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I was explaining this to my daughter in quite simplified terms the other day- we evolved to taste sugar and enjoy it because finding a sweet edible plant meant we had a source of energy to help us hunt that day. Pretty useful if you're a hunter-gatherer.

So we seek out sugar. Now we can get it whenever we want it, in much more massive quantities than we are supposed to be processing. Most of us are addicted. I'm not an exception.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Oh, I didn't know there was a reduced sugar Ragu.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Damn and I think my sauce is too sweet if I even add a whole tablespoon.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Right, bad healthcare => no pressure to make people' lives healthier. I guess that's why you still don't have a less sugar novement?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

There's a bit of a sugar replacement movement, which isn't necessarily healthier. Most of the sugar replacements have been linked with stuff like dementia if consumed regularly for a long period. And most of them taste a bit off. The other part of the problem is that when you eat something sweet, your body expects sugar. When it doesn't get the sugar it's expecting, it will feel like you are still hungry even though you just ate something.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Make your own yogurt! It's the best

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I've never done that, but I've made cheese out of yogurt by putting it in cheesecloth and letting all the liquid drain out of it over a day or so. Mix it with some chives and it's amazing on crackers.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

I really need to quit chugging ragu... That's so much sugar.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

And this applies to salt as well to a lesser extent.

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