Growing up in America,I enjoyed the convenience of eating the most attractive, well-packaged foods of the 20th century,including all the candies we often see near the cash register.

During those times I wasn't aware how bad sugar was,and in fact,neither was anyone around me.So I continued to spread jam on my toast and eat ice cream daily.

Strangely enough,I felt that sweet was some sort of wonderful drug:it gave me the energy to function properly,to feel good and to perform at my best,all of which seemed necessary for growth.So why avoid it?

Years later,huge food companies,like General Mills and Post,began pumping more sugar into their products,and then more and more people appeared with bigger bellies(腹部）。It finally came to my awareness that our society was becoming more miserable and unfit.And from what?