>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. >“T

>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-survive-without-sugar-intake/ http://www.theborneopost.com/2010/01/10/human-body-can-survi... Also see: http://www.theiflife.com/the-inuit-paradox-high-fat-lower-heart-disease-and-cancer/ 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.