Why no one likes your art and other links

Floral No 263

Every week I share my favorite finds with you..

Reading: Why No One Likes Your Art: 26 Reasons – this is a good one, and needs to be read more than once. 

Listening to: Amanda Palmer and Jherek Bischoff’s version of Purple Rain. It is beautiful, and mesmerizing. 

Watching: Sugar Coated – on Netflix it says, ‘This documentary investigates the history of the food industry’s use of sugar, its health impact on society and the politics of the “new tobacco.”‘

Watching this I learned that Welsh’s 100% grape juice, which claims to have “no added sugar” on the bottle actually has a ton of sugar in it. 10.5 teaspoons per serving to be exact. I thought so! I stopped drinking it a while ago because it was too sweet for my liking. I kept telling Greg there was sugar in it, but I secretly hoped it was just my imagination. I wanted to believe that Welsh’s wouldn’t lie to their consumers like that. I’m not happy to find out I was right. :/

As someone who has severe food allergies, celiac disease, and has gone into anaphylactic shock before, I can’t tell you how livid this makes me. I rely heavily on food labels, and will for the rest of my life. I can’t just pop something in my mouth, and eat it. I have to read the label first, and even go as far as looking up ingredients on Google, if I don’t know what something is. Someone like me needs to be told exactly what’s in a food, not some fabricated bs story they think I want to read. No sugar added when there are 10.5 teaspoons in it? You’ve got to be kidding me!! If I was allergic to sugar, I’d have been violently sick or dead from drinking it – all because I believed and trusted what I read on the label. And, what about diabetics? Shouldn’t they be informed about sugar in a juice that claims there is no sugar added? It’s sooo scary these big companies can mess with our health like that, lie to us, and get away with it. 

Side note: Reminds me of that time I found out “gluten free” on the label doesn’t mean it’s wheat free, even though you’d think it would. Ugh..I was soooo sick, but luckily, that was about 4 years ago, and I haven’t made that mistake again. I make my own tortillas these days, so I know exactly what’s in them.  

Watching: Frank and Cindy – this quirky story will probably make you feel a range of emotions. I still hold out hope for them. Yeah? 

Watching: 72 Dangerous Places – pretty fascinating series if you’re a nerd like me. My husband got bored within seconds, and went to bed. Not at all interested. I don’t know how this show could bore anyone, but to each their own. Anyway, where I live (tornado alley) is number 6 out of 72. I’m not sure what number 1 is..haven’t got that far yet, but I will. 

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