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Please Explain the Sugar Shortage
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One vitamin that dropped my bad cholesterol was niacin. The 500mg per day (called niacin flush). If you try it, take it at bed time. They call it flush as within 15 to 20 minutes you feel a flush on your face then your whole body starts to tingle in a very uncomfortable way.
That was about the only thing I changed in my diet and my bad cholesterol dropped about 25% over 2 years of using it.
You really like that term junkie. White sugar is used in thousands of culinary applications. I doubt folks are injecting into their veins. It is also the preferred sugar used by Starbucks for all this famous lattes and macchiatos. Dominicans are not, IMO, sugar junkies as you say. Yes, of course they take a small coffee 2x/day on the sweet side and may enjoy a plate of white rice with their main meal, but this is by no means the presentations of a junkie. Now, if someone consumes a half pound of sugar/day, well that's alot. Just because the Dominicans enjoy coffee, juices etc extra sweet and eat white rice with many of their noon meals, this is by no means the behavior of a junkie. Poor Dominicans can't afford to have a junkie's habit anyway. If anything, Americans are the junkies with their fast foods, Dunkin doughnuts, Starbucks, ice cream, cheesecake, etc. Calling someone a junkie is really never appropriate, as it also may be the disease of addiction.
I think calling Dominicans "sugar junkies" is going a bit far... A lot of foods have sugar in them, not just sweets.
A Dominican who likes his twice-daily coffee sweet is no junkie. Junkie is an antiquated derogatory term
Have you suddenly joined the politically correct squad and the cancel culture? I'm using the term both metaphorically and hyperbolically. I thought that would be pretty obvious. Obviously not!
The word "junkie" has been used as a metaphor and hyperbole for a long time and in many different ways: donut junkie, coffee junkie, tech junkie, video game junkie, Diet Coke junkie like me. It can, and has, been used anywhere someone overindulges in something. It's just in the past people weren't so easily offended by just about everything. Lighten up!
Dominicans love their sugar, anything that contains sugar and the more the better, and plenty of carbohydrates, especially low glycemic ones that convert rapidly to sugar like bread, potatoes, platanos, guineos, pasta, as well as rice and others. They love their sugar loaded sodas as well as the sugar loaded juices. Not many grab that carton of 100% natural orange juice(no sugar added) off the shelf.
Sugar is a real addiction. Many people just don't know it(see link below).
How To Break Your Sugar Addiction
A registered dietitian explains why sugar can be so addictive — and what to do if you feel like your cravings are out of control.
health.clevelandclinic.org
No, I found it odd that you were drilling this term into the Dominican culture. You live here a long time I was under the impression. Some stuff is funny, some is insulting. My kids are of a Dominican mother, some folks may be insulted at your derogatory term junkieHave you suddenly joined the politically correct squad and the cancel culture? I'm using the term both metaphorically and hyperbolically. I thought that would be pretty obvious. Obviously not!
The word "junkie" has been used as a metaphor and hyperbole for a long time and in many different ways: donut junkie, coffee junkie, tech junkie, video game junkie, Diet Coke junkie like me. It can, and has, been used anywhere someone overindulges in something. It's just in the past people weren't so easily offended by just about everything. Lighten up!
Dominicans love their sugar, anything that contains sugar and the more the better, and plenty of carbohydrates, especially low glycemic ones that convert rapidly to sugar like bread, potatoes, platanos, guineos, pasta, as well as rice and others. They love their sugar loaded sodas as well as the sugar loaded juices. Not many grab that carton of 100% natural orange juice(no sugar added) off the shelf.
Sugar is a real addiction. Many people just don't know it(see link below).
How To Break Your Sugar Addiction
A registered dietitian explains why sugar can be so addictive — and what to do if you feel like your cravings are out of control.
You are again, aside from misstating science, thinking like Dominicans alone have this diet. A standard Dominican diet is not unhealthy by nature. Let me help you with the glycemic index. High glycemic index foods convert faster to glucose in the blood, not low as you misstated. Green boiled bananas are low on the glycemic index, for your concern. No one is drinking 7 juices a day. How is drinking pop or juice any different than in the US? You are trying to walk back your derogatory comments. And if you want to talk science and blood chemistry with me, you are at a major disadvantage. Rice at lunch isn't so bad - at dinner yes. But again you must not realize the activity index of dominicans is higher so their systems can tolerate higher sugar intake than "Americans"
I'm not drilling it into Dominican culture. It has, apparently, been drilled into your head though. Are your kids reading this? Then explain to them it's not meant literally. Educate them as to what metaphors and hyperbole are.
You mentioned dominicans are sugar junkies in several posts now. Now you're trying to tell me to educate my kids lol. I live in Cab, please to discuss this with you any day. Enjoy your evening papi.
Not misstating it at all and I never said that Dominicans alone are sugar junkies, and definitely not all are by any means. There are many other countries that have more sugar junkies per capita than the DR.
Apparently, you don't know as much about blood chemistry as you think. I said high glycemic foods convert to sugar. Glucose is a sugar.
I said platanos were a high glycemic index food. See link below.
Show me the statistics that Dominicans are "high activity". This is definitely contrary to many comments made here(not by you) that Dominicans are lazy and that's why they won't work the construction jobs. Do you consider driving a moto high activity? A taxi?
Platano (cooked) - Glycemic Index, Glycemic Load, Nutrition Facts
Platano (cooked) is a nutrient-dense food and can be part of a healthy, balanced diet. Glycemic index of cooked platano is ...
glycemic-index.net
Are these your words?Not misstating it at all and I never said that Dominicans alone are sugar junkies, and definitely not all are by any means. There are many other countries that have more sugar junkies per capita than the DR.
Apparently, you don't know as much about blood chemistry as you think. I said high glycemic foods convert to sugar. Glucose is a sugar.
I said platanos were a high glycemic index food. See link below.
Show me the statistics that Dominicans are "high activity". This is definitely contrary to many comments made here(not by you) that Dominicans are lazy and that's why they won't work the construction jobs. Do you consider driving a moto high activity? A taxi?
Platano (cooked) - Glycemic Index, Glycemic Load, Nutrition Facts
Platano (cooked) is a nutrient-dense food and can be part of a healthy, balanced diet. Glycemic index of cooked platano is ...
"Dominicans love their sugar, anything that contains sugar and the more the better, and plenty of carbohydrates, especially "low glycemic" ones that convert rapidly to sugar like bread, potatoes,"
You're a bigot in disguise. Blocked.
Once again you misread my post. I said "if they read my posts" and were insulted. I don't see anything left to discuss(?).
I'd suggest folks in the USA have the need for sweets even more than folks here in the DR.
Wow, how did my simple question about no white sugar in the stores, on the North Coast, turn into this??? Thank you to those who responded to my question.
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