I worry that we're just not going to be able to get off the sugar wagon in this country. It seems like the food processes that are so set in place are made to put as much sugar as possible into our foods, which we then get accustomed to and sometimes addicted to.
We used to have coffee -- now we have coffee drinks that include chocolate, vanilla, caramel and whipped cream. We used to just drink soda out of 12 oz cans or 16 oz bottles, and now the Big Gulp-type drinks give you about a gallon at once. Candy bars have super sizes. Ice cream used to just be ice cream, and now it's full of candy and cookies! And all kinds of food that don't NEED sugar as a flavoring are chock-full of it due to the glut of corn syrup and its variations.
Breaking the sugar habit is hard! There are books and books on how to get it out of our lives. There are diets based on how bad it is for us. And yet even with good intentions, it keeps calling us back.
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I worry that we're just not going to be able to get off the sugar wagon in this country. It seems like the food processes that are so set in place are made to put as much sugar as possible into our foods, which we then get accustomed to and sometimes addicted to.
We used to have coffee -- now we have coffee drinks that include chocolate, vanilla, caramel and whipped cream. We used to just drink soda out of 12 oz cans or 16 oz bottles, and now the Big Gulp-type drinks give you about a gallon at once. Candy bars have super sizes. Ice cream used to just be ice cream, and now it's full of candy and cookies! And all kinds of food that don't NEED sugar as a flavoring are chock-full of it due to the glut of corn syrup and its variations.
Breaking the sugar habit is hard! There are books and books on how to get it out of our lives. There are diets based on how bad it is for us. And yet even with good intentions, it keeps calling us back.
February 10, 2009 - 10:22amThis Comment
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