All that 'sweet poison'

It may be sweet, but our bodies are not designed to effectively process refined sugar because its presence is a relatively recent development, writes KELETSO THOBEGA

Is sugar perhaps a "sweet old friend" that is secretly plotting your demise? In a shocking revelation, researchers at the University of California have found that sugar contributes to 35 million deaths a year worldwide!

Science has now shown us, beyond any shadow of doubt, that sugar in your food in all its myriad of forms has a devastating toll on your health. The main culprit here is refined sugar. Evolutionarily speaking, we were given a taste for the substance as way of encouraging consumption of highly nutritious fruits.

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