Since moving overseas a lot has changed in our lives...more than just the scenery. A few weeks ago I posted about meals I had made at home. Cooking is a new phenomena for me.
One welcome change - our food is fresher. The vegetables we buy are fresh from a garden, definitely not mass produced. Much of the meat that is available was butchered that morning. Today, I know the ingredients of everything we eat at home because it is made from scratch.
I noticed something recently. I am craving, craving, craving sugar. After a month of being here I started to crave sugar and couldn't really figure it out because when I lived in the States I wasn't much of a snacker. I didn't drink soda. I didn't buy candy. I didn't bake sweets. If it was around I would have these things, it wasn't like I was on any kind of strict diet...but I didn't feel any need to have sugary snacks.
Moving here all of that changed. I salivate for soda. I long for candy. Baked goods - I eat them up. There were days I would seek out something with sugar in the ingredients. It got me thinking...why am I craving sugar so badly? The answer I came to - sugar must be added to the food we eat in the States without my realizing it.
I did some research - high fructose corn syrup is the ingredient I am craving. Read your labels, it's in nearly everything. I'm going through withdrawls now, but maybe it will be a long-term lifestyle change? Maybe I will create the habit of eating more healthy now? I hope so.
Can you eat without consuming corn syrup?
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