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Originally Posted by Rim05
Seems like it was a good idea, about 55 or more years ago when it was starting. At that time no one would ever have had a bad thought about our handlers feeding junk to us.
Leave the sugar alone though, I don't think I could live with out it. I would certainly not be as happy as I am now. It is in a lot of things that I can't see the real value of it. Wonder how some of the foods would taste without the sugar?
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Originally Posted by Ayatollahgondola
Some would be unrecognizable. You'd likely stop eating many of them. Sugar, at least most of the processed ones anyway, are an addicting nuisance for most, and a poison for many.
Sugar free since the late 70's
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Since the seventies? That's impressive. Do you just avoid sweets or do you watch for sugar in other stuff like meat and vegetables? Hams are cured with sugar and stuff like canned corn should be considered sweetened food. Fruit also has a lot of sugar, but it's not as bad if it is fresh. Canned fruit has a lot of added sugar. Preseasoned meat from the grocery store frequently have a lot of sugar in them, like preseasoned ribs.
Rim, it is tough kicking the stuff, but you've asked the right question, "Would I be eating this if it weren't sweetened?"
Refined sugar and corn syrup are modern inventions and should be considered drugs, except they have calories and we burn them like food. But sugar is a stimulant, it stimulates the pleasure centers in the brain. It also places a huge load on one's metabolism and a steady diet of sugar is a sure path to diabetes, much like a steady diet of saturated fats is a sure path to ateriosclorisis or a general corruption of your blood vessels. The two exposures together make things even worse.