Should sugar be regulated?

[Parts]

it would depend on further study as to exactly how harmful it is. But I think the amounts used should be restricted in non-home made products. Sugar in the supermarket should possibly be taxed to artificially raise the prices thereby making it's purchase less enticing.

...or something.

I think the highlight part is an adequate response to your question parts.

So what about the bolded part?

[Kaelyrhn]

That suggestion is not exclusive of my initial assertion. It is dependant on further study. *If* further study bears out the claim then my suggestion could be implemented.

[renaeden]

I put loads of sugar on my cereal this morning.

[Kaelyrhn]

I put loads of sugar on my cereal this morning.

now, but  later

[renaeden]

Oh I am always

[Kaelyrhn]

Don't I know it...

[Parts]

I feel further study by these same people will have similar results.  The government already does more than it needs to regulating peoples lives

[Kaelyrhn]

I feel further study by these same people will have similar results.

That's generally why, to build a scientific consensus, you need to have multiple teams producing the same or similar results.

[Parts]

I feel further study by these same people will have similar results.

That's generally why, to build a scientific consensus, you need to have multiple teams producing the same or similar results.

I am aware of that but that is not how these thing usually play out.  First you get the fear mongering doctor to make a stink and get people worked up.  In this case, sugar, it causes diabetes, obesity and general nastiness according to him we must think of the children.  Now he gets a few like minded colleagues to agree and the worried overprotective parents begin making noise.  The the politicians get wind of it and want to score some point and look like they care and call for hearings and guess who they get to speak at them.  The fact there are hearings to some people would make them feel there is something to the accusations.  Before you dismiss this just look at backmasking and the other evils of rock music that got as far as congressional hearings in the US

[Kaelyrhn]

I still think it's worth further study. Sugar is a highly refined substance far removed from the natural sugars that we find in fruits and such.

[Parts]

You mean like honey

[Kaelyrhn]

I was more thinking of fruit and vegetables. Honey is, itself, kind of refined (albeit by the bees).

[Parts]

You mean fruit?

Many of us have come to believe that eating healthier means eating lots of fruits and vegetables. While fruits and vegetables are much better for you than refined foods like cookies and chips, my experiences and research have led me to believe that too much fruit can be harmful to your health.

Link  I feel that may have to be regulated too

I do not think the government should be regulating peoples lives as much as they do now let alone giving them more power over them.

[Kaelyrhn]

Too much of anything is harmful...It's all about degrees

[Parts]

Then why must things be regulated let people regulate themselves