Interesting Article on Sugar

[Atropos]

Tax and regulate sugar like alcohol and tobacco, urge scientists | Science | The Guardian

"Sugar is as toxic to the liver as alcohol and is at the root of obesity and certain types of liver disease, claim US scientists"

 

[CaledoniaDreaming]

Interesting, definitely.

 

[Joydriven]

Hmmm, very interesting and the extra motivation to continue to avoid sugar. Or at least, replace the candy bar with a good scotch.

 

[Atropos]

Ooooh - single malt for me!

 

[Supertonic]

Or a decent cognac?! Since half my heritage is Scottish and only one eighth French, I suppose a malt will do nicely as well.

Interesting article. It's only when you realise how much sugar is added to things - most of it totally unnecessary - that the problem becomes obvious.