Right!?! It is costing us so much in terms of sickness and medical treatments, but companies just keep adding it in and raking in the profits. In some ways it is like the issue with carbon or with recycling - where the costs of these things is being off-loaded onto individuals instead of the creators of the problem.
Yes, that is such a good point. The costs and the burden of responsibility. There is shaming attached to those who suffer from a lot of issues related to sugar intake—and absolutely none for the problem creators. It’s insidious.
Great post Sue. Funny this should come up just as I have started to read the book Salt Sugar Fat - How the Food Giants Hooked Us. It is all about Bliss Point.
It works for me because I am still getting myself a treat. It's just a novel fruit or fruit salad or I'll justify buying a really expensive cheese I love or getting some scallops. You get the idea.
“For me, the only thing that works with potato chips is to not buy them.”
That’s where I’m at too. And now that I haven’t had them for a while, if I get some, they taste a little rancid, like the oil they were fried in was a bit off. Unfortunately, I seem to keep eating the darn things even if the first couple taste funny and end up finishing the bag!
I am totally with you. Same experience. Crazy how oily they taste when you've been away. I still eat the bag too. But for me, it was enough to go back to not buying them. I pause by the bags, and then I ask myself what else could I buy for that money that I would actually enjoy. So far that redirection of how I buy a treat works.
Great post, Sue! It’s kind of wild that sugar isn’t regulated given the cost to our health and health care systems.
Right!?! It is costing us so much in terms of sickness and medical treatments, but companies just keep adding it in and raking in the profits. In some ways it is like the issue with carbon or with recycling - where the costs of these things is being off-loaded onto individuals instead of the creators of the problem.
Yes, that is such a good point. The costs and the burden of responsibility. There is shaming attached to those who suffer from a lot of issues related to sugar intake—and absolutely none for the problem creators. It’s insidious.
great post with lots of good information!
Thank you Kate! I appreciate that.
Great post Sue. Funny this should come up just as I have started to read the book Salt Sugar Fat - How the Food Giants Hooked Us. It is all about Bliss Point.
It's a good read. I appreciate the acknowledgement and I see you shared this forward - thanks for that too!
Thanks,Sue. I’m going to pass this on to my teenage daughter!
Nice!
Very well said Sue. I am continually amazed at how most people don’t give a second thought to what goes in their body on a daily basis.
That’s a great approach, repurpose the indulge! I’m gonna try it.
It works for me because I am still getting myself a treat. It's just a novel fruit or fruit salad or I'll justify buying a really expensive cheese I love or getting some scallops. You get the idea.
“For me, the only thing that works with potato chips is to not buy them.”
That’s where I’m at too. And now that I haven’t had them for a while, if I get some, they taste a little rancid, like the oil they were fried in was a bit off. Unfortunately, I seem to keep eating the darn things even if the first couple taste funny and end up finishing the bag!
I am totally with you. Same experience. Crazy how oily they taste when you've been away. I still eat the bag too. But for me, it was enough to go back to not buying them. I pause by the bags, and then I ask myself what else could I buy for that money that I would actually enjoy. So far that redirection of how I buy a treat works.