We bought some cookies and on the outside packaging were the words SUGAR FREE!
It was printed HUGE, in letters about two inches tall. Little did we realize the consequences these harmless, tasty little cookies would have...
Later that day...
David and I were desperately trying to figure out why our kids were going through diapers like I don't know what... but mess after mess, we kept turning to each other and saying, "Its your turn," "I did the last one," "Yeah, but the one I did was twice as bad as the one you took care of." I don't want to be too graphic, but just imagine that both kids were having problems that extended up their backs and down to their ankles every hour or so. Very unusual. They must have some kind of flu. I hope I don't get it, but how could I NOT pick it up from them, when I'm cleaning them up, mess after mess?
After about mess number six I suddenly have a flashback to something I read earlier that day. After feeding a cookie to Shelly and eating one myself, I wondered how something that contained no sugar could taste so good. So I read the list of ingredients. And at the end of the list, in small, fine print, I read
Excess consumption may cause a laxative effect in sensitive persons.
WHAT????? Laxative effect???
When I suddenly had this flash of remembering the cookie package David could not believe what I was telling him and had to read it for himself. Sure enough, as we laughed about cookies having that effect, we were also horrified to realize our children were obviously "sensitive persons" that had indulged in "excess consumption." Had we poisoned our children with sugar free sweets? Now the package of cookies sits, only half-eaten, abandoned on our kitchen counter.
Cookies, anyone?
1 comment:
This is what is known as the law of unintended consequences. Way too often anymore, we are led down a path by advertisers to something supposedly more healthy for us, only to find out days, months, years later that they were killing us slowly with some additive to make something look appetizing, sweet, etc. That's why low fat, low carb, no suger, supplements, etc. should be warning signals to us all to stay away. That's my 2 1/2 cents.
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