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It's hard to notice when you've grown up here, but any Euro who visits the US will tell you how sweet our milk, bread, and other basics are. You can think you'r
by magashna 7y ago
It's hard to notice when you've grown up here, but any Euro who visits the US will tell you how sweet our milk, bread, and other basics are. You can think you're eating healthy and still be having lots of sugars in your diet.
- nitrogen 7y agoI am from the US, and I often wish I could find half-sweet (or less) versions of things, even things I only eat rarely as a treat.
- xur17 7y agoMaybe they should replace all of the "low fat" items with "low sugar" (and just reduce the sugar rather than replacing it with artificial sugar).
- nitrogen 7y agoand just reduce the sugar rather than replacing it with artificial sugar That's the key. I have a low-sugar protein powder but rarely use it because it's too sickly sweet with sucralose and I have to bury it in a ton of other ingredients.
- lazypenguin 7y agoYeah but just walk around Hamburg or London and you'll see equally as many overweight people. Hell, if you look carefully in a lot of developing countries you'll see more overweight people than you expect. I'd suspect it's slowly becoming a global phenomenon.
- Apocryphon 7y agoAnecdotally, Asian pastries, even local versions of western desserts, taste less sweet and rich for whatever reason.
- jobigoud 7y agoI was surprised to learn than 50% of Europeans are also overweight (vs 75% or so in the US). It doesn't feel that way. It's crazy. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Overweight_and_obesity_-_BMI_statistics#Obesity_by_age_group https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php...