mercury-in-highfructose-corn-syrup-what-it-means-for-you.html

We recently reported on two new studies that investigated potential mercury contamination in high-fructose corn syrup, a sweetener commonly used in ready-to-eat foods. We’ve been working with our senior scientists to figure out what these findings mean for consumers.

 

]]> I cannot believe you did an entire article on sugary foods, sodas and the effect on obesity in the US over the past 2 decades without once mentioning high fructose corn syrup.

Beginning the same year that the widespread use of HFCS began on the major markets, obesity rates began to climb along with juvenile and adult onset diabetes. I am just mind-boggled that you never mention this in your article. There is a lot of political pressure from growers and HFCS manufacturers to try to keep this information out of major media- but there is no way it can be avoided at this point. We're drowning in high fructose corn syrup.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2004/02/18/FDGS24VKMH1.DTL

And worse now a new study linking mercury with HFCS.Mercury in high-fructose corn syrup

http://blogs.consumerreports.org/health/2009/01/mercury-in-highfructose-corn-syrup-what-it-means-for-you.html

We recently reported on two new studies that investigated potential mercury contamination in high-fructose corn syrup, a sweetener commonly used in ready-to-eat foods. We’ve been working with our senior scientists to figure out what these findings mean for consumers.

 

]]> Comment #2 by BookMama http://www.grist.org/article/usda-food-desert-report-points-to-need-for-a-soda-tax/ Sat, 27 Jun 2009 11:15:28 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/usda-food-desert-report-points-to-need-for-a-soda-tax/2 Comment #3 by Jason Bade http://www.grist.org/article/usda-food-desert-report-points-to-need-for-a-soda-tax/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:45:16 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/usda-food-desert-report-points-to-need-for-a-soda-tax/3 Comment #4 by edibleflower http://www.grist.org/article/usda-food-desert-report-points-to-need-for-a-soda-tax/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:37:34 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/usda-food-desert-report-points-to-need-for-a-soda-tax/4 USDA food-desert report points to need for a soda tax - 

 

did no one else notice the spelling error - unless you are referring to our sweet empty calorie consumptions as dry, arid land.

It's just desserts!

 

 

]]> USDA food-desert report points to need for a soda tax - 

 

did no one else notice the spelling error - unless you are referring to our sweet empty calorie consumptions as dry, arid land.

It's just desserts!

 

 

]]> Comment #5 by TomI http://www.grist.org/article/usda-food-desert-report-points-to-need-for-a-soda-tax/ Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:59:37 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/usda-food-desert-report-points-to-need-for-a-soda-tax/5 Instead of initiating a new tax, how about ending the subsidies that artificially lower the cost of junk food?

]]> Instead of initiating a new tax, how about ending the subsidies that artificially lower the cost of junk food?

]]> Comment #6 by TomI http://www.grist.org/article/usda-food-desert-report-points-to-need-for-a-soda-tax/ Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:00:55 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/usda-food-desert-report-points-to-need-for-a-soda-tax/6 No spelling error. It's supposed to be "desert" as explained in first paragraph: "Food deserts are areas where residents lack access to supermarkets and other outlets selling a broad, range of healthy food."

]]> No spelling error. It's supposed to be "desert" as explained in first paragraph: "Food deserts are areas where residents lack access to supermarkets and other outlets selling a broad, range of healthy food."

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