Sugar comes in many different forms, such as glucose, fructose (fruit sugar), lactose (milk), sucrose (table sugar), maltose (rice malt and honey), jams, syrups, and others, which all are a part of the "major [culprits] in the case against obesity." This presents the problem with taxing, regulating, and setting legal age limits to buying sugar, because it comes in so many different forms, which may not all be completely bad, but will be used if table sugar is regulated. Sugar contributes to a multitude of problems, and, more specifically, is changed " into 2 to 5 times more fat in the bloodstream than... starch." Part of the reason why we crave sugar has "nothing to do with fullness of the stomach," but has more to do with the bio-chemical information sent to the brain when the sweet taste buds are stimulated. To try to completely avoid sweetness would be "unnatural and unnecessary" because it would lead to chemical imbalances and cravings. There are many alternatives that can replace sugar, such as stevia and xylitol: two completely natural sweeteners. Stevia has no effect on the body's production of insulin and is 300 times sweeter than sugar, so only small amounts are needed. There have been no toxicity reports to date. Xylitol can be used in combination for "ideal sugar replacement." 15 grams of xylitol is produced by our own bodies daily, and much less insulin is released into the blood when ingested. It is a five-carbon sugar, making it anti-mocrobial (prevents growth of bacteria), rather than a six-carbon sugar. It has no known toxic levels in quantities below 90 grams per day.
http://www.naturalnews.com/022692.html
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