My life without sugar

[CousinIT]

5. Big Ag want everyone addicted to sugar and salt

That's why they dump so much of the crap in literally everything.

It's nerdy but better for you to be an avid label reader.

I cut out refined sugar years ago and sodium to 1500 mg/ day (about half the RDA - which by the way is the RDA if you're over 50 or 55. Over that age, you need to half your sodium - nobody ever tells you that except maybe your doctor if they're worth anything).

I love fruit (blueberries, strawberries, bananas, melons in Summer) but probably don't eat more than 2-4 servings/day (may still be too much!).

I cut out sweets (cake, cookies, candy, ice cream, pie) eons ago. Never touch the stuff, or fried foods. And I'm vegan.

People say "whatever do you eat!?"

Trust me there's plenty to eat without junk food, sweets, meat or animal products or fried foods.

Big Ag LOVES for American consumers to be ADDICTED to all that crap. Keep THEM in business AND keeps the health insurance industry humming, collecting $$$ for diabetes, high blood pressure, coronary artery disease, obesity, and cancer.

Humans think they need all that crap. They don't. They're just addicted to it. And, it's killing them and in the case of animal products, it's killing the planet too, so there's that.