Tom Del Rosso wrote:
> Julie Bove wrote:
>> dsi1 wrote:
>>> On 3/11/2013 12:38 PM, Mark Thorson wrote:
>>>> Betcha the judge is a fattie.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2291772
>>>
>>> The judge might be one of those guys that believes in personal
>>> freedom.
>>> Bloomberg should instead try to initiate a program to screen and
>>> educate the public about type 2 diabetes because the craving of
>>> giant drinks could be a warning sign of the onset of this disease.
>>> OTOH, the numbers and the loading on our health system this would
>>> place are frightful.
>>
>> What a bunch of hooey! I have type 2 diabetes and a lot of other
>> people I know have it too. None of us ever craved diant drinks.
>
> Isn't it just normal to sometimes crave something sweet?

Perhaps for most people. Not for me. I sometimes have cravings for beans,
tomatoes, potatoes, pocorn. Very rarely sweets and rarer still sweet
drinks. The only time I did have a craving for punch was when I was
pregnant. I was at a party and had some and thought it tasted good.
Normally I very much dislike such things unless they are sugar free. I grew
up having pretty much only sugar free drinks. The only time I had any that
were not sugar free were if I was at a party or some such thing and that was
all they had. At home and in restaurants, we always drank the sugar free
stuff or I'd have plain iced tea or hot tea if they didn't have.

Sweetened drinks are so vile to me now that my first instinct will be to
spit them out when I accidentally get one. Plus sweetened drinks make me
thirsty which seems to defeat the purpose.

I do sometimes want candy but it's a very specific want. I was thinking
about this the other day. I think what appeals to me about the candy is the
chewiness. I will sometimes have a hard candy if I have a sore throat but
otherwise I don't like it much. I might sometimes want a flavor in my mouth
so I will put the hard candy in there until I get the flavor then spit it
out. Because otherwise hard candy isn't appealing. I very much dislike
creamy candies. Actually most candies do not appeal to me. I recently
bought some bulk wine gums because I had heard how good they were. The lady
at the store said I'd be back. They were that addictive. Nope. They
tasted odd to me, even though I did like the texture. I couldn't eat them.
I also find those licorice Allsorts things to be appealing to the eye. But
I have bought them a couple of times and found that I could not eat them. I
do like Good and Plenty but not the licorice taste so much. One or two of
those is all I can manage.

You could sit me in front of a cake, pie, ice cream or even cookies. I
won't be tempted to eat them. In fact I'll be tempted to want them
somewhere away from me. I don't know why really. I used to love to bake.
I made tons of cookies and some cakes. Not so many pies because I never
could get the crust right. But I didn't want to eat what I made.