pattieb
Sugar is everywhere and I'm wondering where to start. There are the obvious things like sweets and cakes etc but what about other things that turn to a form of sugar in our bodies? I'd love some tips on how far to go with it.
If you want to give up sugar, great! It’s quite nice to have a glass of wine or dessert every now and again - that’s really the perfect way to treat sugar. ¾ of the food products you find in the supermarket will contain sugar. Knowing that sugar was deadly by this stage, companies came up with 50 different names for sugar, so it’s now hard to find out whether a product contains sugar or not, and then they stuff it in everything! Those low-fat foods you get from diet plans are stuffed with sugar. There’s no doubt that sugar tastes good, but be aware of the dangers of it. Alcohol and smoking are two popular drugs in our culture, but the world’s drug of choice is sugar.
If you get the book, it’ll state all the other names that sugar is listed under, so you can find it in supermarkets. You’re absolutely right, sugar is everywhere and is in all processed foods. I’m not saying stop – I’m saying cut down. Consumption of sugar is very high and it starts in childhood when we give children sweeties as a reward. Sugar is seen as a positive, but it should be viewed as a drug and one that you take with caution. We have an epidemic on our hands. It should be the job of the government to educate and take care of the people. I don’t believe in a sugar tax like Jamie Oliver does, as prohibition means that consumption goes up. We need to recondition people’s minds so that they think about sugar and then let them decide.