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Last year I stopped drinking coffee for a few months, then drank a little, then a bit more. But I never got back to the level I was before that. I drink decaf now, but I think it dehydrates just the same. I got dehydrated last week taking an unplanned 1 1/2 hr. walk, and though I did get water afterward, I just didn't realize it wasn't enough. It's still hard to believe something so basic can just mow me down. Had a headache that night & part of the next day, thought it was something else. Kept eating and eating. Then finally asked my self why I was so hungry. A few minutes later the answer dawned. Duh, I really felt stupid. Why is it so much trouble to just drink enough every day?

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SUCROSE vs. FRUCTOSE:

This is interesting. Back around 1979-'80-'81, sugar became very expensive. I think it was mostly made from sugar cane. Sugar then was made from sucrose derived from sugar cane, and the US had a lot of competition from other countries as far as production and price. I think also, the government was giving the US sugar industry money to keep sugar prices down, giving us more or less a monopoly on the US market. I don't know what faction decided to pressure the gov't. into stopping that and opening the market to cheap foreign sugar production, but it became cheaper to put a lot of fructose into table sugar, a lot of it apparently. Now, sugar doesn't immediately taste as sweet. Francoise says sugar in France is sweeter and so you use less of it in your coffee. Anyway, it occurred to me the other day to wonder how much of the current obesity problem in (North) America is due to excess sugar consumption. How much sugar would I take in coffee if it were the old sucrose?

Your political science thought for the day.

Hee hee hee...Orlando...

Snagged from tarapandie who posted it at orlando_icons:

When will you and Orli make love? by tarapandie
Your name
Birthday?
Favorite animal:
He will look like this:
Date:	December 21, 2012
Secretly watched:	Ronald McDonald
Where:	Hot tub! ^^
Position:	Against a wall
Afterwards, you'll say:	That was the worst I've ever had...
Afterwards, he'll say:	HOLY CRAP!
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I love it. Can't upload any images at the moment, but hope the link keeps. Great idea for a meme, gives you icons to post.