The use of sugar in moderate amounts is perfectly acceptable in a balanced and healthy diet, but if the consumption of sugar is abused, the effects on the human body can ultimately lead to organ failure, amputation of limbs, blindness and death. One of the most common conditions that excessive use of sugar brings on, is the chronic ailment known to millions as Diabetes . Photo by Mae Mu on Unsplash . Sugar entered the diet of many Europeans during the age of colonialism, Sugar made the western world rich and was responsible for displacing many native Africans due to a need for slave labour in distant colonies to work the plantations. Many of the inhabitants of the Caribbean are there due to the production of sugar. Along with creating misery for millions of Africans, the overuse of sugar by the poorest members of society has led to malnutrition and generally poor health across the world. The most common sugar that is used in our food is known as sucrose, ...
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