Windowless Room. Day Two.
When I ventured out mid-day, I was greeted by rain, high winds…and visions of sugarplums, dancing in my head.
‘Cause they’re good for me.
The lead nutrition professor of the American Heart Association’s comprehensive review of scientific literature on sugar said today in the New York Times — and I quote –
“I don’t think candy is bad for you.”
Her name is Rachel Johnson. She’s my favorite doctor of all time.
Dr. Johnson goes on to say that candy provides only 6 percent of the added sugar in the American diet, while sweet drinks and juice supply 46 percent.
AHA!
I’ve been warning folks off of fruit juice for years. All it took was reading the juice carton label one time; it totally killed my taste for the stuff.
If I’m gonna get that much sugar, I might as well enjoy myself and down Twizzlers at the movie theater. And I have — oh, you know it.
And it turns out…it’s not that bad.
(That’s what she said.)
Cheap trick
Yesterday I mentioned I don’t dress up my dog for Halloween. Some might find that a bit fuddy duddy.
Well, I’ve found something that beats it.
A dentist in Mansfield, Ohio is offering to buy back Halloween candy from children. And he’s not the only one.
At Dr. Callen’s office in Mansfield, trick-or-treaters will receive $1 per pound of candy turned in (5-pound limit per child) and free toothbrushes. They will also be entered in a drawing for one of two children’s bicycles.
Now, I know the dentists’ intentions are good. Halloween candy is all about sugar, and sugar consumption promotes tooth decay.
But geez oh Pete.
Halloween only happens once a year! Shouldn’t every kid experience the rush — and resulting sweet belly — from overeating candy after a night of trick-or-treating? Believe me, it’s the best way to convince them to never do it again.
Plus, do we really want to turn Halloween into a money-making venture for kids? Cause this sure feels like it.
Five bucks is five bucks, after all.
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