Pouring on Intrusion
There’s a campaign running in NY with an image of fat pouring out of a beverage bottle with the question, ‘Are you pouring on the pounds’? This ad cost around $277,000.00. All that money during times of high unemployment to tell us what we should or should not drink…sorry but we take the stand that this kind of government intrusion is way out of line.
Gov’t health departments are to watch out for things like food poisening and illness outbreaks, not what we choose as as a beverage or what we put on our dinner tables. Suggestions on what is healthful and what is not are one thing but pushing this campaign simply because they want to tax soda (always follow the money behind something like this) is outrageous.
Some quotes:
“Sugary drinks shouldn’t be a part of our everyday diet,” said New York City Health Commissioner Thomas A. Farley. “Drinking beverages loaded with sugars increases the risk of obesity and associated problems, particularly diabetes but also heart disease, stroke, arthritis and cancer.”
The Health Department advises parents not to serve their kids punch, fruit-flavored drinks or “sports” and “energy” drinks. Most of them are low in nutrients and high in empty calories.
“When people count calories, they too often forget to include the liquid ones, said Cathy Nonas, director of the Health Department’s Physical Activity and Nutrition Programs. “We need to start thinking of the sugar in sweetened drinks as unwanted, wasted calories. These calories provide no nutritional benefits and can lead to weight gain. Water and other zero-calorie beverages are a better choice.” Ref: New Campaign Asks New Yorkers if They’re “Pouring On the Pounds”
And government run health care hasn’t even passed, yet here they are, trying to run our health issues already to justify yet another tax on Americans.
We have personal physicians for this type of thing. Government cannot know our personal health issues and needs like a personal physician can.
Trust your doctor, not your elected official…
