#34: Sweet as Sugar
Let’s be honest. Sugar tastes great! Our brains are hardwired to enjoy the taste of sugar, even though we know an excess amount is really bad for us. Also, it’s just plain hard to avoid sugar. The addictive substance is in pretty much everything we buy from the store. It’s so common that most kids eat way too much of it in their average diets.
Sugar has become so common that it’s having a large-scale negative effect on people’s health. Diabetes and obesity can have some serious negative consequences for many people. Maybe one day, there won’t be as much sugar in our processed foods. When kids eat too much sugar at an early age, they get used to it and feel like they need it.