Wom, I don't think you and LH are that far apart with your beliefs. Of course things which contain ridiculous amounts of sugar and bad things should be eliminated from one's diet, but it is all about personal responsibility and control. I remember years ago someone sued McDonald's because they gained a tremendous amount of weight from eating there everyday. Hello.....were they tied up and force fed?

In my work I type a lot of patient notes. I am seeing an ever increasing line in my dictation ..... "the patient has a new diagnosis of adult onset diabetes." *sigh* Our bodies are like little engines. Some of us wouldn't treat our cars the way we treat our bodies. Until people realize that no one else is going to care for their bodies other than themselves there will be a decline in health.

I heard a lot of the statements about water drinking on, I think it was Oprah, years ago and it made a lot of sense. I keep telling myself I should drink more but again it is my responsibility to do it.

On the subject of Nutrasweet, don't even get me started. My brother has sent me so many articles and sites about that stuff that I wouldn't drink anything that contained Nutrasweet if it was the last beverage on earth. I have to wonder how many diseases that we are seeing more of today are a result of the increase in this and other pseudo sweeteners. Time will tell I guess.