When it comes to the American food system, it's hard to shock me. However, when I read that this candy boasted that it is: "A Fat Free Candy", I was surprised. 

Why? 

It ain't the fat that counts, it's the calories and sugar. This box contains 630 calories and 28 teaspoons of sugar. Yep, it's good and plenty full of calories and sugar.

The Fat Free statement reminds me of this quote: As a population, we cut dietary fat in a rather dysfunctional way, and we grew even fatter. – Dr. David L. Katz

. . . So, let's stuff our face with an M&M cake!

Why are we fat? Well, we think this is normal. We go from one fat-fest holiday to the next. We start with New Year's Day...Super Bowl Sunday, Valentine's Day, fast-forward to Halloween (the candy starts in August*), then it's off to Thanksgiving - Christmas.

This adds up to a tremendous amount of days when candy and other junk foods are readily available and considered normal.

*Last August, upon entering my local CVS pharmacy, I wasn't sure if I entered a candy store or a drug store. BTW, on my "main street", there are three CVS pharmacies within 2 miles of one another. Ah, the disease care system at work.

I went to Sports Authority to purchase some running clothes. Upon checking out, I was confronted with this rich array of candy. It looks like they are the authority on junk food too.