This is one of the few things this mexican government has done right. I think this was copied from Chile, and should be copied in many countries including the U.S. F*ck those greedy obese factories.
If I’m seeing this right and the Mexican labels are just either-or “excessive” labels then check out the way the UK does it – the green/orange/red colouring makes it easy to tell how horrible something is at a glance
No, in the US every consumer is meant to be their own health expert. It doesn’t make any sense, but its the easiest way to keep feeding us unhealthy garbage for cheap
I work with companies in the health care space globally. The percentage of their profits that come from the US business versus others is just astonishing.
When you do a half assed public insurance option, you get a shitty result - terrible care, at quadruple the price. We need true single payer and more importantly, single system costs negotiator.
For anyone who just wants to know what component: they want to drop the influenza B/Yamagata variant of the flu virus since it appears to have gone extinct in the wild.
And it didn't just go extinct by luck. It's a good case study of how to control and/or eliminate a virus (e.g. COVID):
"The rapid and global implementation of social distancing measures, masking, and the profound early reduction in international travel resulted in a substantial reduction in flu transmission."
I was all in for social distancing and so on for the time when covid was new and we didn’t have vaccines etc., but it also did a lot of damage to young people, me somewhat included. That idea has a good intention, but it will do more damage in other sectors than it does good in that sector.
These seem like skills that can easily be caught up on. I would be worried more about the social anxiety the isolation brought to children in early puberty. It’s heartbreaking to see them like that.
Much as I agree that more could and should have been done, I don’t think there is any way to contain this particular coronavirus (unlike the original SARS, which did go extinct from similar measures). SARS-CoV-2 transmits readily between people and animals. It would be impossible to avoid transmitting it to pets and farm animals, and from there impossible to avoid transmitting it to wild animals, and back again.
We absolutely can slow it down to avoid healthcare systems collapsing under the strain but I don’t think it is possible to eliminate it and there probably never was a time when that was realistic, given how infectious it is and how many people are infectious but asymptomatic for at least a day or two if not longer.
The only reasonable way to mitigate the risk in the long-term is proper ventilation/filtration in all enclosed public spaces, schools and workplaces. Plus ongoing six-monthly vaccinations at least until a vaccine which provides durable immunity is developed.
Now, U.S. regulators are considering a similar policy, because they say it will help consumers make healthier decisions. The details haven’t been ironed out yet — the Food and Drug Administration just announced it is studying the idea. The reforms seem likely to be more modest; the FDA already appears to have rejected the stark, stop-sign-like warnings on Mexican packages and hasn’t mentioned banning mascots. But advocates in both Mexico and the United States say that U.S. regulators should prepare for a years-long political fight.
Isn’t the daily amount like 0 you need? So Infinity % for any added amount?
This is actually an honest question, because you can easily cover your daily needs with other carbs and even those are technically not necessarily as it can be metabolized by fat in your body, but no point in bending the truth here. The body needs sugar one way or the other, but none of them are processed sugars and should probably come from rice, potatoes or bread instead.
“% daily value” is supposedly something like “percent recommended daily value” and it’s a bizarre balance between minimum to avoid deficiencies and maximum to avoid overdose as determined by a board of corporate employees with no training in medicine, diet, or nutrition
so, while there’s no minimum for “total sugars”, most who are actually trained in diet and nutrition seem to agree you really shouldn’t be going over 25–30g total sugars …
FDA does provide a daily value for “added sugars” – 100% daily value is 50g (10-ish teaspoons) which sounds a little excessive to me …
Keep in mind that modern fruits have almost nothing to do with natural fruit, they have been selected for a higher sugar content and other things. Fruits themselves aren’t healthy, they are more like candy, just not quite as bad.
Maybe, kinda. You have to eat them in moderation like anything. They at least provide other useful nutrients.
In my opinion fruits are slightly more beneficial than bread, pasta or potatoes which do not contain as much sugar, but more of other carbs which are in my opinion not much better.
So I see your point, but I don’t think they are as bad.
Potatoes are very low glycemic index* and have potassium, fiber, B6, and an alright amount of protein. I will fight for potatoes.
Edit: preparation matters, just mashed potatoes are super high glycemic index, but boiled waxy potatoes with the skins on alongside a protein is at the top edge of low or medium glycemic index. I will still fight for potatoes, but they probably need to be a side dish if you are looking out for your blood sugar.
Sorry, but aren’t potatoes even worse than white bread and sugar regarding the glycemic index? According to google they have scores between 80 and 90 on average while sugar (sucrose) has a score of 68.
I guess starch is really bad. I wasn’t aware it has such a high impact.
Don’t get me wrong they are not terrible in a balanced diet, but I don’t believe they have any real benefits either. Besides they are tasty which is honestly a good reason to like foods.
Exactly right. The four foods that endocrinologists tells diabetics not to eat commonly or much of are potatoes, corn, sweet potatoes, and beets. That’s on top of all the obvious items, like sugary confections, cakes, pies, etc.
I think the difference is the kind of potatoes, because they were recommended to a friend by her doctor to treat her prediabetes, but now I’ve just googled them and found what you found. Boiled waxy potatoes with the skin on are the most common home preparation here in Germany, which brings the glycemic index down to 59, according to tufts
the Food and Drug Administration just announced it is studying the idea.
Translation: They are bombarded by the food industry to let this idea go, STAT! They probably don't have time for a (healthy) lunch because lobbyists are sitting on their laps from sunrise to sundown, dictating their version of the law.
Of all the billionaires who do exist Bill and Melinda would probably agree with you. Bill has been pretty clear that he always played the game to win but he’s also stated he intends to give it all away and he’s openly recruiting other billionaires to give it all away as well.
I suppose evil billionaires could give it away to make the world a worse plCe, say by developing something like sharks with lasers on their heads, But again in these guys case they’re giving it away to help eliminate malaria around the world.
If all billionaires were like Bill and the Melinda I suppose the world would be a significantly better place.
Bill Gates puts ridiculous conditions on the money he gives, usually so that they benefit him in some way.
If you want to tout a billionaire as a person to laud, then look to Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife, MacKenzie Scott, who really is giving it away and with no strings attached.
Bill Gates ruined lives as he cheated, lied, and stole his way to the top. I actually do respect a lot of the work he has done in his later years but let’s not forget the monster he was and how his terrible treatment of others created that wealth. They weren’t called the Pirates of Silicon Valley for nothing.
Ultimately that money shouldn’t be in his hands anyway. It should be in the hands of the government, which makes it accountable to us via the representatives we vote in. We as society should dictate where these things go, not a few individuals controlling a disproportionate amount of wealth they did not even earn. He could wake up tomorrow and say “you know what? Trump is right and I think vaccines are bullshit” and there’s nothing we can do about it. Billions of dollars would potentially flood Trump and anti-vaccine movements. All because one person didn’t have his cup of coffee or slept poorly the night before after reading the wrong YouTube comment.
Take a look at how Musk operates. Dude throws tantrums worth millions on the regular. He bought Twitter at least partially out of spite ffs.
I don’t really care the political affiliations of our oligarch overlords even if for the moment they align with mine. Having enough money to sway the country noticeably at the polls is scary af
Unless you want literally anything kids might enjoy to be in a non-descript white box with black text, I think that’s overdoing it. Appealing literally includes having a picture of the product. And heck, even the name of the product can make it more appealing.
Somehow you have more money for Israel, bailing out banks, covering police with pension, spending on stadiums, buying lavish gifts for SC Judges, and PPP loans but not enough to pay your citizens who built your country and shoulder it everyday?
We wipe out other forms of life all the time, be it by accident, wilfull neglicence or malice. Why not bacteria/viruses. Gotta have some good with the bad, right?
It’s a plant. Plants should be legal to grow. Maybe sometimes you will have to take steps if you want to grow it and it’s an invasive plant, but it’s still a fucking plant.
I use cannabis medicinally, and it’s true that I would prefer to vaporize it (I don’t smoke) when I use it than take some sort of pill. Because it gives me very fast pain relief. I’m sure if inhaling ibuprofen worked much faster than taking a pill, people would do that too.
I also smoke it (I don’t vaporize) medicinally for my leg and I can go from “literally can’t stand up” to “pretty much fine” in like 4 tokes, it’s amazing 👍
But one of the side effects I’ve been experiencing lately is that I’m always having a great time, which some people really seem to have a problem with 🤔 I can’t figure it out.
I can’t help but say commodity cannabis ruined weed though. Dudes should be growing it in their back yards and sharing it freely with their dawgs, not paying $300 an ounce at a dispensary that feels like the DMV. The cannabis industry MUST be deregulated.
We can only grow in Illinois with a valid medical card, otherwise it’s a $200 ticket. The police union fought back when they wanted to let everyone grow.
I would hope that would also be changed with federal legalization. Getting the FDA involved shouldn’t be a roadblock to that. The FDA doesn’t get involved when you grow your own vegetables.
In seriousness backyard product does have risks, but so does dispensary stuff. A lot of these labs just rubber stamp stuff. I’ve read exposés on the cannabis industry that read like Upton Sinclair.
Our supply is kept artificially low by overregulation. You need something like a million dollars in liquid money to get the permits to grow commercially and they only give out a handful of licenses per year, ensuring that the rich get richer and everyone else gets fleeced. Still better than Iowa where “any amount” leads to jail time.
That blows. I’ve heard some people complain similarly here, but the bar seems at least somewhat lower.
I’m just thrilled I can go to a store with posted hours, rather than calling a guy who says to come to his house and then isn’t there, tells you to wait for him, and two hours later finally shows up to tell you he doesn’t have anything for you.
(Not that this was my normal experience, but it happened enough to make me despise most dealers.)
Is Michigan one of the states that they can’t ship hemp to? I didn’t think it was on the list. Eight horses hemp, flow gardens, hoku seed company… There’s a ton of legal weed out there that’s very reasonably priced.
Here it’s like $100-140/oz, but quality fell massively after legalization. Like, really, genuinely, the worst chronic from before legalization is better than all but the best after.
they suffered in the Chilean market when the labels were introduced about 5 years ago… so it’s no surprise they are going to war. in stead of … you know, making healthier food
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