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I am only in favour of a sugar tax if the money raised from it is used to subsidise healthy foods.
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I see a choice of a couple of options that might obtain in the future.
1. People craving sugar giving up something to pay the tax but still eating the sugar.
2. People who have learned what sugar does to them and have given up through choice.
Now, let me see, which one do I prefer?
I am only in favour of a sugar tax if the money raised from it is used to subsidise healthy foods.
It is nonsense. Taxing food, of any kind, is an extraordinary step toward totalitarianism.
In the context of a diabetes forum discussion, I don't care about the sugar content of foods. I care about carbs. The media's current obsession with sugar being the devil is just a red herring and I feel it is misleading.
If anyone watched the Great British Bake Off or saw Davina McCall promoting her book, you will know that "sugar-free" just means laden with maple syrup, honey and agave nectar.
The current traffic light labelling system shows sugar and fat on the front of the packaging. A newly diagnosed diabetic might see a loaf of white read with a green light for sugars and think, "That's for me, it's low in sugar!" http://www.bakeryinfo.co.uk/news/ar...ill_to_introduce_traffic_light_labelling.html
I was in Subway recently with a friend and they had a poster on the wall listing the nutritional information of their sandwiches. Again, only cals, sugars and fat. Carbs didn't get a mention.
It seems crazy to me that the Government wants to tax sugar yet are happy to push carbs on to diabetics while moaning that we will bankrupt the NHS.
I couldn't find an option to vote, but do not think sugar should be taxed. Sugar tax today, butter tax tomorrow?
The government needs to start with the manufacturers and get them to reduce the sugar content of their food, perhaps you could add that to your poll.
The only way for hypo treatments not to be taxed is for them to be sold at pharmacies only.
Either that or we would need to prove that we are exempt from any tax by showing some form of identity like the Medical Exemption Certificate (but that doesn't say that a person has diabetes), imagine doing that when your buying a bag of Jelly Babies at the supermarket.
Either that or we would need to prove that we are exempt from any tax by showing some form of identity like the Medical Exemption Certificate (but that doesn't say that a person has diabetes), imagine doing that when your buying a bag of Jelly Babies at the supermarket.
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