Sugar is bleached with phosphate of lime to give its sparkling white color. Saccharin is a coal tar product. It takes an hour to chew 2 feet of cane from which we get one large lump of sugar. It disturbs the blood - sugar balance and hence the energy reserves. Sugar creates infections in the body.
Sugar also robs the body of enzymes and minerals.
Processed cereal foods that we give our children, are dosed with a heavy percentage of sugar. One pound of sugar provides 1800 calories and nothing else. Eating sugar places a burden on the pancreas. The pancreas secrete a substance, which is necessary to enable the body to use sugar as a fuel food. When we consume sugar through soft drinks, tea, coffee or sweetened juices, salivary digestion is hampered.