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Should junk food be taxed?

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  • singingflutelady
    singingflutelady Posts: 8,736 Member
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    Um ok
  • stevencloser
    stevencloser Posts: 8,911 Member
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    jen_mccusker wrote: »
    When takin from natural occurring and add it to another a chemical reaction happens in the processed foods it's added to

    No.
  • singingflutelady
    singingflutelady Posts: 8,736 Member
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    stevencloser wrote: »
    jen_mccusker wrote: »
    When takin from natural occurring and add it to another a chemical reaction happens in the processed foods it's added to

    No.

    I've never heard that one before.
  • cerise_noir
    cerise_noir Posts: 5,468 Member
    edited September 2016
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    jen_mccusker wrote: »
    When takin from natural occurring and add it to another a chemical reaction happens in the processed foods it's added to

    What type of 'chemical reaction'? Do you have any reputable scientific sources to back up that claim?
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
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    jen_mccusker wrote: »
    It's been a good debate thanks folks :)

    Ahh, come back later!!
  • stevencloser
    stevencloser Posts: 8,911 Member
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    No.
  • singingflutelady
    singingflutelady Posts: 8,736 Member
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    No it doesn't.
  • singingflutelady
    singingflutelady Posts: 8,736 Member
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    Sugar is sugar...
  • The_Enginerd
    The_Enginerd Posts: 3,982 Member
    edited September 2016
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    jen_mccusker wrote: »
    When you take one sugar and add it to something else like food. It's a chemical reaction as it cannot go back to its natural state.
    So you have no background in chemistry and have no idea how chemical reactions occur or you are trolling. Got it.
  • ccrdragon
    ccrdragon Posts: 3,365 Member
    edited September 2016
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    adding sugar to another food is a physical reaction and is not a chemical reaction - the sugar does not combine with the chemicals that make up the food that it is added to, the sugar exists along sied the food (and can be separated out using only physical processes).

    edited for clarity
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
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    jen_mccusker wrote: »
    When you take one sugar and add it to something else like food. It's a chemical reaction as it cannot go back to its natural state.

    So what chemical reaction occurs when you add some sugar to steel cut oats? How does this compare to the chemical reaction that occurs when you slice up a banana and add it to the oats?
  • singingflutelady
    singingflutelady Posts: 8,736 Member
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    I tend to believe science
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
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    jen_mccusker wrote: »
    If you want me to bore you I would but at end of it everyone makes there on beliefs in things so........

    Oh, I'm sure it wouldn't be boring, and chemical reactions aren't really a question of faith, so not something that we can just believe in or not. They happen or they don't and it's provable.

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