You can walk into any restaurant and see them amongst the array of ketchup packets and salt shakers. That little dish with the rainbow assortment of various sugar substitutes can be found almost anywhere as the commercial below advertises. As early as the 19th century, these less than sweet powders have been luring people with false promises of a healthier way to satisfy those sugar cravings.
The increasing popularity of sugar substitutes is a clear reflection on the priorities of today’s society. Most of us cling to the desire to become what the media portrays as beautiful: thin. People will go out of their way to purchase pricy items that promise its consumption will lead to a dramatic weight loss, or even skip meals altogether, in attempt to drop their weight to a “glowing” 78 pounds matching their favorite celebrity of the week. News flash: Sugar is supposed to be sweet and indulging, and believe it or not, you are allowed to indulge from time to time!
This chemically goodness is a perfect symbol for society today. America has become obsessed with being as fake as those sugar substitutes. Let’s start off with our beloved politicians shall we? Most of them are just as bad as the creators of the commercials, one trying to sell us just as much b.s. as the next. And all of us are fake from time to time. Whether it’s sucking up to our boss, or trying to make our new girlfriend’s parents like us, we all at one time or another try and act just a little more sweet than we actually are.
As long as we keep consuming these lovely little packets of false hopes of social acceptance, we can’t even blame producers for continuing to produce them. We have made it quite clear we no longer want those sweets baked with love from grandma’s house. We are perfectly content giving up the childhood memories baked in with the flour, water, and, most of all, sugar.
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