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<blockquote data-quote="lucylocket61" data-source="post: 1885246" data-attributes="member: 41885"><p>I see the label "sugar addict" as empowering. it enables me to face the problem and also to identify that there is a problem at all. And releases me from guilt, but not from the responsibility to do something with this knowledge. i have been a "victim" of clever advertising, and a deliberate attempt by the food manufacturers to make us want more and more, in the sene of a predator stalking its prey, but I am not a victim now.</p><p></p><p>I see direct parallels with the tobacco industry in all this. </p><p></p><p>I think the difference is whether someone sees the term "sugar addict" as a reason justify and continue the behaviours, or whether, like me, someone sees the terms as enlightenment of what is actually happening, deliberately by manufacturers, to use us to make money, regardless of the damage it does, and using that knowledge to make decisions and take back control.</p><p></p><p>If people dont know their appetite and food choices are being control in a damaging way, how can they break free from it and take control back?</p><p></p><p>Its all about choice and knowledge = power.</p><p></p><p>some people may well choose to still eat sugar in excess, just like some people still drink too much regularly, or smoke. The difference now is that they are making a choice to continue with those behaviours, not being decieved anymore into not even realising there is a problem with it.</p><p></p><p></p><p>caveat: and there should be resources available for those who need help to choose to get free from this, unfortunately those resources seem negligible.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lucylocket61, post: 1885246, member: 41885"] I see the label "sugar addict" as empowering. it enables me to face the problem and also to identify that there is a problem at all. And releases me from guilt, but not from the responsibility to do something with this knowledge. i have been a "victim" of clever advertising, and a deliberate attempt by the food manufacturers to make us want more and more, in the sene of a predator stalking its prey, but I am not a victim now. I see direct parallels with the tobacco industry in all this. I think the difference is whether someone sees the term "sugar addict" as a reason justify and continue the behaviours, or whether, like me, someone sees the terms as enlightenment of what is actually happening, deliberately by manufacturers, to use us to make money, regardless of the damage it does, and using that knowledge to make decisions and take back control. If people dont know their appetite and food choices are being control in a damaging way, how can they break free from it and take control back? Its all about choice and knowledge = power. some people may well choose to still eat sugar in excess, just like some people still drink too much regularly, or smoke. The difference now is that they are making a choice to continue with those behaviours, not being decieved anymore into not even realising there is a problem with it. caveat: and there should be resources available for those who need help to choose to get free from this, unfortunately those resources seem negligible. [/QUOTE]
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