PROBLEMS WITH SODA IN SCHOOL

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I drink dr pepper and stuff and I dont have diabetes.

I don't mind that they took soda out of schools (besides diet soda of course), I'm just angry that the board at my school decided to take out Gatorade, which lots of athletes at my school need. I don't quite understand how the intermediate school has Gatorade yet the high school doesn't get it. One good thing, however, is that they put in lots of juice in the machines, yet it's very expensive for the amount of juice that they give you. Anyways, I agree that they should take some sodas out of schools because some kids don't really have lots of the self-control to eat things when they've got money right with them and then they see soda, and then they want it very bad. One bad thing on this issue, however, is that it's kind of diminishing the right to choose what you want to eat, since people have the right to bear the consequences of an unhealthy verses a healthy lifestyle; and that people who only eat sweets sparingly don't get their occasional treat that they earned from running 30 miles a week or so (at least for crosscountry/track members).

I think that's the heart of the situation right there. There was no law passed here; this was a voluntary act by the sodamakers. Companies which have been flooding the market for the last few years with juicelike beverages, processed drinks with minimal nutritional benefit that are marketed as healthy alternatives to soda. In smaller containers, for more money. The cola companies have managed to generate a huge amount of hype and public goodwill with this action, which is going to easily double their revenue in schools, and will probably lead to new schools getting more vanding machines and increasing their revenue even more. And while you're buying the juice machines, why not buy the educational materials the soda companies release at the same time? Too, what do you think's gonna happen when students are blocked from drinking a product whose name appears on all their worksheets and handouts?

This isn't going to end diabetes or obesity. It will save no lives. No one dies from the syrup made from corn, they die from the soda AND the red meat AND the monosodium glutamate AND the trans fats AND the caffeine AND the sulfites AND the mercury AND the fluoride AND the microwave ovens AND the cell phones AND the power lines AND the acid rain AND the air pollution, and if you somehow manage to COMPLETELY remove ALL those things from your diet EVERY time you eat, along with the million other things that will kill you, you will become such an ostracized social reject that no one will be able to tolerate your presence, and you will die ten years early because of THAT.

aspiedannie, you do realize that some are NTs and some who aren't have learnt to act NT?

aspiedannie, don't believe everything you read. Trust me on this.
The thing about taking out sodas is stupid. as others have implied, why don't we just completely ban everything bad?
I would push less no bad food, and more lots of exercise. you could potentally eat anything you want, exercise enough, and be fit. Dieting doesn't work, so why bother pushing it? Also, we have the bonus of not getting major companies mad.
Also,

'tresD` recatio sertis yn
Everything in Moderation.

thank god i dont know you in real life.

*scary*

I think that it's probably a good idea that they ban pop in schools, since it's an extremely unhealthy thing if it's overly consumed without excercise, and lots of kids don't get enough excercise as it is nowadays (or compared back in "the day"). Maybe one thing that they could do if kids really wanted pop this much is to let them have pop once a week at school if they get enough excercise, based on the critiquing of a teacher or someone trustworthy. One thing that they're already doing around here is that schools will only be able to sell diet pop at school rather than the non-diet kind with all the sugar in it. But one thing that gets me is why people don't sell pop at school because of too much sugar, yet at my school they sell this Nesquik strawberry milk with nearly twice the amount of sugar in it than a can of pop. Weird. But yes, it is unhealthy to be overweight, and I guess if they have to make pop banned totally at school, it would take something away that lots of people like at school, but at the same time they'd lose some weight, which is almost never too bad.

Still think they're not Aspie, "AspieDannie" ?

Soda in schools is illegal in Virginia, but I don't know anywhere else.

I believe anybody should be able to do anything they want as long as they aren't hurting anybody not just adults {BTW I'm 18}

They recently banned soda, sweetened drinks (see: lemonade, chocolate milk), ice tea, and carbonated water (the Fruit 2O things) from our high school. In fact, beyond skim milk and water, I don't think we can buy anything else.
I'm bringing soda with me. If they ban me from bringing it in, I'll put it in a thermas, bring it in that way. Gosh darn it, I chose what I drink, and it's not going to be water. (Skim milk makes me sick.)

AspieDannie, if you're referring to the whole diet-coke-gives-you-cancer, it's not true. Yes soda can make you fat, but that's because everyone's forgotten what exercise and moderation is. I drink soda, and I exercise, and I'm not fat. I don't plan on it anytime soon either.
The fact is, soda can make you obese if you sit around all day and drink it. So can ice cream, and candy, and fast food. But another fact is, if you exercise - if you get up and run a mile everyday or bike or do something like that - (and don't eat tons of fattening food/sugary drinks) you won't get obese.



Off topic though it is, I happen to be a really good liar. ::shrug::

Are you folks still off barking on the scent of "AspieDannie's" red herring? Surly the point he actually intended to demonstrate by his prank, and then later explained, is far more interesting.

If I offended you, I apologize. I don't see his "red herring".

I refer you to "AspieDannie's" last post to this topic.

I see it, but in it, he still says:



(Edited to get exact quote.)

In what context does he say this?