Sugar in food
@marymary621 (150)
Ogden, Utah
May 14, 2024 10:27am CST
I get some of my best ideas for posting a discussion just by responding to you guys.
Here's one from today, having a discussion from @2ndchances24 about diabetes.
The discussion led me to thinking about all the sugar in food and here's one that had me stumped until I spoke with it to one of my best friends.
Unknowingly I picked up a bottle of ketchup that was sugar free. I'm not much of a ketchup person but I do enjoy a little ketchup and mayo on my fries. (Don't knock it til you try it.)
Anyhow I kinda groaned figuring it wouldn't taste right or maybe have an after taste. It was neither one. I couldn't tell a differerence between regular ketchup or sugar free ketchup.
I spoke with my friend about it and was like, "Why do they even add sugar if it's not going to make a difference with taste?" And her reply was probably exactly right. "Because Mary, sugar is habit forming. It makes you keep coming back for more."
I was like WOW!!
Have you guys noticed taste differences before?
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@kaylachan (71793)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
14 May
Something claiming to be sugar free really isn't. It either has less than is required to be labeled as sugar, or is an alternitive. Sugar in and of itself is habit forming, you're right. However, the alternitives carry their own risks. As alterntive substutes carry their own side effects. The body doesn't know the difference.
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@kaylachan (71793)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
14 May
@marymary621 Those are the two most dangerous, so it's likely Heinz uses actual sugar, just less than is required to be placed on a label.
@marymary621 (150)
• Ogden, Utah
14 May
Yes, I agree that the alternatives can be especially dangerous and more so than with actual sugar. However, with Heinz Ketchup I also checked the label for Aspertene and Spledid, and it didn't list either.
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@marymary621 (150)
• Ogden, Utah
14 May
Aspartame, more than other, really worries me.
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@AmbiePam (93920)
• United States
14 May
@marymary621 try to stay away from it if you can. A little here and there won’t harm you, but it’s just not good overall.
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@marymary621 (150)
• Ogden, Utah
14 May
I was surprised that the sugar free ketchup didn't taste any different.
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@2ndchances24 (9302)
• Cloverdale, Indiana
15 May
There are some foods that have little to NO sugar in them
as being a person that's new to all this I read everything
I want & if it has less that my LIMIT of sugar in it I get it
But for stuff that has MORE than my limit I don't get it.
Like my sparkling Ice drinks I drink that I replaced my
sodas with, they have NO SUGAR, & whatever else I
can find with NO SUGAR is what I get which isn't very
much but like I said it's the LIMIT of sugar it has in it.
@marymary621 (150)
• Ogden, Utah
15 May
I willl definitely start reading labels!!
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@2ndchances24 (9302)
• Cloverdale, Indiana
18 May
@marymary621 That's what I had to learn too, the LESS sugar
the better, & eat LESS of those that have sugar.
@zainkhan121 (859)
• Pakistan
14 May
It's fascinating how discussions with friends can lead to such eye-opening realizations! Your experience with the sugar-free ketchup is a perfect example of how our assumptions can be challenged by trying something new.
