The year dawned with a flurry of sugar activity, including the revelation that children consume half their recommended daily intake at breakfast, a book claiming there may be no safe minimum consumption, and research warning that there is no evidence that artificial sweeteners are better for health or weight control.
Meanwhile, in a new book, The case against sugar, excerpted here in The Guardian, Gary Taubes argues that since sugar is both addictive and harmful to health, there is no basis for assuming that any level of consumption is safe.
Published Friday 6 January 2017
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