Re: 43 teaspoons of sugar a day?

[Guest guest]

That's terrible. But believable! They add sugar to EVERYTHING!!! And

school lunches are awful. I know people who eat a piece of pizza, a

large container of fries. and a package of THREE LARGE cookies EVERY

SINGLE DAY for lunch. I can't even imagine how their body's still

function with all that garbage going in.

Peace =)

Alyssa 15 yo

UC April 2008, dx Sept 2008

SCD June 2009 (restarted)

No meds! (except for the stupid iron pill I have to take that is SO

illegal)

[Guest guest]

I guess that doesn't snock me. Prior to this diet (and even GFCF, in which we

still used sugar but not nearly as much) I thought often how odd it was that

practically everything my kids ate had the potential to contain sugar. Typical

meal for an American 3 year old: peanut butter and jelly sandwich (all three

contain sugar) canned fruit (sugar) juice (sugar) maybe a cookie (sugar)...and

that mom thinks she is feeding that kid well because pb has protein!! the bread

is whole wheat!! the fruit is good, right? Juice is full of vitamin C!! Oh,

that cookie, well, he ate a good lunch, he can have a

treat............................. I am off that cabbage truck for good now and

I am so relieved. I know I am feeding my children high quality stuff and it

shows...they are thriving and my son with ASD continues to make gains, to get

healthier and more talkative and so much happier. This is good.

Chrissy

>

> From a WSJ interview with Mackey, CEO of Whole

> Foods:

>

>

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704471504574447114058870676.html?m\

od=djemEditorialPage

>

> " A healthy diet is a solution to many of our health-care problems.

> It's the most important solution. How much sugar do you think

> Americans consume? " he asks. I shrug and he rattles off the

> statistics: " Every man, woman and child consumes, on average, 43

> teaspoons of sugar a day. In 13 days that adds up to a five-pound bag

> of sugar. "

>

> ______

>

> Wow, I didn't realize it was that much. That's scary.

> Who is eating all that sugar? I mean, I guess that

> accounts for the obesity problem, not to mention

> so many others. But 43 a day? Yikes!

>

> Mara

>

[Guest guest]

I guess that doesn't snock me. Prior to this diet (and even GFCF, in which we

still used sugar but not nearly as much) I thought often how odd it was that

practically everything my kids ate had the potential to contain sugar. Typical

meal for an American 3 year old: peanut butter and jelly sandwich (all three

contain sugar) canned fruit (sugar) juice (sugar) maybe a cookie (sugar)...and

that mom thinks she is feeding that kid well because pb has protein!! the bread

is whole wheat!! the fruit is good, right? Juice is full of vitamin C!! Oh,

that cookie, well, he ate a good lunch, he can have a

treat............................. I am off that cabbage truck for good now and

I am so relieved. I know I am feeding my children high quality stuff and it

shows...they are thriving and my son with ASD continues to make gains, to get

healthier and more talkative and so much happier. This is good.

Chrissy

>

> From a WSJ interview with Mackey, CEO of Whole

> Foods:

>

>

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704471504574447114058870676.html?m\

od=djemEditorialPage

>

> " A healthy diet is a solution to many of our health-care problems.

> It's the most important solution. How much sugar do you think

> Americans consume? " he asks. I shrug and he rattles off the

> statistics: " Every man, woman and child consumes, on average, 43

> teaspoons of sugar a day. In 13 days that adds up to a five-pound bag

> of sugar. "

>

> ______

>

> Wow, I didn't realize it was that much. That's scary.

> Who is eating all that sugar? I mean, I guess that

> accounts for the obesity problem, not to mention

> so many others. But 43 a day? Yikes!

>

> Mara

>

[Guest guest]

I guess that doesn't snock me. Prior to this diet (and even GFCF, in which we

still used sugar but not nearly as much) I thought often how odd it was that

practically everything my kids ate had the potential to contain sugar. Typical

meal for an American 3 year old: peanut butter and jelly sandwich (all three

contain sugar) canned fruit (sugar) juice (sugar) maybe a cookie (sugar)...and

that mom thinks she is feeding that kid well because pb has protein!! the bread

is whole wheat!! the fruit is good, right? Juice is full of vitamin C!! Oh,

that cookie, well, he ate a good lunch, he can have a

treat............................. I am off that cabbage truck for good now and

I am so relieved. I know I am feeding my children high quality stuff and it

shows...they are thriving and my son with ASD continues to make gains, to get

healthier and more talkative and so much happier. This is good.

Chrissy

>

> From a WSJ interview with Mackey, CEO of Whole

> Foods:

>

>

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704471504574447114058870676.html?m\

od=djemEditorialPage

>

> " A healthy diet is a solution to many of our health-care problems.

> It's the most important solution. How much sugar do you think

> Americans consume? " he asks. I shrug and he rattles off the

> statistics: " Every man, woman and child consumes, on average, 43

> teaspoons of sugar a day. In 13 days that adds up to a five-pound bag

> of sugar. "

>

> ______

>

> Wow, I didn't realize it was that much. That's scary.

> Who is eating all that sugar? I mean, I guess that

> accounts for the obesity problem, not to mention

> so many others. But 43 a day? Yikes!

>

> Mara

>

[Guest guest]

The last 2 doctor's appointments I went to, 90% of the people in the waiting

room were grossly overweight. I think some of them are making up for those of us

who don't eat sugar.

At one of these appointments, an overweight mother and daughter sat down next to

me. The girl was maybe 12, and they were talking about her having pre-diabetes.

That's just sad.

Holly

Crohn's

SCD 12/01/08

>

> From a WSJ interview with Mackey, CEO of Whole

> Foods:

>

>

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704471504574447114058870676.html?m\

od=djemEditorialPage

>

> " A healthy diet is a solution to many of our health-care problems.

> It's the most important solution. How much sugar do you think

> Americans consume? " he asks. I shrug and he rattles off the

> statistics: " Every man, woman and child consumes, on average, 43

> teaspoons of sugar a day. In 13 days that adds up to a five-pound bag

> of sugar. "

>

> ______

>

> Wow, I didn't realize it was that much. That's scary.

> Who is eating all that sugar? I mean, I guess that

> accounts for the obesity problem, not to mention

> so many others. But 43 a day? Yikes!

>

> Mara

>