Cindy Fuller > wrote in
:

> In article >,
> Wayne Boatwright > wrote:
>
> snips
>> Bottom line is, it's your choice whether to consume sugar or not. Most
>> places that serve sweet tea also have unsweetened tea available. There
>> are two diabetics in our household. We watch what we consume and
>> choose carefully.
>
> Not so, Wayne. I used to live in NC. Many times I'd be in a restaurant
> and ask for unsweetened iced tea and be told they didn't have any. Or
> try finding unsweetened iced tea in bottles or cans when you're on the
> road--ain't gonna happen. here in Seattle, it's the plague of the
> tutti-frutti iced teas--bleah!

I'm sure it varies geographically. Everywhere I've lived there's been a
choice in most restaurants.

>> Please don't take this personally, but there are too many people out
>> there who seem to think society and the law should be their personal
>> watchdogs. They are obviously too lazy or incapable of taking
>> responsibility for themselves. I'm tired of being warned about
>> undercooked eggs and meat. It would really **** me off if "they"
>> started governing what foods should contains sugar and how much. And
>> it goes on and on...
>
> I fill a baggie full of the amount of sugar in a standard 12 ounce can
> of soda and pass it around to my nutrition class. Most of them are
> clueless to that point of how much sugar (rather, high fructose corn
> syrup) they're getting in via that route.

Is that about 6 teaspoons?

> Cindy, rfc nutrition police officer

I still say that people should smarten up, and should not need other people
to tell them everything, much less enforce anything.

--
Wayne in Phoenix

*If there's a nit to pick, some nitwit will pick it.
*A mind is a terrible thing to lose.