Archived Maine Wants Candy, Soda Excluded From Food Stamps (Wall Street Journal) (archive.is)
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Archived Maine Wants Candy, Soda Excluded From Food Stamps (Wall Street Journal) (archive.is)
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[–] guinness2 1 point 0 points 1 point (+1|-1) ago (edited ago)
Sorry, I disagree because type 1 diabetics need emergency foods such as soda and it scares me to think that diabetics may be forced cut corners or take risks and try to "make do" in order to pay their electricity bill. I've never been on welfare, however I've always kept large stashes of soda in my house in case of emergency... far more than I'd ever expect to need.. and it has saved my life. Type 1 Diabetics are forced to manually inject insulin and sometimes accidents happen and we inject a days worth of insulin into a small vein without knowing... and when that happens we are forced to consume a day's worth of calories to counteract the insulin within about 15 mins... before we lose consciousness... and eating a day's worth of calories by eating apples is risky business.
Food stamps are intended to help desperately poor people purchase essential foods and for most type 1 diabetics there is nothing more essential than having emergency soda.