> You're a victim of your black and white thinking. Sugar is indeed good for you goofus. But too much isn't. No carbohydrates (sugars) are good for you. They are a metabolic poison. Unfortunately it's not possible to consume zero carbohydrates, so every single gram that can be avoided is that much less poison consumed. Keeping it to less than 5% of your caloric intake seems to be good enough. That would be 50 grams of carbohydrates on a 2,000 calorie diet. > No, I leave it open that eating it a more natural state, the bad effects can be mitigated, as I said. Compounds are what they are, no matter what combination they're in. Water is water, whether it's by itself or in orange juice. Sugar is sugar, whether its by itself or in orange juice, honey, an apple, or a grape. It's still sugar. It is still carried into the bloodstream where it triggers an insulin response, is metabolized in the liver to triglycerides, and is deposited in adipose tissue via insulin. That's the part that's bad for you. There is nothing that can stop that except not eating carbohydrates.