A PSA On Sugar
This is originally from a post I made on Next Door. If I missed something, or you think I'm wrong somewhere, I'm absolutely up for discussion! Just keep it civil (no ad hominem) please! But first, some back story for everyone. Seattle passed a sweetened beverage tax and someone on Next Door made not one, but two, trolling posts about it. The sides are, as you might expect, 1) don't tell me what I can and can't do with my body and make my Coca Cola more expensive and 2) sugar is evil and people need to be saved from themselves. As I say below, I don't particularly care one way or the other. But one of my soap boxes is people making scientific claims that aren't founded. This one I am addressing is mostly the trend of things like coconut or palm sugar and people saying "Use this instead of refined white sugar, it's way better for you!".