Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site rti-sel.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ucbvax!decvax!mcnc!rti-sel!wfi From: wfi@rti-sel.UUCP (William Ingogly) Newsgroups: net.kids,net.med Subject: Re: Re: expecting father & nutrasweet Message-ID: <310@rti-sel.UUCP> Date: Wed, 24-Jul-85 15:15:30 EDT Article-I.D.: rti-sel.310 Posted: Wed Jul 24 15:15:30 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 27-Jul-85 03:49:49 EDT References: <771@burl.UUCP> <787@mtuxo.UUCP> <193@omen.UUCP> <15@unc.UUCP> Reply-To: wfi@rti-sel.UUCP (William Ingogly) Organization: Research Triangle Institute, NC Lines: 27 Xref: watmath net.kids:1538 net.med:1800 In article <15@unc.UUCP> fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann) writes: >>Sugar is not physically addicting, either, as far as I know. > >Neither are coffee and cigarettes physically addictive. Sugar, like caffene >and nicotene IS habit forming. And all three are unnecessary. True about the habit forming qualities of these drugs, but both caffein (sp?) and nicotine (sp?) are also physically addictive. When I was a heavy smoker and quit, I had a number of unpleasant physical reactions including the jitters and headaches. Same thing when I quit coffee after drinking it heavily: I suffered from headaches and extreme fatigue. These sort of physical reactions are quite common among people who quit these drugs 'cold turkey.' It IS true that the behavioral patterns involved in using these drugs are much harder to deal with when giving them up than withdrawal symptoms. As to giving up sugar in foods, it's amazing how the natural sweetness of things like fruit and grains can only be appreciated after you stop using a lot of sugar. Many desserts are FAR too sweet to me now. I find the same thing about salt in food: I don't even have any salt in the house and never miss it. Many things I eat at other people's houses and in restaurants now seem grossly oversalted to me. -- Good eatin', Bill Ingogly