As I've said a number of times, Swedes are skinny. I recently found out that Swedes believe they eat more candy per capita than any other country in the world. I doubted it at first since I saw no signs of this candy addiction in my first two weeks in the country. Then I opened my eyes and noticed the wall of candy in every grocery store. People shove past others to get to the candy they want. They also have at least one candy shop per block here in central Stockholm. I'm not talking about buying a Snickers bar as a snack, but buying large amounts of gummi and chocolate products by the scoop. Mass quantities of sugar.
I showed up at work today to find an Easter egg on my desk. Everybody had an Easter egg on their desk. The eggs contain about four double-handfuls of candy. Compared to other eggs that I've seen in grocery stores and shop windows, our eggs are actually quite small.
So I don't get it. Does eating a large amount of candy make people thin? Regardless of the answer, I like the Swedish diet. I think I'll fit right in.
5 comments:
Nice! Does that candy have to stay at work, or do you get to share? :)
They told me that I will be fired if I don't finish my candy before I leave work today. Sorry.
I think you should write a book for obese america explaining that all of our problems would be solved with an incredibly large consumption of processed sugar gummies! You'd make millions, and I expect a shout out for giving you the idea ;)
The answer is yes. Eating candy makes you thin. I survive solely on sugar (probably more chocolate than candy, but sugar nonetheless) and I am thin. Cheers to your new diet! Now I am even more excited to visit!
i bet the difference is that swedeners use real sweetener--sugar. most things in america use high fructose corn syrup, which is terrible enough for you, but now a study was just released that said that HFCS also inhibits the production of leptin, a chemical that signals your brain that you're full.so people are eating all this HFCS, and also overeating since they never feel full. . . plus i'm guessing swedeners are better about their exercise and they walk more.
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