Cutting sugar in diets is step in right direction

We asked what our Twitter followers thought about new federal guidelines recommending that Americans cut back on sugar. Exercise moderation, just like everything else. If you need to cut back, then cut back.

@SherriB03 You need the government to tell you what to eat? Our country is doomed.

@aggiejuarez It’s probably a good idea, but sugar addicts like me won’t do it.

@DianeforTrump If you can’t get Americans to exercise, then cutting back on sugar is the next logical step.

@JosephSMach I cook nearly everything from scratch and don’t buy bottled sauces. I bake occasionally, so I use sugar sometimes in that, but I know exactly how much I use.

Someone gave me a can of tomatoes that had sugar added and peanut butter with sugar added, and both went to the food bank. Read your labels: You do not have to have sugar unless you want it (and sometimes I do).

Jo Ellen

I find it’s not the expense but how much more time and effort you have to put into getting the right food and preparing it in different ways. It takes work. A lot more than picking up a pizza, burger, chips or Chinese.

Don Scotter

Now it’s sugar that’s bad. Tomorrow sugar will be good, then bad again. It’ll be just like the changing recommendation on eggs and bacon.

Kirk Newsted