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Wayne Boatwright > wrote:

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> 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!
>
> 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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