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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.
Kinda misrepresentative using granulated sugar. Not all sugar is the same, nor does it have the same effect in your body.
Both yogurt and pasta sauce are extremely easy to make from scratch, and sugar doesn't belong as an ingredient in either. Yogurt literally makes itself. Stop buying processed foods that are designed by teams of people to be addictive?
sugar doesn't belong as an ingredient in either
Ya says who? Almost all sauces are made with a little sugar. It helps cut the acidity.
You don’t need to add a ton but to say you NEVER add sugar to sauce is ignorant.
Make your own yogurt! It's the best
I've never done that, but I've made cheese out of yogurt by putting it in cheesecloth and letting all the liquid drain out of it over a day or so. Mix it with some chives and it's amazing on crackers.
And this applies to salt as well to a lesser extent.
Right, bad healthcare => no pressure to make people' lives healthier. I guess that's why you still don't have a less sugar novement?
There's a bit of a sugar replacement movement, which isn't necessarily healthier. Most of the sugar replacements have been linked with stuff like dementia if consumed regularly for a long period. And most of them taste a bit off. The other part of the problem is that when you eat something sweet, your body expects sugar. When it doesn't get the sugar it's expecting, it will feel like you are still hungry even though you just ate something.
Damn and I think my sauce is too sweet if I even add a whole tablespoon.
This is why I started making a lot of my own things. There are lots of options in the store for some items where you can get something without sugar that didn't need it. But then there's things like mayonnaise... Let me tell you that mayonnaise doesn't need any sugar and most brands that don't have sugar are like $11 for an 8oz jar. So I started making it myself at home. I also started making bread which later turned into a hobby, but now I can't eat the store bread because it's too sweet. I even make my own jam now and I know what you're gonna say "but jam is like... mostly sugar", but I'll have you know that jam tastes WAY better with half the sugar that it's typically made with. It's an art form to get it thick without adding more sugar, but it's worth it. Looking back, I know most people can't make all this shit and it's really sad that people can't buy things with less sugar at the store without paying an arm and a leg. It really says a lot about our society that this is true.
Pretty bold to assume I'm not a hunter gatherer
Did you use the calories or the grams of sugar to determine the amount?
i guarantee im not eating any of that sugar