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lindysalsagal

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2. Sugar is poison. Our bodies don't need it at all, but we do need fats. Yet our brains crave glucose

Reply to LiberalArkie (Original post)

Sat Apr 18, 2026, 03:03 PM

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I've been off sugar for years and I don't crave it anymore. But it shows up in lots of foods you wouldn't expect, and in restaurant food. Sugar heightens flavor. You body and tastebuds eventually taste everything better when you get off it, completely. Even my boyfriend is noticing the difference since eating dinners with me.

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New Report Highlights Fructose as a Key Driver of Metabolic Disease [View all] LiberalArkie Yesterday OP

Just remembered, Coca Cola is reintroducing sugar cane in the Coke product. LiberalArkie Yesterday #1

Sugar is poison. Our bodies don't need it at all, but we do need fats. Yet our brains crave glucose lindysalsagal Yesterday #2

I believe that they will find out that the natural sugar, sugar beets, sugar cane, apples, etc are entirely different LiberalArkie Yesterday #4

A few months ago, I started limiting my "added sugar" (according to the food labels) to 50 grams per day. Midnight Writer Yesterday #3

This is the truth people try to ignore: Sugar is killing us, and it's in all the roadside fast food mega companies. lindysalsagal Yesterday #5

I always knew... 2naSalit Yesterday #6

I've been avoiding corn for over 25 years... ananda Yesterday #7

I have thought for a long time that has been the problem with our food. LiberalArkie Yesterday #8

That's interesting. ananda 23 hrs ago #9