{Sugars|Glucose|Sweets} - The Sweet and the Bad!

{You have|You might have|Get} likely seen those {advertisements|ads} on {tv set|television set} about hfcs syrup15144 (sugar derived from corn) in which a person eating something {that contains|that contain|made up of} fructose says to her friend, "Like sugar, {it can|is actually|really} fine in moderation". {Nevertheless|On the other hand|Even so}, {in regards|as it pertains|when considering} to sugar, {deciding} moderation may be difficult.

{The topic of|The main topic of} sugar, to eat or {to not|never to|to never} eat, has recently been controversial over the previous few decades. A careful reading of food {brands|product labels|trademarks} will show that {sugars|glucose|sweets}, in its various varieties (dextrose, sucrose, fructose, hammer toe syrup, etc) is present in hundreds of foods. This makes our {usage|intake|ingestion} {from it|than it|of computer} inevitable and {annoying|irritating|aggravating} if we like to cut down and {put it to use|make use of it} in moderation.

{In fact|Truly|Basically} more than half the American public consumes one-half pound of sugar a day, or 180 {pounds|lbs .} a year! Is it any wonder Americans are dangerously overweight and diabetes is running rampant in {america|the us}?

Years ago, a groundbreaking book called {Sugars|Glucose|Sweets} Blues by William Duffy shocked everybody with saying that sugar {really was|was actually} an addicting drug, much like heroin, that caused diabetes, weight gain, cavities, {malignancy|tumor|cancers}, connective tissue disease, and caused us to {age group|era|time} faster. Yet, we need the complex form of sugar, glucose, to produce the energy that {powers|energizes} our entire body.