I tried to give up sugar today. But I didn’t. I tried. I tried real hard. It didn’t work. The cookie won. I put up a good fight. But the cookie won. It was oatmeal. With big raisins. Why did it win? Because it’s called “cookie” and not rutabaga. I’m weak. The cookie was strong. Why should I even give up sugar? Because I should. Every healthy choice I make will help me live another 50 years. But I can’t live the next 50 years without sugar. I’m weak and I need my treats. Like some spoiled cat in a milk chocolate mansion. And I don’t want no sugar-free treats. They have artificial sugar with weird names, like sucralose and maltitol . And maltodextrin . What the hell is a “maltodextrin”? I feel like I’m eating a science experiment. And artificial sweetener causes cancer in lab rats. I read it on the internet. Is it true? I don’t know. I read it on the internet. You tell me. I bought a lab rat to find out, but then I felt ba...
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