Trio of interesting NYT's articles on diet, fitness and health

[Pax]

I'm lucky that my sweet tooth seems to have gone away since menopause. I can eat one cookie and be done now.

[Chile Pepper]

Fascinating article on sugar. I love baking for my family, and the article has certainly given me a lot to think about in terms of how much is too much. Even fruit juices are suspect. (I don't drink them myself, but I always have them around for my boys since I don't buy soft drinks.) But I think I'll wait until after Easter to give this any serious thought.

[Biciclista]

i have the sweet tooth problem combined with a sweet toothed husband who rides SO much that he's constantly hungry. So he buys all this candy!
the good news is just this week the dentist told him to stop it. so maybe I can be in my home without the constant challenge of dishes of candy everywhere.

[Pax]

We started buying these in either 45% or 70% dark chocolate and we'll have one after dinner. The dark chocolate soothes the dessert urge and it's less than 4g of sugar (the magic number to stay under to avoid glycemic spikes).

[Biciclista]

heh, I eat plenty of dark chocolate. And I made shortbread the other day after discovering how little sugar is in them. (1 cup for 4.5 cups of flour)

[emily_in_nc]

heh, I eat plenty of dark chocolate. And I made shortbread the other day after discovering how little sugar is in them. (1 cup for 4.5 cups of flour)

White flour might as well be sugar - it's pure simple carbohydrate and converts to "sugar" in your body.

Sorry! It's a shame...I'm a sugar-a-holic too.

[PamNY]

White flour might as well be sugar - it's pure simple carbohydrate and converts to "sugar" in your body.

That's what I'd always thought, but the sugar article says no.

I don't know what to believe. I've always felt it silly to demonize a particular food, and "calories in vs. calories out" seems to work for me. Apparently there's more to it.

Besides, I like any logic that makes shortbread a good thing.