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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.
Sugar is half bad, half good: the glucose part causes no harm and whole body can use it. The fructose part on otherhand is bad and has to/can only be processed by the liver first.
I always find it interesting that our ancestors were for the most part fruitarians (fruits, grasses) about 3.5 million years ago. As we evolved, we expanded our diets to include vegetables, meats, and grains, leading to a better balanced diet, which is good especially considering we don't hunt and gather like they once did.
I don't eat any of those. I definitely eat a lot of stuff that's bad for me, but I've been eating less on purpose and walking more with my dog. I've lost a lot of weight because of it
Pretty much any food you buy that comes from a box or a jar is going to be littered with sugar.
If you want to cut sugar out of your diet you need to start eating whole food that you prepare yourself.
Most people are too lazy for this so they scarf down processed foods that slowly kill them.
Everyone is going to die.
You can sit in the corner of a padded room and live off protein supplements to maximize your chances of staving off the inevitable by a few extra years, usually the worst ones anyway according to most that get there always volunteering "don't get old" safely existing, or you can live.
No wrong answers, it's a personal choice. Just know you're almost certainly filled with life shortening microplastics regardless of your decision.
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Try making tomato sauce without sugar. Get back to me when you’ve tasted your horror.