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I'm not trolling. I just don't know WHAT the answer is for alcohol. The card system is an excellent idea and would make things easier for everyone.

I didn't say that anyone was outlawing McDonald's. I would but it's not up to me. Maybe just have McDonald's but not sell unhealthy things. It's not an insane idea. It's sane and reasonable and entirely easy to do. Here's a card, eat whatever you want. It would make things so easy for everyone make us healthier and save us…

Maybe have smaller bottles of alcohol? Same price but little bottles?

As much as I'd like to take credit for it this wasn't my idea. I heard someone talking about it. They do already tax alcohol, so that is done. Alcoholics are already dying younger so they're not as big a burden on healthcare. There is no healthy amount if vodka but if you took it away people would go crazy. I don't know.…

That's a good question. I didn't think of that. They should probably figure that out, too.

If you're eating healthy, then nothing changes and you're getting upset over nothing. Done deal = going to happen. Sorry if that was confusing, I didn't mean that it had already happened. It will, though. Cannot stop that. Don't we already tax pop? I don't hear anyone complain about that.

If it were up to me, we would outlaw McDonald's. We have an obesity epidemic (please note that I did not say crisis) and McDonald's on every corner do not help but I don't see that happening. Big Food lobbying. No. The card could easily allow for a reasonable amount of restaurant food. This wouldn't be that difficult and…

You're making it more complicated than it has to be and getting into things that aren't necessary. Nobody is telling anyone that they cannot eat whatever they want. Everyone can calm down and know that they'd still get to choose all their own foods. They'd just be limited as to health. You get this much red meat and pick…

Whatever the usda ranges are for you that your doctor has agreed are healthy. You still get to pick ALL your own foods in the ranges that are healthy. Nobody is going to tell anyone what to eat, just help them eat healthy via a card. It's not that big a deal. Cheetos are unnecessary and unhealthy and if people want to eat…

This thread with people fighting for the right to be unhealthy just proves how much help they need and how they're incapable of eating and being healthy on their own. The tax is a done deal. We are going to tax junk food. Reading this thread makes me even more certain that we need a card system as part of our health are…

It would certainly be easier and cheaper for everyone to have a card but people seem really upset, so I guess a tax is better for now. Let them pay their healthcare costs via a tax. A diet system as part of healthcare would be good in the future. It is time to start discussing it now so people get used it and will calm…

It shouldn't be. Healthcare is a right but abusing it by eating too much or bad stuff for 20 years and then expecting other people to pay for your bad choices is wrong and should not be tolerated.

This exactly this. People fighting for the freedom to be unhealthy demanding that they really NEED Cheetos. Maybe if they have to pay for it, that will change their minds. I think this whole thread just proves how deeply Americans need help learning how to stay healthy. We do not need the Cheeto.

Nobody is suggesting that anyone be told what to eat just that they eat healthy. I agree that education is necessary. People really don't know much about how to eat healthy. A card would help with that. They'd learn to eat healthy via their diet and wouldn't have to learn anything. We have to do something about this mess…

Are people really going to fight for the freedom to be unhealthy! If they are, they should pay for the healthcare, so a tax is necessary. If they don't like it, oh well. Too bad. It would be better for everyone if people were just taught how to eat via a card system. Then people don't whine about the tax.

If you have a better idea that hasn't been tried, I'm all ears. How can we make this country more healthy?

Relax. No chills necessary. The tax is coming. It's a step in the right direction. Stay calm and fret not over the tax.

Education hasn't worked. We don't need to get too dramatic here. Nobody is suggesting that anyone be told what to eat, just how we might make ourselves a healthier country because we aren't. If people are eating reasonable diets, nothing changes. Unless you are being crazy with junk and restaurant food, it doesn't affect…

Again, nobody is saying that you don't get to choose, just that you eat a healthy diet. Pick whatever you want! Your freedom to eat your Cheetos doesn't outweigh our freedom to not spend all that money on your healthcare. If you choose to eat an unhealthy diet, you should pay for it.

I totally agree that telling people what they had to eat would be ridiculous. Nobody is saying that anyone would be told what to eat, just have some reasonable moderation. You get the healthy range the usda recommends. If you have an exception for medical reasons, then your doctor could say that was healthy for you. You…

If they're vegan, they get their vegan diet approved and that gets loaded into the card. This just wouldn't be that hard. I don't know why people would fight to eat unhealthy diets, but I am sure that when they're healthier, they'll be happy about it. Society would be better off. This business of eating whatever you want…

What is more important than people being healthy? Nothing. People, kids especially, need to start getting healthier. This is important. If you eat a healthy diet like you should then nothing changes for you. If you aren't eating a healthy diet then everyone else shouldn't have to pay for it which we would in healthcare.…

Potatoes aren't bad for you in moderation. They could simply load all the info into debit cards so people couldn't buy things that weren't good for them. Or buy too much that isn't good for them. Like you get X amount of this and that and you can choose what kind you want. You get this much red meat, this much dairy, this…

Manage your sugar. Lower amounts and keeping it even help many people with hot flashes and I'm one. If I eat a boatload of sugar, the hot flashes will absolutely begin. Some people (not me) notice that daily exercise helps with hot flashes, too. Some people say more soy helps. I always eat a lot of soy, so couldn't…

They're going to tax the junk food. They'll do it by taxing food with added sugars and high amounts of sodium. I think people should be eating healthy. If they don't, they should pay for it. Maybe they should just make cigarettes and junk food illegal instead of taxing it. That would probably be easier and have less people…

Yes, they should tax junk food. I think that's what the deal with listing sugars on the new nutrition labels is all about. Any over X amount of added sugar will be taxed. It's good. People shouldn't be able to kill themselves with junk food. If you leave the choice up to people, they'll eat the junk instead of what they…

You went to the doctor three years ago, spent three years trying different things and are now attempting to treat yourself based on information you saw in a movie? Is that correct?

Make your own. Thank me later.

I'm 370 calories over goal today. Yesterday, I was 295 under goal. I wasn't extra good yesterday and I didn't cheat today. If I wanted to eat fast food, I would and it wouldn't be cheating. I choose not to eat it. That's not me behaving myself. That's me making a choice. It's not a modest lie or even a brazen one. It just…

Things will change as they learn more, but for now, calories is what we've all agreed to use and it's the best thing we have. No matter how much they figure out about weight loss, it all points to what everyone has said forever: Eat right and exercise. That is unlikely to change.