Most of us can agree that we wouldn’t buy a dessert from this pastry shop every day let alone for our children. We’d be plagued with sugar highs, cavities and obesity (oh wait, we already are). From that statement alone it’s quite evident that in the United States we have an epidemic. A sugar epidemic.
In no other country do we like our sweets as sweet as we do. It’s always evident right away when I visit Spain and walk into one of their pastry shops filled with luxurious eclairs and chocolate covered torts. The only difference is when you bite into one they’re not sweet. Ask any American traveling abroad and one of the first things they notice is the sweets in other countries are bland.
My question is are other countries sweets bland or are ours ridiculously sweetened? According to our weights and statistics, we are consuming too much sugar and our taste buds have adapted to the latter.
Here in this country we are used to eating cookies, brownies, ice cream, cake and pie on a daily basis. What I’ve noticed is that it’s not just people eating a Standard American Diet but people eating a Real Food Diet as well.
