I was just given this lovely cookbook: French Farmhouse Cookbook by Susan Loomis in exchange for a cranio session. In a rather synchronistic manner when I opened it I immediately came to this page with a little blurb about what is called in France “le sucre d’intelligence” which is the result of a dis-information advertising campaign in the 1960s. Something very similar has happened with the dis-information campaigns around raw milk for the past 80 years or so here in North America.
Quoted from page 481:
The Sugar of Intelligence
I am astounded at the amount of sugar children ingest in France. Snacks are always sweet, candies are offered at every turn, even water is sweetened with fruit – or her-flavored sirops.
When I have refused to allow my son sugary treats (he is allergic to sugar), the reaction has been negative, at times hostile. One person was so disquieted by our regiment that she took me aside and said, “Mme. Loomis, have you never heard of le sucre d’intelligence? Your son needs it for his brain; he needs it to grow properly.”
Her disquiet was so profound that I didn’t counter. When I mentioned this episode to some friends, they told me that many years ago there had been a publicity campaign that had something to do with le sucre d’intelligence. I called the sugar manufacturers’ union to hunt it down.
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by Susan Loomis in exchange for a cranio session. In a rather synchronistic manner when I opened it I immediately came to this page with a little blurb about what is called in France “le sucre d’intelligence” which is the result of a dis-information advertising campaign in the 1960s. Something very similar has happened with the dis-information campaigns around raw milk for the past 80 years or so here in North America.
