General Article Why sugar isn't the bad guy

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Just as fat was demonised in the 1980s sugar seems to be taking a bashing as dietary zealots, whipping boy. With sugar avoidance becoming the latest media headline it’s compelling that sugar now plays the role that saturated fat once played and it is now responsible for the obesity epidemic that was once fat’s responsibility.

With what has been published you never really hear about the positive side of sugar or how it is used in the human body. Overwhelmingly, the opinion of newspapers and n...

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