There are so many really important issues in this world to look after without taxing or controlling sugar by government agencies. That is the latest story today. When is the government going to take a hands-off approach to messing in the personal lives of people. Isn't up to the individual to decide how they are going to live their life?
The world produced about 168 million tonnes of sugar in 2011. Just think of the people it employed, the farming, the production, the transportation, the economy and everything else related to sugar. Think of the cupcakes, the bakeries, the many foods that have sugar in it that you don't even know about.
Okay, so those are the facts about it in the nutshell as far as its production but what about the health effects. Some studies involving the health impact of sugars are effectively inconclusive. Most of the studies do not use a population who are not consuming "free sugars" at all and the baseline is effectively flawed. Some of the dietary dangers of sugar have been overblown. Many studies have now debunked the idea that is causes hyeractivity for example.
You must have heard that sugar causes obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer disease, macular degeneration and tooth decay. I am wondering if it isn't more simple. Eating excessive amounts of sugar can lead to obesity. That is easy to believe but eating excessive amounts of meat, butter, high-fat dairy products, and other fats equally contribute to obesity. Obesity causes a lot of these diseases. Diabetics have to watch their carbohydrate intake as well since that turns to sugar. Maybe the government will regulate and tax carbohydrates... or meat, high-fat dairy products and the like, as well.
Whether we are counting calories or Weight Watchers points or just monitoring ourselves in our own way to keep weight under control, it belongs to the individual and not anybody else to regulate. They can educate and promote and that is all well and good but don't tell me I can't eat sweets. I know in myself I have to control it but isn't it the same for everything else in life like how much we sleep, exercise, work and everything else we do? It is up to us to control the clutter in our lives whether it be anxiety, the mess on your desk, time management, noxious people, or what and when we eat. As Jon Bon Jovi sings "It's my life.." and he sure has a point. The regulators should check in on their own kitchens, desks, homes, children and keep their nose in their own business. I wish they would take the attitude that it isn't my pig and it isn't my farm and there are more important things to focus on.
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