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Sugar soup How can I not start a post about sugar consumption without letting you all know that tennis star Maria Sharapova has decided to change her name to Maria ‘Sugarpova’ for next week’s US Open, to endorse her new confectionary line. I am thinking of switching my name to Damon Gateau (French for cake) … Continued

The Last Supper And with one final sip of organic apple and blackcurrant juice, the sugar-coated curtain fell and landed on the head of the small guinea pig. But sadly, that little guinea pig was little no more, his flanks were now swollen, his teeth stained and aching, and his internal organs clambered for rest, … Continued

Cokay Such is the success of the Coca Cola ubiquitous marketing strategy that the word ‘coke’ is the 2nd most recognizable word across all languages on this planet. It still trails the word ‘okay’ and I hope it always does. How you feeling? Oh, I’m coke. Perhaps the two will merge. Oh, I’m cokay.   … Continued

Mountain dew mouth A one litre bottle of Pepsi’s Mountain Dew contains 30% more caffeine than coke and 34 teaspoons of sugar. It is the highest selling beverage in the mountains of Kentucky. The term ‘Mountain Dew Mouth’ has been coined for those people that have totally decayed teeth from consuming this beverage since birth. … Continued

Cronut and Brain Fog “Maybe America has gone too far, it is going to take us a long time to get back on track because the marketing, the money and the patterns have been deeply established. My hope is that the developing nations see what we have done and don’t follow our lead.” A professor … Continued