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.

  • Coreidan@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 days ago

    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.