"Cindy Fuller" > wrote in message
...
> 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!


Ok, I have to jump in for a second here....a mild rant though, I promise!
*Why* is it that it is almost impossible to find unsweetened brewed tea
anymore? It's either sweetened or sweetened and loaded with atificial
flavors. Yuck. And please, servers of the world, when someone asks for iced
tea, put some ICE in it! lol

kimberly
> >
> > 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.
>
> Cindy, rfc nutrition police officer
>
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