Sugar is 'addictive and the most dangerous drug of the times'

[MineralMan]

13. I control my intake of sugar, just as I control my intake of

all foods. It's not all that difficult, really. One simply chooses the food one consumes. If I am curious about the ingredients in some packaged food I am thinking of buying, I read its label, which shows the ingredients, listed in order amount in the product. I don't know of any packaged foods that do not have this labeling.

For raw foods I prepare at home, I know what's in those, too.

There is no doubt that over-consumption of sugar can cause problems for people. That does not make sugar a "drug." I makes sugar a substance some consume in quantities that are not good for them.

You appear to be deliberately ignoring my point. Sugar is a food, not a drug. Eat it in moderation and you'll be just fine. That is true of almost any food. I like well-marbled beef, but I don't like to consume too much animal fat. So, I don't eat steak very often. That does not mean that I consider animal fat to be a "drug." It is a food that can harm me if I over-consume. So, I don't do that.

I like cookies, too, and candy. If I eat cookies, I eat just a few, or even just one. Same with candy. I can do that without harming myself, and I enjoy the flavor. If I could not control my consumption of those things, I would not eat any of them. But, I can control it, without any difficulty.

Food can hurt you if you eat too much of it. Food is not a drug, though.

I promise not to make you eat too much sugar, as long as you don't insist that I eat no sugar. How's that?