The Google Diet - How Google optimizes employee health (dial-up warning: large image)

[handmade34]

9. agree

though I don't think dessert, as we know it today, is particularly a good thing. The prevalence of dessert today is a result of processed sugar and is really quite detrimental to our health and well being...

from Wikipedia
"The word comes from the French language as dessert and this from Old French desservir, "to clear the table" and "to serve." The etymology is linked to the medieval practice of a two part meal. During the first, nobles (at a high) and servants (separate) would eat together in the same room. During the second - dessert, the noble family would retreat in separate private quarters for an intimate part of the meal without servants. The food consumed during dessert included but was not limited to sweets"


"In ancient times, people enjoyed the food that was available. Ancient civilizations enjoyed the occasional treat of fruit or nuts rolled into honey. This, in essence, is considered the first candy. In general however, it wasn't until sugar was manufactured during the middle ages that people began to enjoy more sweets. Even then, sugar was so expensive that it was a treat reserved only for the wealthy on special occasions. However, starting in about 3000BC there is a discernible and traceable history of many of the foods that delight the sweet tooth"