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March 15th 05, 12:48 AM
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Americans eat way too much sugar. Europeans, at least, consume
something like 50 pounds of sugar per year, while Americans go through over 300 pounds. Those figures are from memory; I read a book a couple of years ago called "Eat Yourself Slim" by Michael Montague, a European chef and expert on nutrition. Just walk through an American (or Canadian; we're almost as bad) shopping mall to see what the fat folks are eating: supersized Cokes, Slushies, candy bars, and the like. A two-litre (two-quart) bottle of Coke has 46 teaspoons of sugar in it. Sugar is converted into fat almost instantly, and stored. Insulin is part of the process, which explains the rising diabetes rates as the pancreas gets worn out and quits. That's the way I understand it, and as I've cut way back on the soft drinks it's been a lot easier to get the weight off. Seems to be some truth to it. Maybe if I'd stuck to learning French a bit better when in high school I'd have a lower risk of heart attack:-) Dan 
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March 16th 05, 02:35 AM
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wrote in message oups.com... Americans eat way too much sugar. Europeans, at least, consume something like 50 pounds of sugar per year, while Americans go through over 300 pounds. Most of it totally unwanted and unnecessary, too. Much of it is foisted on the American public in the name of avoiding fat in the diet. And then there are the British -- deep fried Mars bars, yum. It causes chest pains just to think about it.
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March 16th 05, 02:57 AM
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("C J Campbell" wrote)
-- deep fried Mars bars, yum. It causes chest pains just to think about it. Be still my beating heart... Montblack
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March 16th 05, 02:16 PM
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On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 20:57:43 -0600, "Montblack"
wrote: ("C J Campbell" wrote) -- deep fried Mars bars, yum. It causes chest pains just to think about it. Be still my beating heart... Heh heh, eat enough of those things and you may get your wish. ;-) Corky Scott
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March 19th 05, 05:23 PM
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I think that you will find that deep fried Mars bars are a Scottish
delicacy! And that's why we are the heart capital of Europe.......and perhaps the world Rich On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 09:16:36 -0500, Corky Scott wrote: On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 20:57:43 -0600, "Montblack" wrote: ("C J Campbell" wrote) -- deep fried Mars bars, yum. It causes chest pains just to think about it. Be still my beating heart... Heh heh, eat enough of those things and you may get your wish. ;-) Corky Scott
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March 24th 05, 05:18 PM
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" Maybe if I'd stuck to learning French a bit better when in high
school I'd have a lower risk of heart attack:-)" or more libido:-) wrote in message oups.com... Americans eat way too much sugar. Europeans, at least, consume something like 50 pounds of sugar per year, while Americans go through over 300 pounds. Those figures are from memory; I read a book a couple of years ago called "Eat Yourself Slim" by Michael Montague, a European chef and expert on nutrition. Just walk through an American (or Canadian; we're almost as bad) shopping mall to see what the fat folks are eating: supersized Cokes, Slushies, candy bars, and the like. A two-litre (two-quart) bottle of Coke has 46 teaspoons of sugar in it. Sugar is converted into fat almost instantly, and stored. Insulin is part of the process, which explains the rising diabetes rates as the pancreas gets worn out and quits. That's the way I understand it, and as I've cut way back on the soft drinks it's been a lot easier to get the weight off. Seems to be some truth to it. Maybe if I'd stuck to learning French a bit better when in high school I'd have a lower risk of heart attack:-) Dan
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