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Why aren’t health warnings on cigarettes expanded to alcohol? (rabble.ca)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/canada@lemmy.ca
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[–] 20 points 3 years ago (3 children)

And sugar. Off topic a bit, but my addiction is sugar and some reminders might make the occasional difference.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    One of the most overlooked influences on overall health and nutrition. Many people are not fully aware of their full intake. A lot of processed foods are 10% or more sugar by weight including breads, yogurts, and cereals. A few grams in everything you eat can really add up to a lot over the day.

    A more noticeable warning label of this food is x% of recomended sugar intake could help, but good luck forcing a corporation to do anything that could reduce sales.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    On US labels it has the percentage of daily intake for added sugars not all sugars. So there is some info on nutrition labels but everyone's 'daily' intake is different and is usually more than on the label.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    I switched from coca cola to tea sweetened with a little honey, and one day I just dropped the honey. Without the coke, I think I've cut about 80% of my sugar intake. Now I drink loads of tea every day and even when we go to a fast food I will skip sugar beverages.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    Just cover every edible product with pictures from medizzy. Problem solved.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (2 children)

    They did that with smoking, I see zero results. I see people looking at those scary pictures and go "huh.." and then light a cigarette to get rid of the anxiety that that image gave them.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    Before I quit I would just put painters tape over the picture so I didn't have to look at it. I didn't want to carry around pictures of diseased body parts all day.

    Exception to this being the one with the droopy cigarette for ED. It was funny.

    Anyway I don't think those warnings influenced my quitting at all, because I avoided looking at them.

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