Get ready for the brigade of Halloween candy, Thanksgiving pies, and holiday parties... As some of you know, I was the kid who wasn't allowed to eat any sweets, instead I could only trick-or-treat for money to donate to Unicef (lofty mission but torturous for a child!)   I was the kid who was so desperate for sugar that I’d find a piece of candy covered in a dust ball on the floor of a store, and I’d eat it like I was a crackhead, immediately scouring the floors for more.   F