And one more thing: Every single time anyone of the older generation wanted to lose weight - they’d cut out ‘starch’. It was common knowledge that starch made you fat and unhealthy. Us kids weren’t allowed sugar very often because we were told it would make us ‘sick’ and give us ‘sugar diabetes’!
(Of course these were the same adults who thought it was hilarious to watch a 5 year old cry because she accidentally swallowed a watermelon seed and was terrified that it would grow in her stomach...)
>Us kids weren’t allowed sugar very often because we were told it would make us ‘sick’ <
Absolutely. I remember thinking my mom was being dramatic when she’d see me drinking a soda and she’d say I would make myself sick if I didn’t quit eating or drinking so much sugar.
Now, if I eat sugar I feel like I’ve been hit by a truck the next day and I’ve never been diagnosed with diabetes.
I guess the old saying, “Mother knows best” is right after all!