Colleagues at University of Bologna always say to me that it is the first cause of cancer...
Anyway we cannot live without, a balanced diet it's just what we need. (i.e. not 3 spoons of sugar in the coffee ;))
The sweet danger of sugar (2017)
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#22I stopped drinking soda, and switched to coffee. Then I found myself putting sweeteners in coffee so I switched to black coffee. Drinking coffee black is a completely different experience than cream and/or sugar added. Now coffees that were formerly indistinguishable from each other have become starkly different. light roast, medium roast and dark/french roast are really important to your experience (and some dark ro…
It's just a matter of habit. I'm still addicted to sugar, but I've been drinking tea and coffee without sugar for the past 10 years, and I don't feel they require any at all. The slight bitterness of coffee is the same as the bitterness in beer: part of its taste profile. Would you put sugar in your IPA?
The downside is that you need to buy better quality ingredients. Instant coffee is awful in that it's too acidic without any sugar and milk (I would skip coffee at all if that was my only choice), and as the parent poster said, you can easily taste the difference in any blend now.
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#23Colleagues at University of Bologna always say to me that it is the first cause of cancer... Anyway we cannot live without, a balanced diet it's just what we need. (i.e. not 3 spoons of sugar in the coffee ;))
We can live without sugar. Like, 0 grams of sugar, or even 0 grams of carbohydrates. The hardest part is to avoid any at all, since even muscle meat contains some.
The real killer though is added sugar, not naturally occurring sugar. Or eating too much fruit I guess would count as too much sugar.
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#24I stopped drinking soda, and switched to coffee. Then I found myself putting sweeteners in coffee so I switched to black coffee. Drinking coffee black is a completely different experience than cream and/or sugar added. Now coffees that were formerly indistinguishable from each other have become starkly different. light roast, medium roast and dark/french roast are really important to your experience (and some dark ro…
Death before decaf
Yeah, you're right - decaf is usually a step down.
Thing is, I have a drink next to me most of the day and if it had normal caffeine my heart would be racing and I'd be climbing the walls.
oh, and coffee mug warmer. warm coffee all day long? greatest thing ever.
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#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
Me too. You can even go faster by sealing the food with some insulator (e.g. plastic or tinfoil) to make it retain heat and cook faster in the microwave.
Tinfoil in the microwave? Doesn’t it arc?
I don't know the answer to this, but my grandma has an old microwave with a metal grill that your food rests on (like a rack in a conventional oven). I am not sure if it is the type of metal or the shape (it has a squiggly bend on each side, in the middle[0]), but it's definitely possible for metal to go in the microwave without sparking.
[0] very similar to this https://i.redd.it/7nakjihppwy11.jpg
Re: The sweet danger of sugar (2017)
#26There is published, credible research about the US sugar lobby influencing health policy to downplay the risks of sugar [1]. Here's a popular media story about the article [2].
I have cut out sugar except for social occasions in the last 10 years and find amazing improvement to my well-being and clarity of mind. The alliance of food mega-industry and politics in the US is one of the reasons the US is morbidly obese.
I routinely score higher on my health checks (we have a once-a-year doctor check-up with blood-work for all employees) than my colleagues that are very fit and engage in more physical activity than me, but consume sugar daily. I also have almost eliminated dental procedures, excluding routine check-ups. Before, I needed a cavity filled every other year.
These are just personal anecdotes, but there is starting to be more and more research out there on just how bad sugar is. Consider doing a personal experiment and see how you feel.
[1] https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/jo... [2]https://psmag.com/news/the-not-so-sweet-side-to-the-sugar-in...
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#27Sugar is such a powerful taste that it actually "drowns out" the flavors of other food. So you lose appreciation for the various flavors of foods. Thus if you pair soda with other foods, those foods need flavor enhancers (lots of salt, fat, etc) to compete for recognition on your palate's sensory neurons. Since I cyclically try to do this elimination, I get routinely reminded of this as I try to cycle out soda and ex…
Is soda a common thing in america? I ask because while there certainly are a lot of soda products here (central europe), we've been thaught from a young age that it is reserved for special occasions. For example, when the parents drink a glass of wine for some occasion, the kids get to drink a glass of soda.
But the thing is, I haven't had much soda since I was a kid. I drink tea, oj and milk but most importantly, I always have a big water bottle that I take absolutely everywhere... This also seems to be really common. I always see lots of people in public transit drinking from their own water bottles.
Maybe it's because tap water is clean and cheap here...
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#28I don’t eat sugar anymore but I noticed that after dropping soda and sweets I still eat a lot sugar. It’s in everything. Even tomato sauce and stuff that you’d think is healthy. I’m not sure it’s even possible to have a full diet without any sugar at all. You can do sugar-free waffles but then it’s for nothing if they’re doused in syrup (very sugary)
Tomato sauce we are buying have tomatoes and salt in it, nothing else.