Sweet Poison: How Sugar Is Hidden, Engineered, and Designed to Own You

Let me start with a question, and I want you to be honest with yourself, because nobody hears your answer but you. Have you ever told yourself you were going to eat less sugar, really meant it, and then found yourself, a few days later, reaching for the sweet thing anyway, almost without deciding to? Have you ever felt like sugar had a strange kind of pull on you, like you were not fully in charge of the choice? Be honest. And here is the harder question underneath it. When you felt that pull, did you blame yourself? Did you tell yourself you just had no willpower, no discipline, that something was wrong with you? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices