Should we ban junk food?

DOC09UNAM

DOC09UNAM wrote: »

Damn you, making me read articles by posting links, GRRRRR.

Good one though tbh, http://www.30bananasaday.com/profiles/blogs/the-leadville-100-mile

Leadville, great name for a goldrush town.

Kasabian

If any sort of food gets banned in this country I am going to go hungry.

Fish and Chips , burgers and curries are not Junk food, they are a snack between meals.

senordingdong

**** no.

If some stupid **** is actually stupid enough to die from eating (re-read that and think of how stupid it sounds), be it by eating too much or not eating properly, then **** them.

They would have to abnormally stupid to do this and if that's the case, then good riddance, the gene pool could do with some chlorine.

Kitty-kitty

I don't think junk food should be banned but I would like to see some incentives in Ireland for, say, the opposite of the 'king size' bars we see appearing now. Mini mars bars outside of multipacks and pick 'n' mix, and multi-pack size tayto packs. With a lot of people they're eating for the taste, and they'll eat until it's gone, so making smaller portions available would be a good place to start. I loved the 100 calorie packs of pringles in America.

Possibly cracking down on sweets on the very, very high points of the calorie scale (i.e. the new mini caramel eggs out for halloween have 9 mini-egg size chocolate eggs in them. The packet is the size of the palm of your hand, and contains nearly 400 calories. Said packet claims '198 calories' and then in teeny tiny writing 'per 1/2 pack') Or encouraging companies to cut out things like high-fructose corn syrup would be a good idea? But all junk food? Really?

skywalker_208

This threads rediculous.
Junk food isnt bad for you - too much junk food is bad for you.
Everything in moderation as part of a well balanced diet etc etc....

Why should normal people suffer before some people eat too much of it?
Same as the stupid idea of a minimum charge for a unit of alcohol that has been doing the rounds lately. Why should I have to pay more for my alcohol which I drink in moderation just because some clowns drink too much?

Rediculous.... :rolleyes:

starbelgrade

OutlawPete wrote: »

Bullshit.

I lived on a raw vegan diet for over three months a few years back and had well over 25 bananas a day on average.

Indeed, there are many people who live on a raw vegan diet and use bananas as one of their main staples.

http://www.30bananasaday.com/

I ate a raw vegan once. Didn't taste very nice, so I bunged him in the oven on a slow roast for a few hours with some root vegetables & seasoning. Turned out really tasty.

senordingdong

Kitty-kitty wrote: »

I don't think junk food should be banned but I would like to see some incentives in Ireland for, say, the opposite of the 'king size' bars we see appearing now. Mini mars bars outside of multipacks and pick 'n' mix, and multi-pack size tayto packs. With a lot of people they're eating for the taste, and they'll eat until it's gone, so making smaller portions available would be a good place to start. I loved the 100 calorie packs of pringles in America.

Possibly cracking down on sweets on the very, very high points of the calorie scale (i.e. the new mini caramel eggs out for halloween have 9 mini-egg size chocolate eggs in them. The packet is the size of the palm of your hand, and contains nearly 400 calories. Said packet claims '198 calories' and then in teeny tiny writing 'per 1/2 pack') Or encouraging companies to cut out things like high-fructose corn syrup would be a good idea? But all junk food? Really?

No no no no.
Just no.

If a petrol station wants to build its walls with chocolate and fill one of the petrol pumps with caramel. If there is a demand for this then god speed to them.
It is nobodies responsibility but your own to watch what you eat.

The state should ban stupid people.

thebigbiffo

TheUsual wrote: »

I assume the people on here are not so fat they can't leave the house.
Look, life is a choice, drugs, smoking, sugar and fatty food.

These things are nice in moderation (except drugs), the problem happens when you lose control on any of the vices and let them become the reason to live. My opinion is that fat people are a form of slow suicide and are looking for attention. They know they are going to die of organ failure but the attention they get is worth the pain from their point of view.

some drugs are totally fine in moderation same as almost anything considered 'bad for you'...

now that i've my pro-personal freedoms point across i shall leave thread immediately...

*slams door on way out

Pookah

Austerity wrote: »

If we can ban transfats and dangerous drugs why can't we ban junk food?

Have trans-fats been banned?

I thought they were only banned in Denmark and Switzerland.

senordingdong

TheUsual wrote:

These things are nice in moderation (except drugs), the problem happens when you lose control on any of the vices and let them become the reason to live. My opinion is that fat people are a form of slow suicide and are looking for attention. They know they are going to die of organ failure but the attention they get is worth the pain from their point of view.

Except we all know that narcotics, alcohol, caffeine and tobacco are addictive.
Are the fatties trying to tell us that fat is addictive?

And I don't think obeisity is an attention seeking mechanism.

Snowie

I've no problem with fast food its the type of fast food thats made i have a n issue with...

I can cook my dinner in less then 5 minites on a wok if its an asian type food....
That's the same speed as going to get a chipper.
and my dinner will be better for you and nicer.

senordingdong

Snow-Monkey wrote: »

I've no problem with fast food its the type of fast food thats made i have a n issue with...

I can cook my dinner in less then 5 minites on a wok if its an asian type food....
That's the same speed as going to get a chipper.
and my dinner will be better for you and nicer.

Exactly, it's just laziness on most peoples part.

thebigbiffo

trans fats should be banned. a pointless addition to food. apart from that, its not my fault little timmy gorges on KFC, up to his parents to instil a sense of personal responsibility

Pookah

senordingdong wrote: »

Except we all know that narcotics, alcohol, caffeine and tobacco are addictive.
Are the fatties trying to tell us that fat is addictive?

Scientists are saying that fat may be addictive...http://www.news-medical.net/news/20100329/Addiction-to-high-calorie-fat-rich-food-likened-to-cocaine-and-heroin-addiction.aspx

They may be fattie scientists, however.

Snowie

senordingdong wrote: »

Exactly, it's just laziness on most peoples part.

I'd agree, but its also conviant, you gotta remember irish are renowned for there interest in food they eat for substance not for taste.

You go to italy spend a day with a fammily in tuskeney you'le start dinner at 7 and finish at 11 its a soical time to relax enjoy company of friends fammilly and good wine and eat and eat and eat.....:D

over here we stuff are selves stupid and then sit on the couch watching mind bogelling telly.

stovelid

I propose that people who search relentlessly for scapegoat items that waste "my tax money" be banned from the Internet forthwith.

Snowie

stovelid wrote: »

I propose that people who relentlessly for scapegoat items that waste "my tax money" be banned from the Internet forthwith.

2nd

:pac:

Gummy Panda

Snow-Monkey wrote: »

I've no problem with fast food its the type of fast food thats made i have a n issue with...

I can cook my dinner in less then 5 minites on a wok if its an asian type food....
That's the same speed as going to get a chipper.
and my dinner will be better for you and nicer.

Yeah well the chipper tastes nicer!

Dravokivich

Austerity wrote: »

Why should parents be allowed to give their children junk food?
It's illegal for parents to give their children alcohol, but some do anyways. We call those bad parents.

erm no it's not, a parent can provide alcohol to their child once it's consumed within the home, while the parents are present and the child does not get drunk.

Issue only arises if the child gets drunk, it's then considered abuse.

orourkeda

Hell no.

How are you expected to survive with no whopper meals

Snowie

Gummy Panda wrote: »

Yeah well the chipper tastes nicer!

How would you know?

You eat bamboo leaves. :pac:

senordingdong

Snow-Monkey wrote: »

I'd agree, but its also conviant, you gotta remember irish are renowned for there interest in food they eat for substance not for taste.

You go to italy spend a day with a fammily in tuskeney you'le start dinner at 7 and finish at 11 its a soical time to relax enjoy company of friends fammilly and good wine and eat and eat and eat.....:D

over here we stuff are selves stupid and then sit on the couch watching mind bogelling telly.

Sitting on the couch watching telly or sitting at a table talking Italian, how is one worse than the other?

I insist that it's stupidity and laziness that breeds these problems.

themadchef

Remember they put codeine based products behind the counter because "sopme people" were getting addicted and abusing them.

Imagine being quizzed about your Whopper. "Do you really, really need it? Let me check your BMI"

Anyway, the way the economy is going no one will have the price of a bag of chips.

Greyfox

Austerity wrote: »

Because people get chronic diseases when they eat junk food alot is this a reason to ban it? When these people get sick they don't shoulder the full burden of the costs themselves, instead taxpayers are forced to foot the bill.

In many places they have banned transfats because they are considered to dangerous. Several countries have banned the diabetes drug Avandia because of the negative side effects, leading to death in some cases.

If we can ban transfats and dangerous drugs why can't we ban junk food?

I've read many posts on boards over the last few years and find this post to be the silliest, dumbest and most uttery riddiculous pile of sh**e I've had the misfortune to read. Sure while your at it lets ban alcohol, smoking, gambleing, porn and violent films and computer games as all people are not intelligent enough to make their own decisions in life, you will then be on the way to making life not worth living

In the real world junk food is grand and does no harm, just as long as you have a bit of cop on and eat some healty food as well and do a bit of exercise, why should the rest of the world be severly punished for the fact that some people are idiots?

Snakeblood

orourkeda wrote: »

Hell no.

How are you expected to survive with no whopper meals

Big Mac Meals, I assume.

celtic Liger

i reckon more people would protest at the loss of junk food facilities then would at any banking protest.

and people think its only smokes that cause cancer....

jackiebaron

Austerity wrote: »

Yes you should.

Yeah, Prohibition worked really well in the US in the 1920's.

up for anything

This reminds me. Time for lunch. MacDonalds here I come.

krudler

Hell no, I eat well enough during the week, but sometimes you just want a big dirty chinese or kebab, if you're eating those every night then thats your own laziness, learn to cook! dont deprive me of my once a week junk food just cos som tubby fcuker cant work up the energy to cook something nutritious.

up for anything

K-9 wrote: »

Alcohol causes serious problems in Irish society. We should ban it, yeah?

Austerity wrote: »

Yes you should.

Austerity, from this I gather that you are not even in the country so why should you give a damn what we do here apart from the whole loving thy neighbour crack?