Sugar not so sweet

It's not good for us, providing only empty calories, causing tooth decay and obesity

Sugar sweetens our day. Coffee, tea and cake often do not appear on the table without it. But refined white crystals are not the only form of sugar - it is also hidden in many foods. To avoid succumbing unwittingly to this energy-rich seductress, experts advise caution when sweetening.

In addition to white table sugar, or sucrose, which is industrially manufactured from refined sugar cane or sugar beets, there are sugar substitutes such as fruit sugar, or fructose, and grape sugar, or glucose.