Life on earth for us begins with breast milk, a food that is half sugar. And sugar in the forms of simple and complex carbohydrates, found in starches, vegetables, and fruits, ideally makes up the bulk of our diet for the next 83 years (after weaning). The food industry is well aware of our inborn love affair with sweet-taste. These profiteers lace our food supply with concentrated and purified sugars, such as fructose and sucrose (white table sugar), totaling up to 158 pounds per person annually. >> MORE