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>Sugars are fundamental bio-molecules and are essential for life.

That's not necessarily true. Humans do not need sugars from external sources to survive.

>“The amount of sugar needed by the body is zero as the body can produce and absorb sugar from consumption of other daily food supplements.

http://www.theborneopost.com/2010/01/10/human-body-can-survi...

Also see:

http://www.theiflife.com/the-inuit-paradox-high-fat-lower-he...

The no-sugar diets are unsurprisingly popular these days in one of their many forms: Atkins diet, paleo, keto, primal, etc: I personally tried Keto for 6 months and lost 30 kilos and plateaued at a normal weight. I felt great and had lots of energy.

I would actually opine that consuming more sugars than, say, a couple pieces of fruit or a loaf of bread every day, is quite toxic.

It's only relatively late in human evolution we obtained access to lots of sugar.



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