Will the words “WARNING: NOT APPROVED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION” cause you to rethink your food choices?

[Chazmatazz269]

https://youtu.be/0WuykkZTkX8?si=mA-XFCvhiJwhlhzY

Texas is leading the charge! Processed foods will now be required to have labels warning that they contain ingredients that have been restricted in other countries.
Unfortunately, it seems that a lot of US citizens feel that their primary freedom is to kill themselves however they see fit. Generally i would agree. However, when your terrible choices impact the cost of my health insurance and my healthcare, then you’re infringing upon my rights. That is where your rights end, in my opinion.
Millions of people still smoke and drink despite warnings on those products. So i don’t think the warning is going to have the impact that it should.
Will such a warning cause you to rethink your food choices? Or do you feel that it’s your right to kill yourself and add to the already egregious costs of health insurance and healthcare for the rest of us?

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[cherrytreeblossom]

unfortunately, you've got that backwards:

it's government forced healthcare related fees (taxation) that infringe upon our freedoms, not people trying their very best to live their lives according to their own best judgement.

sugar is unhealthy, yet plenty of people couldnt imagine life without it and would essentially all but stop eating anything bar the naturally least offensive foods like those big, thick and watery cucumbers that taste like nothing, which are some of the least nutitious out there or plain bread with butter and lose any kind of motivation to come home for a nice and tasty meal or to get up and have a bit to eat before going to work and will perform worse bc of it (proven)

alcohol is a poison used as a disinfectant that kills 99% of all germs. you think partying will be the same without it? you think nice candle lit dinners will be the same without wine? you really think just striking out alcohol from our diets will have no impact on people's lives whatsoever? haven't you learnt from prohibition?

all this said, it is true though that some people are plain stupid and informing them with warning labels isn't a particularly big infringement on anyone's rights. the question is what the limits shall be as mandated by the government? there's sth bad in everything, even pure h2o is unhealthy bc of its utter lack of minerals. but once there are minerals inside, there's always a minute amount of heavy metals and even uranium inside. sure, it's in the ppb or even in the ppt, but there's still some inside. so will we plaster these warnings everywhere? that'd be stupid.

the only solution is to let the companies decide what they warn against and what they do not. at some point people will know that some companies try to hide things from you and produce trash like nestle and then there are companies that try their very best to bring you the best of all products and will still put warning labels on their stuff like if the same factory also processed nuts or other allergens in another part. to me, brand names are everything. everyone knows that apple develops slowly, but then releases huge, groundbreaking things every now and again. if you see them release sth new every month, you know it's bs. but their actual huge contributions to the world are absolutely worth the massive price tags their products carry. meanwhile certain fashion companies produce cheap garbage with a big price tag bc their brand is on it and their brand stands for high prices, so people will think you're rich, eventhough you buy garbage. then there are things like nonprofits, which are the same as normal companies in all but name, just with a different gimmick. and so on.

[Chazmatazz269]

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[purplepoppy]

If they have ingredients not approved for human consumption then why are they legally being allowed to be sold as food?

Of course there'll be a push to deregulate, food manufacturers will demand the government downgrades the additives toxicity status or dismisses the science of other countries.

[Chazmatazz269]

YAY, CAPITALISM!!!

[exitseven]

years ago it was found that breakfast cereal had no nutritional value. Mothers across the country were horrified and swore that they would never serve their kids cereal again. After they found out how much extra work it is to cook a nutritional breakfast every day cereal sales went back to normal.

The same thing will happen here

[Chazmatazz269]

I remember that. It wasn’t “no nutritional value”, but very little.
The USDA determined that the carbohydrates content was very high and not much else of value. So the cereal manufacturers cut the sugar and started “enriching” their children’s cereals vitamins and mineral additives.

[exitseven]

Thanks for the MHO😎

[WindAtMyBack]

It's a start. Although it started several years ago when that kind of "food" could no longer be purchased with food stamps - I guess it's called WIC now. I used to see people buying all kinds of garbage with food stamps.

Next step is to throw a hefty tax on things like Coke and deadly "food".

[lightbulb27]

FANTASTIC!!! I don't eat that crap but others do. EVIDENCE this govt is better than the others whom addict and make people sick for profit. WAKE UP AMERICACA!!

You'll never see carrots and spinach advertised during the superbowl. not until Vance takes it over...

[Dargil]

When the list of the ingredients and some of these foods is longer than first timothy, it's probably time not to buy them. Some of these foods have so many preservatives, but you might not decompose when you die. You are already enbalmed. Glory be to Spam.

[Zack-Bann]

Either sell it or ban it
It’s absurd to sell things with a label “it will kill you, don’t buy it”


Healthy choices are ultimately just that.
Choices


I agree that it’s unfair to carry the burden of other people’s bad choices through health care
But it’s another issue I have the whole concept of health care itself.

[FreyaRed]

The worst thing. It's not even because of greed, than healthy ingredients aren't often more expensive, it's just fucking malevolence to poison people

[AviatorTom]

It won't affect me at all.

If we want to be completely real, from the moment we are born, we start to die. Eating food is really just one step on the road to death. I know this sounds dark, but it's reality

[DonaldDarko]

It won't affect a thing because people know it's politicized. I don't feel that someone else doing what they want is a violation of my rights. I don't believe they should get some kind of mark on their social credit score or something because of doing what they want. I believe in freedom. If these ingredients are so dangerous, ban them like those other countries did.

[Chazmatazz269]

Attempts have been made, but were ultimately unsuccessful. This act may be overturned as well. Corporations have a stranglehold on the US. They have too much money and can tie these government agencies up in court costing us millions to defend their filthy business models.

[DonaldDarko]

Mangione had a point.

[Chazmatazz269]

Sure, but there was a way to go about it that didn’t defy the law in every meaningful way.

[DonaldDarko]

I think a large organization that would buy shares and take over these companies to redirect or destroy them might work.

[Agape93]

Nope. I've eaten food at jail a few times, and that shit is literally labeled as not fit for human consumption.

[Pohjolan]

They should just make one state adhere to REACH regulations and see if the people become less crazy over a few decades.

[CuriousMufuxka]

Of course not! I seen the ridiculous prices before the giant do not eat sign.

[Chazmatazz269]

I defy you to produce evidence that the countries that have regulated the targeted ingredients are spending MORE than the US on food production and processing.

[Chazmatazz269]

Then you shouldn’t have bothered to respond, dumbf*ck.
Come back with more ignorant nonsense, *sshole. I dare you.

[Chazmatazz269]

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Try making a sensible argument without cussing and hurling insults, f*ckwit! 🤣🤣🤣

[Chazmatazz269]

Make a reasonable reply without resorting to insults and vulgarity, clown. Project your own shame all you like.

[Chazmatazz269]

Keep going, joker! You aren’t nearly as entitled as you think! 🤣🤣🤣

[Chazmatazz269]

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Only one of us refuses to offer meaningful resources to support their argument and it’s not me.
100% you have done nothing but make vacant claims and resort to vulgarity and insults. Do better or f*ck off, clown.🤡 🤡🤡

[Chazmatazz269]

Ever get tired of losing, loser?
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[Chazmatazz269]

I get out, bot. You’re still projecting.

[Chazmatazz269]

You have no value, troll. Get over it.

[Chazmatazz269]

You’re garbage. Your self deletion is inevitable. Just get it over with. Nobody will miss you, troll. Your only purpose is to ruin other people’s lives.