Welcome to the whimsical, yet woefully true tale of how the industrialization of sugar frolicked hand-in-hand with the rise of our beloved metabolic maladies, such as obesity. Let’s embark on a journey laced with sarcasm and a dash of cynicism, reminiscent of a certain British comedy style, but definitely not mentioning it by name.

Act I: Sugar’s Industrial Waltz

Imagine, if you will, a time when sugar was as rare as a politician’s promise during an election campaign. Then, like a fairy godmother with questionable intentions, the Industrial Revolution waved its magic wand. Voilà! Sugar became as omnipresent as unsolicited advice on the internet. This was not the sugar of yore, savored by the toothless elite in their draughty castles. Oh no, this was sugar for the masses, as cheap and plentiful as excuses for not going to the gym.

Act II: The Rise of the Sugar Zombies

As sugar began to infiltrate every edible entity known to humankind, a fascinating phenomenon occurred. People started to balloon in size, much like their inflatable companions at a child’s birthday party. This wasn’t the jolly, rub-your-belly kind of chubbiness. This was full-blown, “Oops, I did it again” obesity. A delightful side effect of our newfound sweet abundance, you see.

Act III: The Healthcare Charade

And then, with the grace of a three-legged horse in a ballet performance, enters our modern healthcare system. This noble institution, rather than slaying the sugary dragon causing all this distress, chose instead to treat the fire burns. Why stop the dragon when you can continuously sell buckets of water? There’s no money in cures, my friends, only in the endless cycle of treatments. It’s like fixing a leaky faucet with tape – it’s bound to keep the plumber in business!

Act IV: A Spoonful of Sarcasm Helps the Medicine Go Down

In this sugar-coated saga, we find a lesson wrapped in a riddle, smothered in irony. As long as our world spins in a candy-coated orbit, our battles with the bulge will continue, like an endless loop of a bad sitcom rerun. We’re caught in a sticky web of sweetness, where the real solution is as elusive as a diet plan in a doughnut shop.

So, as you stir another spoonful of sugar into your morning cup of denial, remember: in this comically tragic play of life, the joke, unfortunately, may be on us.

“And now for something not entirely the same…”

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