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No more sugar rush: How did I lose my sweet tooth? 

Writer reflects on how she no longer craves the sweets she liked, but thinks it’s better this way – to keep diabetes at bay. 

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Festivals that legitimise the binging of sweet treats have brought me as much joy as candy stores. 

Festivals that legitimise the binging of sweet treats have brought the writer as much joy as candy stores. 

ST ILLUSTRATION: MIEL

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Something I never thought possible has happened: I have lost my sweet tooth. 

For as long as I can remember, I have always had a weakness for sugar-laced food. From candies to lollies, chocolates, cakes, ice cream and Milo dinosaur, you name it, I’ve devoured it.

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