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<blockquote data-quote="tonyexpress" data-source="post: 4982734" data-attributes="member: 1940">Glib posts at someone else&#039;s demise say a lot about one&#039;s character. <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/FeltTip/confused.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":confused2:" title="Confused&nbsp; &nbsp; :confused2:" data-shortname=":confused2:" /> Maybe the focus should be on better health and not stupid mandates!<h3><a href="https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/926613" target="_blank">Reducing sugar in packaged foods can prevent disease in millions</a></h3>A new health and economic model clearly shows why it’s imperative that food manufacturers reduce the amount of added sugar in their products.BOSTON – Cutting 20% of sugar from packaged foods and 40% from beverages could prevent 2.48 million cardiovascular disease events (such as strokes, heart attacks, cardiac arrests), 490,000 cardiovascular deaths, and 750,000 diabetes cases in the U.S. over the lifetime of the adult population, reports a study published in Circulation.Consuming sugary foods and beverages is strongly linked to obesity and diseases such as type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of mortality in the U.S.&nbsp; More than two in five American adults are obese, one in two have diabetes or prediabetes, and nearly one in two have cardiovascular disease, with those from lower-income groups being disproportionately burdened.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="tonyexpress, post: 4982734, member: 1940"] Glib posts at someone else's demise say a lot about one's character. :confused2: Maybe the focus should be on better health and not stupid mandates! [HEADING=2][URL='https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/926613']Reducing sugar in packaged foods can prevent disease in millions[/URL][/HEADING] A new health and economic model clearly shows why it’s imperative that food manufacturers reduce the amount of added sugar in their products. [B]BOSTON –[/B] Cutting 20% of sugar from packaged foods and 40% from beverages [B]could prevent 2.48 million cardiovascular disease events (such as strokes, heart attacks, cardiac arrests), 490,000 cardiovascular deaths, and 750,000 diabetes cases in the U.S.[/B] over the lifetime of the adult population, reports a study published in Circulation. [B]Consuming sugary foods and beverages is strongly linked to obesity and diseases such as type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease, [SIZE=6]the leading cause of mortality in the U.S[/SIZE][/B]. More than two in five American adults are obese, one in two have diabetes or prediabetes, and nearly one in two have cardiovascular disease, with those from lower-income groups being disproportionately burdened. [/QUOTE]

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