The FastDay Forum

The Guardian today has published a quartet of articles on sugar and why it's a baddie. All very interesting reading.

Sugar intake must come down, says WHO – but UK likely to resist (long)
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle ... uk-experts

Smoothies and fruit juices are a new risk to health, US scientists warn (long)
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013 ... ealth-risk

How Britain developed its sweet tooth
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle ... ooth-sugar

Sugar content of everyday foods – in pictures
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle ... n-pictures

Try to find the book 'Pure white and deadly' by Prof Yudkin. Go to youtube to listen to Dr Lustig lecture on sugar.

You may take what they say with a pinch of salt, but every nutrionist agrees that sugar serves no specific purpose for the human body apart from taste. In a sedentary state, chemically, sugar processed no different than alcohol by the liver with similar detrimental outcomes with the exception of only intoxication.

Question is, if your body doesn't need it and its potentially harmful, why would anyone want to take a chance by loading up on it?