Someone recently did a photo shoot in the kitchen of our non-profit. They wanted to stock the fridge and I explained, they couldn’t put any unhealthy processed foods in the pic. That’s just not what we’re about at RootDown LA.
The house filled up, photographer, our students, Roy Choi (bad-ass Kogi food truck fame)…by the end of the photo shoot, one of the kids dragged a box of popsicles out of the freezer. I’m down with popsicles – made from real juice. I bit my tongue while the popsicles got passed around beneath my radar. “I’ll let it slide this time.” I thought.
The next day however, I saw the box, marked “Sugar Free.” DANG! I thought, those folks behind the photo shoot figured that Sugar Free = HEALTHY. NO. No it doesn’t equal healthy, it equals artificial sweetener. UGH! Sigh.
As much as we’re not fans of added sugar, I’d say, eat your real sugar before you start consuming aspartame and other artificial ingredients. Worse – there was not a single ingredient listed on the back of that popsicle box that had anything to do with FOOD. No fruit, no juice, just artificial everything. ICK.
Sorry man. They went down the drain. At least, they became a lovely little art project for you to enjoy now.
