Capable-Site-301 t1_j8lf2b3 wrote
Reply to comment by NuggetMDr in Study finds link between ‘free sugar’ intake and cardiovascular disease by YoanB
More like decades.
kdavis37 t1_j8na96k wrote
Centuries. We've known since the early-middle 1800's at LEAST.
TheNotSoGreatPumpkin t1_j8o5yj9 wrote
It’s always confused me the way sugar was treated as a staple for so long.
In descriptions of daily life in the 19th century, you’ll see a provisions list like “flour, canned beans, dried meat, tallow, loaf of sugar…”
When the going was rough, why was it so important for people to have such a useless delicacy as sugar? Even the Donner Party prioritized it if my reading recollection is right.
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