[SatinDoll]

You do not need refined sugar to survive. It is an extract of a tropicla plant and not a whole food. Your body must pull out mineral reserves to digest it properly, which is a reason many sugar addicts have rotting teeth.

[chessplayer]

You do not need refined sugar to survive. It is an extract of a tropicla plant and not a whole food. Your body must pull out mineral reserves to digest it properly, which is a reason many sugar addicts have rotting teeth.

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True. But over-loading on even natural sugars can be bad. To the body, sugar is sugar.

[Lx]

...which is a reason many sugar addicts have rotting teeth.

I thought the problem was related to people using sugar and not brushing their teeth so that allowed enamel destroying bacteria to flourish which caused tooth decay.

Just brush your teeth after a soda or after using sugar and your teeth should be OK.

I have no idea what it does for obesity and diabetes.

[Nik Naym]

“You do not need refined sugar to survive.”

That is true. You also do not need:

Hamburgers
Beer
Pizza
Scotch
Cigars
Luxury cars
Sports cars
Motorcycles
Designer clothes
Cookies
Chocolate
TV
Music
Flowers
Jewelry
Carpeting
A nice soft pillow
Holidays
Phones
Ice cream

Get the idea?

I have no intention of surviving with only what I “need”.
I intend to LIVE as much as I can. Not merely survive.

And I am not about to let a nosy busybody “expert” do-gooder tell me otherwise.