No supstitutes follow up

I wish to make this as a followup on the post about using natural things in food. The reason why is simple. Over the course of a few conversations, or I should say arguments, with some of my friends I decided to post this. The argument was that by forcing soda companies to switch to real sugar soda companies would loose money, because some people prefer the taste of high fructose corn syrup, and that just because its better for you. I think that people likeing the taste better is a load of crap since real sugar taste about the same, only in my opinion just a bit better, not super noticiable. But they did make a good point other than that. I said that soda companies should be forced. Being a conservitive I made myself sound a bit like a liberal. Though I do beleleive that over time using real sugar should be required right now is not the time.

Rather my belief is to change it over a course of time.. I think we should encourage soda companies to start making the change, and as the taste to the American people evolve then over time everyone will just accept it as normal. I think thats and idea that anyone can agree with.

With that said I managed to buy a little bag of candy that much to M&M's, but better. Using real sugar, no preservatives, no hydrogenates, no GMO's, and no artificial at all. Not even coloring. After tasting it I was really impressed. It taste a bit different, but a good different. A little kid wouldn't even notice. That being said here's the site. Check it out. I think new companies doing this is a great idea.

http://getunreal.com/

This is too funny

The original video was taken of years ago, but this guy did us all favor, and put some funny captions with this video. The guy talking in the video is just to funny, and by funny I mean pathetic. Enjoy it and have a good laugh.

Leave it to Michael Moore

Can I just say how big of an ass Michael Moore is. I get the idea of showing horrors to help people understand the terrible things that happen, and need to be prevented, but use the gruesome shot up photos of the Sandy Hook shooting victims to demonize the NRA is just a ass a nine, and futile below the belt move that will only convince those ignorant enough to believe it. Which sadly is a lot of people. Its like posting pictures of fat starving African children and saying donate your money to save these kids, when the charity your donating to goes strait to the war lords that help cause the problem in the first place. I hate school shootings just as much as anyone else, but the NRA is not the problem. But that is a post for another time. What grinds my gears is the fact that he would do such a disrespectful thing in the place. I can't even image how those parents feel after hearing about those pictures of their dead children were posted on a blog for political gain. Dishonorable, and disgraceful. Sometimes people take their first amendment rights just a little to far.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/03/15/newtown-parents-residents-blast-moore-crime-scene-photo-proposal/

Violent crimes in 2011

http://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/fbi-releases-2011-crime-statistics

The fallowing is an FBI report with information on the amount of crimes in 2011 declining in a fifth conservative year. Meaning during the time we weren't having so many gun laws being shoved in our faces we were having low murder rates and such. This is brought up directly from the FBI itself.

Hold the substitutes please.

It's made some heads spin. From what I've heard New York is planning on making a law that makes it so you cant buy any soda over 16oz for health reasons, and such. Is this stupid? Yes, but I do understand their reasoning. Soda is a major cause of obesity, diabetes, and heart disease. So controlling amounts would be good right? Well if you want your life to be treated like a dictatorship in a little way then yes. Though I have a better solution for the health dalema. One that would just be all around better.

Instead of reducing the amount that can be sold, in which that will do little to nothing in the case of consumption, just make the soda healthier in the first place. Now of course soda is not really healthy in general, but it can be improved. How might you ask? By not using disgusting high fructose corn syrup, and using real cane sugar; that's how. Studies have shown that high fructose corn syrup, and other sugars substitutes like glucose, and sucrose have been know to cause diabetes, heart disease, and obesity at a much more substantial rate than good old natural can sugar. The only reason that soda companies and such dont use cane sugar is because it would cost them too much money. I call that bull though because I can buy a 20ozer of Mountain Dew Throwback, which uses can sugar by the way, for the same price as a normal Mountain Dew. That being said I still drink soda with high fructose syrup in it, but I have reduced my intake greatly.

It's not just high fructose corn syrup either either. Fried foods should not use hydrogenated oils, Diet sodas should use things like stevia instead of aspartame that is actually worse for you than high fructose corn syrup. Fast food could be in some cases maybe even good for you if they used natural ingredients. The same for all the other processed food we eat. So my solution to the problem is not to ban it all, but to make those companies comply to healthier food standards. Even if it would cost more it wouldn't be that much, and your health is a bit more important anyways.

All in all we need to control our sugar, and fat intake, but its a little hard when almost everything we eat in this wonderful country is practically just sugar and fat. We can all live healthy, but hell the major food companies are sure making it hard. I'm against too much government regulation in things, but wont hurt us. The United States already has food controls such as the meat inspection act, so just making it law not to use high fructose corn syrup and such is just a promotion offer, and a chance for out nation to do some actual good for the people.