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As a proponent of liberty, I agree with you. But, I have also come to see raw sugar as a poison (no matter how much it seems to hit the spot).

• cholantesh 9y ago
  There isn't any raw sugar in coke (in the States).
  • narrowrail 9y ago
    Sure there is. They call them "Mexican Cokes" and they come in bottles (12 oz.). I used to buy them by the case at Costco for ~18. Also, I was using 'sugar' generically, and perhaps I should've said 'sugars' (i.e. mono- and di-saccharides)[0]. Fructose counts as a sugar in my mind. Maybe the naturally occurring substances we desire should not be extracted, and the other constituents that occur alongside our desired constituent has an evolutionary reason for being there. [0] Sucrose is glucose + fructose: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sucrose https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sucrose
    • cholantesh 9y ago
      I was thinking of cane sugar, which is more common in Asia (and elsewhere, I guess, but not in NA).
      • narrowrail 9y ago
        Cane sugar was, second only to cotton, responsible for continuing the slave trade here in the Americas. Cane sugar is sucrose, and I had made guess based on your previous comments that you were referring to cane sugar. Edit: I should've just written" cane_sugar==sucrose sucrose==glucose+fructose corn==fructose //(subsidized feed stock for ethanol used in fuel in the US)