Sugary beverages like sodas and energy drinks are designed to be hyper-palatable, laden with extravagant amounts of sweeteners to stimulate pleasure centers in the brain.
  • sunzu2@thebrainbin.org
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    2 days ago

    Deff not apples to apples…

    But which one is a public health emergency and which one has bigger lobby?

    • MIDItheKID@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 day ago

      Alcohol is definitely a big public health issue. But if you think that getting rid of it is an option, we tried that once and it didn’t go too well.

      • sunzu2@thebrainbin.org
        11·
        1 day ago

        We ain’t getting rid of sugar either… I am positing that we should be treating sugar like alcohol.

        Policy and socially.