Food & Drink

What's the deal with sugar?

Food & Drink

Posted by: Rainbow

16th Mar 2012 10:29am

Do you think the Government should play a part in prohibiting the amount of sugar that's 'hidden' in processed foods? Perhaps imposing a tax on sugar? Do you think more education should be given on the dangers of excess sugar intake? Have you cut out sugar in the past and noticed a difference in your health and weight? Do you have a sugar substitute? Or do you simply not care...?

Catenary
  • 16th Mar 2012 07:56pm

Sugar and education have had a bad collision or two. When I was at school, a comic-book-like publication was given out to all primary school students. Called "The Commonwealth Trades Alphabet" it had a paragraph under "S for Sugar" where your friendly neighborhood grocer was saying "Sugar is the purest food I have in my shop." The Alphabet ran for at least 2 years, spreading this 'so sugar must be good for you' message. Eventually dentists discovered it and protested loudly, but for a whole generation of schoolkids the damage was done.
I now examine food packaging to see just what percentage of sugar is in the product. Because of this, i now give several popular varieties of breakfast cereal a BIG MISS. And by the way, I now have upper and lower dentures and precious few of my own teeth. Be warned!!!


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