One of the sources of reverse culture shock when I returned to the US after 10 years of living in Costa Rica was the sheer amount of sugar that is shoveled onto our plates at most any restaurant or coffee shop. Often times, there are no choices that do not have sugar. If you'd like something to accompany your coffee, for example, it MUST be sweet (and BIG). What's up with that? No one needs that much sugar. In fact, as you've demonstrated, no one needs sugar at all.
I'm not to the point of giving up sugar altogether, but I do see the excess everywhere I turn. Kudos to you for taking a stand on this.
(I've found the same problem with fats, by the way -- even "healthy" restaurants often use an extraordinary amount of oil and fat in their food. And the salads are sweet.)
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Date: 2011-04-20 01:24 pm (UTC)I'm not to the point of giving up sugar altogether, but I do see the excess everywhere I turn. Kudos to you for taking a stand on this.
(I've found the same problem with fats, by the way -- even "healthy" restaurants often use an extraordinary amount of oil and fat in their food. And the salads are sweet.)