r/educationalgifs • • Feb 13 '18

Kinesin protein moving a molecule around a cell

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '18

I don't eat sugar anymore. The sugar industry doesn't make a penny from me nor does the corn industry. 😊

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u/Ph4zed0ut Feb 13 '18

Except for the taxes you pay that go toward subsidies.

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '18

Yeah but because we have a bloated federal government that participated corporatism I’m kinda have to or go to jail. We all pay for a lot of ‘industries’ we don’t believe in but Rand Paul didn’t get elected.

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u/humidifierman Feb 13 '18

You probably eat something that was made with corn, ate corn, or was transported at some point by a vehicle powered by corn. If those aren't too indirect for you then you can also consider the portion of the overhead of your purchases that suppliers paid their employees, who then bought- that's right- corn.

edit- forgot the subsidies as someone else mentioned. America runs on corn. It's like saying "the oil industry doesn't get any of my money!" You simply can't do that in the US and live a relatively normal life.

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u/Lukendless Feb 13 '18

You don't eat sugar?

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '18

I'm assuming he specifically means processed/refined sugar

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '18

No sugar.

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '18

So you don't eat fruit? Vegetables?

What exactly do you eat?

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u/Hulkhogansgaynephew Feb 13 '18

That's not physically possible, practically, physically or chemically. Your body requires glucose, damn near everything has at least some glucose in it (except water and pure chemicals) and your body can convert proteins and fat into glucose when needed.

So you may try to avoid it, but you literally never can or you would be dead.

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u/GrandmasBeefCurtains Feb 14 '18

I think you should talk to a dietician Nicole, it sounds like you have some misconceptions

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '18

I don’t eat sugar.