If Sugar is The ‘New Tobacco’… What Are The Alternatives?
- Refined sugar, sucrose, is made up of two molecules, glucose and fructose
- Fructose excess converts to fatty acids and causes unhealthy reactions
- Here we examine an array of healthier natural sugar substitutes
Given this week’s headlines describing it as the ‘new tobacco’, you might be forgiven for thinking sugar is toxic – but in fact we simply need to moderate our intake.