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Now Coke using Stevia ( seems natural ) or marketing strategy....not sure if it side effects on long term for normal people and diabetics 

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I think how ppl interpret the message is incorrect. Too much focus on sugar alone. It's just one of the many factors affecting your health. What you are avoiding is just a group of drinks. What about other beverages like milo, coffee or tea? What about the amount of sugar in food? I notice sgporeans like to take chilli. Chilli on its own taste bitter, how much sugar is added to make it sweet? Many table spoons of sugar no less.

Too much sugar intake will not directly lead to type 2 diabetes. For obese ppl they are at a higher risk of getting type 2 diabetes if they have too much sugar intake in their diet. Any food can cause ppl to become obese, not just sugar. Watching your diet and keeping your weight down to me is a more important focus. All lot food also contains sugar, how to siam them all? Eat grass?

For type 1 diabetes it's the body that cannot produce enough hormone to break down the sugar levels in the blood. It's a disorder that cant be prevented. Can only take medicine long term to balance the blood sugar level in the body. 

Look around us. The retail shops are dying and what is taking over them are F&B outlets. Food and drinks everywhere. Temptations everywhere you go as well. Like I mentioned watching your diet and keeping your weight down thru exercise is a more important focus. 

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Anyway ban on ads is wayang only... remember last time they ban cigarette ads then companies like Dunhill branch into fashion and start advertising their clothes with exact same brand as the cigarette... next u just see Coke ads for the zero/diet drink only lor same same ppl will still pick the one they prefer once the idea planted in their head

Sugar tax is much more likely solution... now just putting some test balloon out there

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On 10/10/2019 at 6:17 PM, Vid said:

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Using this as an example, the manufacturer may be advertising its zero or low sugar content product, BUT as long as its other high sugar content product are still available for purchase (worst, been displayed side by side with the healthier choice variant), no prize for guessing the consumer choice.

I have not bought soft drinks for a long time, but I vividly remembered that when Coke Lite was first launched, it was priced higher than normal coke. Is it still the same now? Even at the same price, it is not going to help much in this war against diabetes. Not that I am in favor of sugar tax, but between this and government providing incentives to encourage manufacturers or consumer to switch to low sugar content SSB, I think the answer is pretty obvious.

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No natural sugar, but artificial sugar is very safe ?

Or 10 years down the road, someone say it's a possible carcinogen. LOL

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On 10/10/2019 at 6:13 PM, Fu11thr0tt1e said:

Banning is not an option.

They will slap a tax instead!

U guys still dunno how they work?

Just like Tobacco. 

Still remember adverts in magazines even in 80s. 

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Also need to ban those calorie-laden coffee drinks from starbucks and cbtl.... My gawd, whip-cream with caramel and with simi laici-pop.... Always scold my wife for buying those expensive drinks for the kids... 

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1 hour ago, Atonchia said:

Just like Tobacco. 

Still remember adverts in magazines even in 80s. 

Car will soon (if not already have) categorized the same as tobacco...

- Both produces smokes
- Both gahmen don't want ppl to use but can't live without it (golden goose)

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On 10/11/2019 at 10:24 AM, Watwheels said:

I think how ppl interpret the message is incorrect. Too much focus on sugar alone. It's just one of the many factors affecting your health. What you are avoiding is just a group of drinks. What about other beverages like milo, coffee or tea? What about the amount of sugar in food? I notice sgporeans like to take chilli. Chilli on its own taste bitter, how much sugar is added to make it sweet? Many table spoons of sugar no less.

Too much sugar intake will not directly lead to type 2 diabetes. For obese ppl they are at a higher risk of getting type 2 diabetes if they have too much sugar intake in their diet. Any food can cause ppl to become obese, not just sugar. Watching your diet and keeping your weight down to me is a more important focus. All lot food also contains sugar, how to siam them all? Eat grass?

For type 1 diabetes it's the body that cannot produce enough hormone to break down the sugar levels in the blood. It's a disorder that cant be prevented. Can only take medicine long term to balance the blood sugar level in the body. 

Look around us. The retail shops are dying and what is taking over them are F&B outlets. Food and drinks everywhere. Temptations everywhere you go as well. Like I mentioned watching your diet and keeping your weight down thru exercise is a more important focus. 

Agreed. Unfortunately, war on sugar is a easy catchy slogan. But it's harder to amend your dietary preferences, say if u like to wake up and eat some fishball noodles to go to work. 
Whereas sweetened drinks is a low lying fruit to target. 

Cut chilli with soya sauce or chilli sauce with lots of sugar. Haha choose your poison.

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12 hours ago, Carbon82 said:

Using this as an example, the manufacturer may be advertising its zero or low sugar content product, BUT as long as its other high sugar content product are still available for purchase (worst, been displayed side by side with the healthier choice variant), no prize for guessing the consumer choice.

I have not bought soft drinks for a long time, but I vividly remembered that when Coke Lite was first launched, it was priced higher than normal coke. Is it still the same now? Even at the same price, it is not going to help much in this war against diabetes. Not that I am in favor of sugar tax, but between this and government providing incentives to encourage manufacturers or consumer to switch to low sugar content SSB, I think the answer is pretty obvious.

I think now low sugar drinks are quite common. I used to find sprite too sweet, but nowadays most sprite is lower sugar type. And ironically i find it quite nice now. 
Low sugar options are same price at Fast food stores. Should be ok bah.

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On 10/11/2019 at 10:15 AM, BanCoe said:

Now Coke using Stevia ( seems natural ) or marketing strategy....not sure if it side effects on long term for normal people and diabetics 

Stevia is just extracted from a plant. So it's "natural" vs came out of a lab. Doesn't mean it can't have side effects as well.
I think just moderate consumption of everything bah.

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3 hours ago, Lala81 said:

Stevia is just extracted from a plant. So it's "natural" vs came out of a lab. Doesn't mean it can't have side effects as well.
I think just moderate consumption of everything bah.

True 

Tobacco, Opium and weed also plant base. 

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3 hours ago, Tjkbeluga said:

Car will soon (if not already have) categorized the same as tobacco...

- Both produces smokes
- Both gahmen don't want ppl to use but can't live without it (golden goose)

Car got tax more than tobacco 

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On 10/10/2019 at 3:05 PM, Tianmo said:

for a moment i thought simi LJ tio banned , or who here tio banned need to start a thread....[laugh][laugh][laugh]

Haha...@radx and me at it again right you must think? But hey... i healthy. 

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title - not all caps

Drinking more soda and juice tied to increased diabetes risk: Study

https://www.asiaone.com/world/drinking-more-soda-and-juice-tied-increased-diabetes-risk-study

NEW YORK - People who increase their consumption of sodas, juices and other sweet drinks over time are more likely than those who don't to develop diabetes, a US study suggests.

Researchers examined over two decades of data from more than 192,000 men and women who worked in nursing or other healthcare jobs.

None of the participants had diabetes at the start of the study; by the end almost 12,000 people had developed the disease.

After accounting for how much people weighed and their overall eating patterns, researchers found that those who increased their total consumption of sugary drinks by a half serving a day over four years were 16% more likely to develop diabetes over the next four-year period.

With the same daily half-serving increase in artificially-sweetened drinks, the odds went up 18%.

"Even though consumption of 100% fruit juices has been considered a healthy alternative to sugar-sweetened beverages because of the vitamins and minerals in fruit juices, they typically contain similar amounts of sugar and calories as sugar-sweetened beverages," said Jean-Philippe Drouin-Chartier, lead author of the study and a nutrition researcher at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston.

The study results "raise concerns about the negative health effects of sugary beverages, regardless of whether the sugar is added or naturally occurring," Drouin-Chartier said by email.

The researchers focused on type 2 diabetes in the study, the most common form of the disease, which is associated with obesity and aging.

They also found that when people replaced sodas, juices and other sugary beverages with other kinds of drinks, their risk of developing diabetes went down.

Replacing one serving a day of sugary drinks with water, coffee or tea, was associated with a 2% to 10% lowering of diabetes risk. The data did not include information about whether people added sugar to their coffee or tea, the study team notes.

The analysis also wasn't designed to prove whether or how drink selections might directly impact the development of diabetes.

It's possible that diet sodas and other artificially-sweetened drinks were tied to higher diabetes risk because people switched to these beverages after they developed diabetes or realised they were on track to get the disease, the study team acknowledges in Diabetes Care.

However, the results should still serve as a reminder that even some sugary drinks that people think of as healthy - like orange juice - can still lead to elevated blood sugar and contribute to the development of diabetes, said Dr. Robert Cohen, a diabetes researcher at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine in Ohio, who wasn't involved in the study.

"Sugary beverages that people might otherwise think of as being healthy provide a load of sugar (sucrose) which gets broken down to glucose and raises blood glucose," Cohen said by email.

"Removing or markedly reducing beverages like fruit juices can have a dramatic effect to improve blood sugar control."

 

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