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The Pros And Cons Of NYC Soda Ban

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NYC soda ban is getting out of hand, its outrageous. People just don't respect it. Instead they get 2 cups instead of just one big one and just keep getting refills. I support and agree with the NYC soda ban, in fact many people should agree with it because all we're doing is making ourselves better and healthier. To commence, soda should be banned cause it focuses on damaging our health, without health we won't be alive for any much longer. Our health has to be strong like steel. Too many people consume soda and consume lots of it it. Soda is one of the most consumed beverages in the United States, second only to water. Here in the States, Americans guzzle 57 gallons of soda per person every year, as if it wasn’t full of sugary …show more content…

Here are the ingredients and things that the soda carries. A can of Coke is a bizarre mixture of extremely high levels of sugar (or the even worse high fructose corn syrup), corrosive phosphoric acid, 'natural' caramel coloring, and a well known drug that has a powerful effect on your brain chemistry - caffeine. A standard can of Coke has around 10 teaspoons or 39 grams of sugar or high fructose corn syrup in it. And that's just the smaller cans. A 20 oz bottle has 17 teaspoons or 65 grams of sugar or high fructose corn syrup, strongly associated with diabetes and many other diseases. The soda is so addictive and its really good. People should do what they want and not be controlled by the ban and let the problems be on themselves. Yes it can be addictive but you have to know where you stand with an addiction. Caffeine is the world's most popular psychoactive drug and it's reported that more than 80% of Americans have it in some form every day. Soon after you drink something like Coke with high levels of caffeine in it, it is absorbed through your small intestine and into your bloodstream. Caffeine is both water and fat soluble and is easily able to cross the blood-brain barrier to affect your brain cells directly. The caffeine molecule is actually quite similar to another molecule that is present naturally in your brain called adenosine. It's adenosine's job to slow down nerve cell activity along

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Should soda really be considered as hazardous or toxic as people make it seem? In the texts “Three Cheers for the Nanny State”, “Ban the Ban”, and “Sodas a Problem But…”, it all shows evidence on how the soda ban is good or how it is bad. Also they talk about how it is harmful but is it really that harmful to where there is a need to ban it. Although some people may think the soda ban is a great idea there are numerous downsides to it such as only eliminating certain sizes, more harmful things to worry about, and that fact that there is no purpose behind the ban. The soda ban is a bad idea because it only eliminates certain sizes over 16oz.

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But. know this and provide evidence and reasoning to support this claim. One reason the soda ban should be removed is because taking away large sodas is giving the people less freedom and is taking away one of their choices. For instance, the text,

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Limiting the amount of soda a person can purchase is not a good idea, despite its benefits. The regulation itself has a multitude of problems, such as how there are many contradictions, how involved the government is, and how the ban doesn’t really improve health. The many contradictions in the soda ban lead to many workarounds, proving how much of a bad idea the law is. According to “Soda’s a Problem But…”, an opinion

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One reason is that soda is unhealthy. One, twenty-ounce bottle of soda has fifteen to eighteen teaspoons of sugar. This would be around two-hundred-forty calories

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That is true, however this argument is weak because there are in fact bigger problems than soda being a health issue. Itś your choice on whether you drink soda or not. It won't do much damage unless it becomes a very consistent thing. Though soda is bad, we have much bigger problems killing people. For example, cigarettes or smoking in general.

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Youth is in Bad Health Introduction It’s not just in mainland America where diabetes is an issue; CNMI is also in the same situation. These soft drinks are making negative impacts on the youth and everyone's health is more negative than we think it is and we should spread awareness and educate people of this critical issue. Yes, many laws were introduced in the past so that many beverage companies had to restrict the use of some types of artificial flavors and additives but it isn’t enough to insure the safety of our people’s health. People who drink about 1-2 sodas regularly a day or more have a 26% greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes than people who barely drink any sodas at all.

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but it also makes sure people will stray away from issues that need to be addressed and therefore, limiting the amount of soda a person can purchase is a unproductive concept. However much people may think that limiting soda will help control these health issues, it actually does a lot more harm than

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If schools do not offer the nutritious drinks, some students could suffer from malnutrition and other devastating diseases. Heart disease is a major disease in America, it is responsible for millions of deaths each year. The sugar in pop, and carbohydrates in other popular drinks are the two main causes of heart disease. Firstly, thousand of kids are already obese in America, giving them nutritious

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The soda ban is a defective idea in itself because of the loopholes in the plan. As Karin Klien talks about the problem in her article “Sodas a Problem but…”, “Convenience stores such as 7-Eleven are overseen by State and would be exempt , but a Burger King across the street would be restricted” (Klien, 288). In addition, there isn’t a need for this soda ban because it makes no sense for a customer at a fast food restaurant (like Subway) to walk across the street and go to a 7-eleven, which is a state-ran store that has drinks that are over 16oz., and even over 64oz. People could even go to a grocery store and buy a 2-liter bottle of the sugary drink because it isn’t run by the city. Another way the soda ban contradicts itself is because of how you’d get the same amount of sugar if you were to drink a drink from a smoothie

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In the documents "Ban the Ban" by SidneyAnne Stone and "Soda’s a Problem But..." by Karin Klein, the topic of the soda ban is being argued against. Both authors share their thoughts on this situation and provide evidence to support their arguments. They are both against banning soda, but the reasons these authors provide to support their claims are very different. So in this essay, I will show you the differences and similarities between the two authors and their viewpoints.

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When you go to a restaurant do you order a soda? Do you know how much sugar is in one beverage, do you know how much sugar you consume if you get a refill? You most likely don’t know or just don’t care. The NYC soda ban is a good thing and is a step in the right direction. Beverages with excess amounts of sugar are bad for your health and need to be consumed in limited amounts, the soda ban can help with that.

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It doesn’t lead to intoxication. Muhammad (saa) said that ‘Whatever intoxicates in large quantities, then a small quantity of it is forbidden', this refers to a certain beverage that intoxicates when someone drinks a lot of it but not when he drinks a little. Coca Cola contains a very small percentage of alcohol (0.001) as researchers found out but it negligible and even if a person drinks 10 cans of Coca Cola, perhaps it will harm him due to a big amount of sugar or caffeine but he’ll never be intoxicated. So, according to this hadith Coca Cola is permissible as its big amount never intoxicates even it contain very small amount of alcohol, this amount is very

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However, the more health conscious a person is the more learned they are on the harmful effect of consuming soda. Three such harmful effects are tooth decay, osteoporosis, and sugar overload. In a single can of soda there’s anywhere from 10 to 12 teaspoons of sugar (Kaplowitz). Soda is one of America’s most commonly consumed beverages, a beverage that takes a toll on the teeth of many Americans. Enamel, the hard white substance covering the crown of teeth, plays a very important roll in preventing tooth decay; and protects the inner layer of teeth that is very sensitive.

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Most of us don't care for health 'or' that we get fat from drinking soda. We all know most students don't care for their health, which means they shouldn't be forced to consume what they don't want. Nobody would like that change, and it wouldn't sell. Students just want to drink the sodas 'and' Gatorades they have now. No one has complained about what we have now.

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Have you ever just wanted to have a soda at school? Have you ever been having a bad day at school and just want a nice cool, refreshing beverage, but then you realize… you’re at school? According to NY daily news “soda gets a bad rap for making us fat, rotting our teeth and even possibly making us depressed. But hey... it's not all bad news with the bubbly stuff.” A weird fact about soda is “soda is one of society’s favorite beverages.

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