However, you are loathe to spend $1.20 on mineral water when a few cents more can buy you an ice-cold Pepsi or a creamy Milo. After asking God to strike him dead, you crawl into a nearby 7-Eleven for some emergency re-hydration.īut what kind of hydration? Mineral water would be a sensible choice. Burnt to a crisp by the apocalyptic noonday sun, you stagger into an MRT station and check your phone, only to find a message from your friend that reads: ‘sry 20 more min’. You are walking from A to B to meet a friend. Unfortunately, we don’t often get it, because we rely too heavily on food courts, convenience stores, and other private businesses to provide. Consequently, it is not refreshment we seek, but hydration we need. We sweat more and drink more than our counterparts in less-hot nations. Plain water is not just healthier than Coke Zero or kopi o kosong, it’s what we really want as well. Every stick needs a carrot and the anti-diabetes campaign desperately needs more water coolers. What’s true for littering is true for drinking. ![]() Instead of just nagging us or forcibly exorcising sugar from our lives, why not make plain water more widely available? Why not fight sugary beverages by building more water coolers? After all, Singapore did not become a clean city by fining litterbugs into bankruptcy or caning them into submission we also incentivised good behaviour by placing a dustbin at every corner. I have nothing against this anti-sugar purge, but I do have a suggestion for improvement. Eating white rice is practically the new smoking, and those who drink kopi or teh are frequently urged to take their caffeine without sugar.Īs government ads inform us, black is the new black. Television commercials have been produced at great expense, while popular brands like Nestle have been coerced into using less sugar in their products.Įven traditional foods are not spared. We are bombarded day and night with messages about the manifold dangers of glucose. ![]() For the past two years, the Health Promotion Board has been waging a very public war against diabetes.
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