Twenty years ago, I met a couple with a young son who decided not to let the kid have sugar. I wonder how that might have worked out for the kid now that he’s grown.
I assume the kid hit 18 and went on a sugar binge as soon as he tasted it the first time.
Anyone have experience with this?
I wasn’t raised without sugar but with very little and with the understanding it’s not food.
When I was given some marshmallows as a kid I wasn’t sure if this edible or Styrofoam type packaging material.
Doing fine today, for a couple years I am not eating candy. No jam no snacks, black coffee, soda in the zero version here and there. Fruit is the only way perhaps I get sugar.
Late 20s I got some tooth issues despite not eating sugar. Not sure how that happens, carbs I guess.
I never missed anything prefer salty spicy foods or umami.
Do you drink a lot of sparkling water. I’ve heard the carbonation is part of what causes tooth decay.
That’s crazy, that’s the first I heard of that. What I remember from my college classes covering food is that processed grains are on of the most common issues with tooth decay.
My understanding is that carbonation isn’t a problem, it’s the acidity that you get in colas, even the sugar-free variety, that can damage teeth.
In that carbonic acid is present, sure. Seltzer water is 100 to 1000 times less acidic than typical cola and doesn’t feed the cavity-causing bacteria so it’s a pretty small part of the problem.
Saliva breaks down starch in your mouth to sugar! Spit has the enzyme amylase, so the longer u chew starchy foods the more sugary it becomes before u swallow!