Dr. Mercola July 26 2008 43,618 views
Ah, Swami, one of my favorite films. Thanks for the Nostalgia Moment!
Once again I am reminded of the movie Idiocracy...they watered crops with a gatorade type product and couldn't figure out why nothing would grow.
That was the BEST movie!!!! It's the first thing I thought of when reading the above article.... It's in my top 50 movies ever...
but seriously, it is up to us "the citizens of the planet" to make our own decisions about what we eat and drink...
It's a RESPONSIBILITY that impacts not only our temporary physical body, but also the health care industry and the economy in general.
When I grew up (not THAT long ago), in our house, Cola was a TREAT and meat and potatoes were staples... we had fresh veggies because we GREW them and a dunkin donut was had twice a year because you made a morning trip somewhere near "the highway".... No one in my family was overweight or sick EVER...
Things are different now for all of us... but these are still the rules in my life...
I eat 3 out of 5 meals in restaurants...I order responsibly and sensibly. I owe it to my body and to the world.
BUT!!! I want to have the RIGHT to decide for myself what I eat and don't eat... and I want companies to have the RIGHT to do business where ever they find it favorable.... This is the American way..... Those of us who don't want sugary drinks don't have to buy them!!!!!!!!!!!
I spent 5 weeks traveling in England and France recently (for business) and I would have KILLED for a Dunkin Decaf coffee (which I buy and brew at home every day)... and also trying to find a pharmacy that had Q-tips was IMPOSSIBLE!!!! The selection and variety was unbelievably low or totally unavailable!!! The "supermarket" had a security gate and a cart the size of my bathroom sink..
It was like life HERE in 1910...
I am personally THRILLED to be an American and have all that is available here... I vote with my MONEY... and lead a balanced life (no rice cakes for me) I would like, for all people to have the CHOICES that I do...
SpartyOn, "Idiocracy" was an amazingly stupid movie and I laughed all the way through it. I was actually helping make a fan film in the next hanger to where a lot of it was made, pretty neat summer if you don't mind an old aircraft hanger in July that was about 115 degrees.
I drink a lot of water but am still finding it hard to say NO to soda's some of the time. Argh. Sometimes I think quitting smoking was orders of magnitude easier than quitting sugars.
Why do we (Americans) always worry about, and stick our nose into, other countries business. Is it because we cant even solve our own problems? Is it easier to ignore the millions of American who are overweight and have diabetes due to the poor nutritional regulations in OUR OWN country that we give up and focus on other countries concerns? Lets work on cleaning up our own food supply, additives, chemicals and GOD only knows what other toxins and then we can police the rest of the world.
This is truly sad and ironic since the kola nut, a main ingredient of the original Coca Cola formula, used to be used as currency in Africa. My, how things have come around.
People DO find pleasure in drinking Coke here and that's the problem. I live in Uganda and sometimes people will buy their guests a Coke instead of buying food for their own family! We have a friend here who just found out she has diabetes - wonder where it came from? No, I'm sure that mother who lost her children is not wondering if Coke will lead to diabetes - she does have other things to think about. But what about the millions who are suffering from health problems? Those FAR exceed the ones who have aids, been raped, or been taken by the rebels. And they have NO IDEA where their health problems come from! So maybe it's not so wise to let them take pleasure in drinking a Coke... And by the way, this is not a God-forsaken continent. These people forsook GOD and He wants them back!
So nice to hear from someone IN Africa....
Amen to that! And your reply could not have been better!