> It's crazy to me how hard it is to switch to a view of food as fuel instead of as a reward. People who readily eat the worst foods on earth would never think

> It's crazy to me how hard it is to switch to a view of food as fuel instead of as a reward. People who readily eat the worst foods on earth would never think of putting bad fuel in their car. But that's the problem. Sugar hijacks the body's receptors making it think that it tastes delicious and is healthy and yummy. Because why would something yummy be so bad for you? Im also a type 2 diabetic. After cutting sugar out of my diet (damn, its hard AF to avoid sugar everywhere), sugar tastes bitter and leaves a weird aftertaste. Of course, unlike what many say is polemic, sugar absolutely is poison to me. Yet, I find more and more foods that have sugar crammed in for no good reason. After seeing product after product with artificially added sugar, I can only assume that this is a conspiracy of some sort. Why? To make food addicting? Cheap and easy? No clue. I just know I end up paying more for unadultered products - where this should be the default.