[fatnotlazy]

Interesting. I don't have a munchies problem with sugar, but artificial sweeteners make me want to eat the legs off the dining room table.

[UCANSEE2]

One thing to consider is that there is a reason that food producers add both SALT and SUGAR/fructose to just about EVERYTHING.

It's not as if sugar is cheap. There is an OVERWHELMING REASON for them to do so.

There is very little doubt that they add them to make you consume more.

If they didn't produce the desired effect, they wouldn't spend the money to add them.

[upchuck]

These sugars often are added to processed foods and beverages, and consumption has risen dramatically since the 1970s along with obesity.

Because the manufacturers discovered they could save money by sweetening with HFCS instead of sugar because HFCS tastes much sweeter.

I have been saying for a long time that there was a link between the increase in obesity and the rise in the use of HFCS.