Should food stamps be used for sweetened drinks?

Joanne_Moniz
Joanne_Moniz Posts: 347 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I don't think so but the beverage industry is fighting the banning of food stamps for sweetened drinks...


http://med.stanford.edu/ism/2014/june/snap.html



Joanne Moniz
The Skinny on Obesity Group
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  • sarahertzberger
    sarahertzberger Posts: 534 Member
    As long as people aren't trying to buy alcohol with it and they're able to feed their families I don't see why it should matter.
  • Swilla_Swole
    Swilla_Swole Posts: 333 Member
    If government wants to regulate something, why not go directly after the sweet drink manufacturers. If "its very likely to reduce type-2 diabetes and obesity among low-income Americans" (- See more at: http://med.stanford.edu/ism/2014/june/snap.html#sthash.dLAfgVPp.dpuf), why stop there? Lets reduce type 2 diabetes and obesity for ALL Americans by implementing a Warning label such as the ones on cigarettes, to warn EVERYONE that sugary drinks may cause type 2 diabetes or obesity.
  • PinkyFett
    PinkyFett Posts: 842 Member
    My opinion, what business is it of yours what people spend their benefits on as long as they're not breaking laws?
  • cholepapi
    cholepapi Posts: 79
    I grew up with them and we were literally poor. That suger drink was valued in the house and it was in small quantities. As a matter of fact it wasn't enough for all of us that I used to sit next to the trash and ask the kids for their uneaten burgers they were about to toss. I can go on and on about this but I'm not. I can't stand people who abuse the system when their is real poor people out there who indeed need it.
  • dieter1200
    dieter1200 Posts: 56 Member
    People should be able to buy what they want. It is a waste of resources to police peoples diets. Next it will be coffee (not a nutrient dense food) or bags of sugar (not a nutrient dense food) someone might use to make kool-aid or bake a birthday cake with.
  • catecholamine
    catecholamine Posts: 71 Member
    Leave them alone. What about diet drinks? Should they not be allowed to be purchased with food stamps? People should be able to buy what food they want. If that's coke for their kid's birthday party, then fine. Food stamps aren't much money anyway, so if you waste your money on drinks, you wont have it for food. The government shouldn't be the food police.
  • EricJonrosh
    EricJonrosh Posts: 823 Member
    There should be no food stamps.
  • ybee1991
    ybee1991 Posts: 106 Member
    Who cares?
  • _HeartsOnFire_
    _HeartsOnFire_ Posts: 5,304 Member
    I imagine that would include soy milk and almond milk, since there is both a sweetened and unsweetened version.

    Who cares as long as they aren't breaking laws!

    SUGAR IS NOT THE DEVIL.
  • devil_in_a_blue_dress
    devil_in_a_blue_dress Posts: 5,214 Member
    Yes, ever the same, MFP. Ever the same.
  • KylaDenay
    KylaDenay Posts: 1,585 Member
    who cares
  • Dr__Girlfriend
    Dr__Girlfriend Posts: 100 Member
    Policing other people's grocery baskets is like the epitome of a Nanny State.
  • Derpes
    Derpes Posts: 2,033 Member
    There should be no food stamps.

    Exactly.

    We should let the poor and disabled starve, damn it!
  • 1princesswarrior
    1princesswarrior Posts: 1,242 Member
    I imagine that would include soy milk and almond milk, since there is both a sweetened and unsweetened version.

    Who cares as long as they aren't breaking laws!

    SUGAR IS NOT THE DEVIL.

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  • Carol_
    Carol_ Posts: 469 Member
    You can't target one group of people. Education is the answer, not regulation.
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  • Derpes
    Derpes Posts: 2,033 Member
    SUGAR IS DANGEROUS!!!

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  • _HeartsOnFire_
    _HeartsOnFire_ Posts: 5,304 Member
    There should be no food stamps.

    Exactly.

    We should let the poor and disabled starve, damn it!

    And after that we should get rid of the free lunch programs at school. I mean, kids shouldn't eat if they can't support themselves. /sarcasm
  • Carol_
    Carol_ Posts: 469 Member
    That's sad. Most families use food stamps the best way they can. For people in need, food stamps alone are not even enough.
  • sowich25
    sowich25 Posts: 70 Member
    If on welfare Absolutley not. All thier food should not be proceed either. Food stamps were created to help people not enable them to be lazy. If they want to buy junk then go get a job. I shouldnt have to pay for you to eat horrible and stay home become fat and then have that be the next reason I have to pay more taxes.
  • _HeartsOnFire_
    _HeartsOnFire_ Posts: 5,304 Member
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  • Derpes
    Derpes Posts: 2,033 Member
    If on welfare Absolutley not. All thier food should not be proceed either. Food stamps were created to help people not enable them to be lazy. If they want to buy junk then go get a job. I shouldnt have to pay for you to eat horrible and stay home become fat and then have that be the next reason I have to pay more taxes.

    Go tell one of the 900,000 military veterans on food stamps what they can and cannot buy.
  • inskydiamonds
    inskydiamonds Posts: 2,519 Member
    If on welfare Absolutley not. All thier food should not be proceed either. Food stamps were created to help people not enable them to be lazy. If they want to buy junk then go get a job. I shouldnt have to pay for you to eat horrible and stay home become fat and then have that be the next reason I have to pay more taxes.

    Because drinking soda on occasion is horrible and therefore means someone is lazy? Or does it make them lazy? Does it make them lazier than if they drink water? OH NO!

    Please. That's a silly argument.
  • Cranquistador
    Cranquistador Posts: 39,744 Member
    If on welfare Absolutley not. All thier food should not be proceed either. Food stamps were created to help people not enable them to be lazy. If they want to buy junk then go get a job. I shouldnt have to pay for you to eat horrible and stay home become fat and then have that be the next reason I have to pay more taxes.
    the hell?
  • _HeartsOnFire_
    _HeartsOnFire_ Posts: 5,304 Member
    If on welfare Absolutley not. All thier food should not be proceed either. Food stamps were created to help people not enable them to be lazy. If they want to buy junk then go get a job. I shouldnt have to pay for you to eat horrible and stay home become fat and then have that be the next reason I have to pay more taxes.

    Go tell one of the 900,000 military veterans on food stamps what they can and cannot buy.

    This...I dare ya!
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    I don't think so but the beverage industry is fighting the banning of food stamps for sweetened drinks...


    http://med.stanford.edu/ism/2014/june/snap.html



    Joanne Moniz
    The Skinny on Obesity Group
    Yes. Because there is nothing wrong with sweetened drinks.
  • CallyBeth08
    CallyBeth08 Posts: 50 Member
    People should be able to buy what they want. It is a waste of resources to police peoples diets. Next it will be coffee (not a nutrient dense food) or bags of sugar (not a nutrient dense food) someone might use to make kool-aid or bake a birthday cake with.


    I'm don't think we should police their diets, but if they don't know how to live right, we are paying even more taxes on medicaid they receive. I wish they would have something like free nutrition seminars, and free gym passes to go with (Along with EBT benefits). This way people are educated on how to keep themselves and their families healthy. Maybe some sort of incentive when buying groceries of the healthier sort. Just a thought.

    I work retail and see the 'bad apples' who buy buggies and buggies full of soda, that they plan to just sell to convenience stores in the area. Though I think people should be able to buy what they want with the stamps they have, I also think there should be a limit to the amount of certain products that you're allowed to buy. "Limit 2 per customer" kind of thing. I believe it would cut down on the amount of wrongful EBT Use.
  • delicious_cocktail
    delicious_cocktail Posts: 5,797 Member
    This thread is like the best of both worlds, except it's like seven or eight worlds' worth of best. Nice job, sugar.
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  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,024 Member
    I don't think so but the beverage industry is fighting the banning of food stamps for sweetened drinks...


    http://med.stanford.edu/ism/2014/june/snap.html



    Joanne Moniz
    The Skinny on Obesity Group
    More than likely because you liken sweetened drinks to drugs. You're biased against anything with added sugar.

    A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
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    Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
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