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  • 28-06-2021 3:25pm
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    BENDYBINN
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    Is sugar as sweet as it was? I don’t think so.
    Two spoons in my coffee now.....before it was only one.
    They’re diluting sugar now father......


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    olestoepoke
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    BENDYBINN wrote: »
    Is sugar as sweet as it was? I don’t think so.
    Two spoons in my coffee now.....before it was only one.
    They’re diluting sugar now father......

    Sugar is poison give it up and you'll feel better.


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    #3
    Doylers
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    Gave up sugar years and years ago. Don't miss it at all, my tea was paired with a lot of chocolate biscuits to aid in the transition lol


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    [Deleted User]
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    You can't really remove sugar from your diet can you? I mean, it's in nearly everything. You could cut it down but cut it out completely?


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    TheValeyard
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    Nah, sugar is awesome. Love sugar.

    Fcuk Putin. Glory to Ukraine!



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    coffee_cake
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    Take no sugar for a while then back to one, it'll be sweet again


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    YFlyer
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    You are saying sucrose has changed? Perhaps it is Glucose or Lactose?


    Which is the sweetest?

    Maybe use Fructose.


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    Badly Drunk Boy
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    BENDYBINN wrote: »
    Is sugar as sweet as it was? I don’t think so.
    Two spoons in my coffee now.....before it was only one.
    They’re diluting sugar now father......
    It's the Covid lockdowns that are causing all of this. Did you see the thread about vodka and beer being weaker now too, even if they have the same alcohol content? ;)


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    Montage of Feck
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    Just remember, the sweet is never as sweet without the sour.

    🙈🙉🙊



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    JustAThought
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    I tried to totally cut out sugar - all pleasures verboten - fizzy drinks, biscuits, cake, jellies, chocolate, liters of lucozade - I found myself totally craving Lild Smoked Turkey and buying, roasting & eating a M&S meal deal roast chicken a week. One day I turned the Lidl pack of amoked turkey ingredients over.. the second ingredient was SUGAR. The second ingredient in the M&S roast chicken turned out to be caramel - reduced sugar mixed with sweetened butter.

    Sugar is IMPOSSIBLE to avoid unless your a corn sucking vegan or suchlike. Just as well its so tasty.


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    Montage of Feck
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    JustAThought wrote: »
    I tried to totally cut out sugar - all pleasures verboten - fizzy drinks, biscuits, cake, jellies, chocolate, liters of lucozade - I found myself totally craving Lild Smoked Turkey and buying, roasting & eating a M&S meal deal roast chicken a week. One day I turned the Lidl pack of amoked turkey ingredients over.. the second ingredient was SUGAR. The second ingredient in the M&S roast chicken turned out to be caramel - reduced sugar mixed with sweetened butter.

    Sugar is IMPOSSIBLE to avoid unless your a corn sucking vegan or suchlike. Just as well its so tasty.

    There is sugar in corn.

    🙈🙉🙊



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    Capt'n Midnight
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    YFlyer wrote: »
    You are saying sucrose has changed? Perhaps it is Glucose or Lactose?


    Which is the sweetest?

    Maybe use Fructose.
    don't use fructose, it's evil


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    AllGunsBlazing
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    Try switching to cocaine, op.

    I did. And apart from the bugs crawling beneath my skin and the CIA trying to read my brainwaves, I've never felt better.


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    Green Mile
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    I don’t add sugar to anything because it’s in everything already.
    When I seen the bad side of diabetes, people fingers rotting and falling off, it really turned me off excess sugar.
    I try keep sugar intake to less than 100% of the daily recommended intake, it’s harder than you’d think.


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    [Deleted User]
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    Don’t ate nuttin and you’ll be ok.


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    ElJaguar
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    BENDYBINN wrote: »
    Is sugar as sweet as it was? I don’t think so.
    Two spoons in my coffee now.....before it was only one.
    They’re diluting sugar now father......

    First you get the sugar. Then you get the power. Then you get the Women.


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    Real Life
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    Its because you've become so used to it.

    Also keep in mind, despite what some people are saying in this thread Sugar is not poisonous but should be used in moderation just like anything.

    Many people say they cut out sugar etc but are still having fruit and other foods that contain it naturally, and that's no harm but don't be thinking you are having no sugar, your body still digests it the same way.


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    Greyfox
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    Real Life wrote: »
    but should be used in moderation just like anything.

    True.. although I find having sugar in moderation very difficult.


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    Capt'n Midnight
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    Judge Dredd: The Sweet Taste Of Justice

    FIRST PUBLISHED 2000AD Sci-Fi Special 1981

    DATELINE 01 Jun 81

    PAGE COUNT 10

    REPRINTS Judge Dredd (Volume 2) 6, Judge Dredd (Volume 2) 61 & Judge Dredd: The Restricted Files 01



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    YFlyer
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    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    don't use fructose, it's evil

    No way. Do tell.


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    Capt'n Midnight
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    YFlyer wrote: »
    No way. Do tell.

    High Fructose Corn Syrup. It's about the cheapest sweetener as Corn Subsidies in the United States totaled $116.6 billion from 1995-2020


    https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/is-fructose-bad-for-you-200705012507
    Virtually every cell in the body can use glucose for energy. In contrast, only liver cells break down fructose. What happens to fructose inside liver cells is complicated. One of the end products is triglyceride, a form of fat. Uric acid and free radicals are also formed.[/QUOTE

    free radicals :eek:


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    YFlyer
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    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    High Fructose Corn Syrup. It's about the cheapest sweetener as Corn Subsidies in the United States totaled $116.6 billion from 1995-2020


    https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/is-fructose-bad-for-you-200705012507
    Virtually every cell in the body can use glucose for energy. In contrast, only liver cells break down fructose. What happens to fructose inside liver cells is complicated. One of the end products is triglyceride, a form of fat. Uric acid and free radicals are also formed.[/QUOTE

    free radicals :eek:

    Thanks. I forgot about the US using fructose instead of glucose or sucrose. Eating fruit is still ok?


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    [Deleted User]
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    fvp4 wrote: »
    Don’t ate nuttin and you’ll be ok.

    Is that you Dr. Mosley?


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    ElJaguar wrote: »
    First you get the sugar. Then you get the power. Then you get the Women.

    "The eyes chico, they never lie....."


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    biko
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxsNy4NoZUs


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    Mister Vain
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9nE2spOw_o


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    Bobblehats
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7tkip0F1N0


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    #28
    Capt'n Midnight
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    YFlyer wrote: »
    Thanks. I forgot about the US using fructose instead of glucose or sucrose. Eating fruit is still ok?
    I know some tomatoes who have some very strong views on that subject.


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    YFlyer
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    Capt'n Midnight wrote: »
    I know some tomatoes who have some very strong views on that subject.

    Had an argument with a US food scientist whether tomato was a fruit or veg. Reminded her that Reagan administration put tomato sauce as one of the five.


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    sporina
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    BENDYBINN wrote: »
    Is sugar as sweet as it was? I don’t think so.
    Two spoons in my coffee now.....before it was only one.
    They’re diluting sugar now father......

    sugar is addictive like a lot of meds.. the more you take, the more you need (to get the same effect)


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    Capt'n Midnight
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    YFlyer wrote: »
    Had an argument with a US food scientist whether tomato was a fruit or veg. Reminded her that Reagan administration put tomato sauce as one of the five.
    Five a day ? Five slices of pizza :pac:




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