This doesn't mean I think this was a fruitless effort on my part. At the very least, it's forcing me to reconsider the things I eat, pay closer attention to the labels, and actually ask questions about the food I'm going to eat if I'm not sure. Whenever I have done this, people are more than happy to answer. If they're not, you probably shouldn't be eating there anyway, right?
Tonight I had sushi at a local restaurant. Now, sushi should be a safe bet, but in this case I ordered a couple of different types that shouldn't have had sugar (as the menu made no mention of any kind of a sauce or sweetening agent), but that nonetheless had a familiar twang to my mouth. There was a sauce added to the roll that I wasn't aware would be present and was buried in the centre. I felt..something. And a slight pain in my teeth.
Even now, I feel a bit of a dull ache in the backs of my mouth, which I think is due to sugar. It was particularly cold out there (-16 celsius or so), and we walked about half an hour, so it's possible my teeth are merely cold sensitive. I did notice a tingling when I drank some cold water, for instance.
Furthermore, when I last attempted to do this, I could scarcely eat anything that had sugar for the first couple of days. I even switched away from regular peanut butter, because it tasted extra sweet, like someone spread a spoonful of sugar across my toast. When I ate this sushi, I didn't get any of that sensation. It merely tasted good, as all sushi does.
It raises an interesting question, one I failed to address because I failed to consider it: What do I do if I am in a situation where I have no choice at all but to consume the forbidden fruit? Also, what do I do if I simply make an honest mistake? I certainly didn't think there would be sugar in a maki roll, and I'm not sure there had been. But what if there was?
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