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It's also aquired taste: after enough time on a 0-added-sugar diet, you don't miss the sugar anymore. But it's a kind of "fast attack, slow decay" thing: you g

It's also aquired taste: after enough time on a 0-added-sugar diet, you don't miss the sugar anymore. But it's a kind of "fast attack, slow decay" thing: you get hooked in no time, but it takes ages too lose that craving for sweetness. No doubt food companies are very aware of this. Get 'em young, and... who cares if it ruins people's health, as long as it's legal & makes nice profit.

sevagh 3y ago
Sugar is normal and delicious. There's a whole world of pastries, cakes, desserts eaten in every culture in the world. Fruits are sugary and delicious. Not all sugary treats are an addiction conspiracy. I don't understand 0-sugar people, as if there is a "default state" of being where 0 sugar must be consumed? According to whom?
- twosdai 3y ago
  To me it's more of a response to how sugar has been added and is available too easily in people's diets in the current year, it's simpler for the cognitive load to cut it out entirely than to moderate it. I can see it the same way on how drug abusers will quit it entirely and rather than trying to have a moderate take on using since it's too much work to be moderate. Although, sugar is not the same as a drug, the response of cutting the substance out entirely has some parallels to drug recovery. So the movement makes conceptual sense to me at least, and it's not like cutting it out is actively unhealthy. So I don't think it's a big deal to be a "zero sugar" person
- SamPatt 3y ago
  Alcohol is also consumed in all cultures. It's still bad for you. I'm not a zero sugar person, but close - I'll eat fruit, or some foods with minimal sugar added (peanut butter). It's been way better for my health than my former daily ice cream diet. I've no doubt many can walk the tightrope, but it's much better for me to leave behind the sweets entirely. Stick with it long enough and it's not so hard to maintain, and it keeps maintaining weight much easier.

sevagh 3y ago

Sugar is normal and delicious. There's a whole world of pastries, cakes, desserts eaten in every culture in the world. Fruits are sugary and delicious. Not all sugary treats are an addiction conspiracy. I don't understand 0-sugar people, as if there is a "default state" of being where 0 sugar must be consumed? According to whom?

twosdai 3y ago
To me it's more of a response to how sugar has been added and is available too easily in people's diets in the current year, it's simpler for the cognitive load to cut it out entirely than to moderate it. I can see it the same way on how drug abusers will quit it entirely and rather than trying to have a moderate take on using since it's too much work to be moderate. Although, sugar is not the same as a drug, the response of cutting the substance out entirely has some parallels to drug recovery. So the movement makes conceptual sense to me at least, and it's not like cutting it out is actively unhealthy. So I don't think it's a big deal to be a "zero sugar" person
SamPatt 3y ago
Alcohol is also consumed in all cultures. It's still bad for you. I'm not a zero sugar person, but close - I'll eat fruit, or some foods with minimal sugar added (peanut butter). It's been way better for my health than my former daily ice cream diet. I've no doubt many can walk the tightrope, but it's much better for me to leave behind the sweets entirely. Stick with it long enough and it's not so hard to maintain, and it keeps maintaining weight much easier.