2006-10-11 14:03:25 · 12 answers · asked by Joseph 1 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
Of course it is! You couldn't live without glucose, the simplest sugar. All the sugars are is combinations of them. Glucose, fructose, sucrose, galactose, maltose, lactose, they're all sugars, or combinations of sugars.
Your body breaks them all done with enzymes to "ATP", the basic energy "unit" of your body.
Short answer: Without sugar you'd die.
2006-10-11 14:49:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sugar itself isn't healthy, especially added sugars and sweeteners. BUT natural sugars that occur in things like fruit, potatoes and tomatoes are okay because it comes along with nutrients. Added sugar is just empty calories. If you are going to add sugar to anything, add honey because there are a few nutrients in honey and it is also absorbed slower into the blood stream.
2006-10-11 14:05:52 · answer #2 · answered by gurlygurly_17 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends entirely on how much you eat. You are not going to die, because you enjoy the occasional candy, or spoon of sugar in your tea (Unless, of course, you're a diabetic). Sugar's main problem is that it's high in calories, other than that, it's fat free, but with very little nutritional value.
You previous posters are really proving your intelligence by just responding with 'no you idiot'.
2006-10-11 14:18:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In a biological sense, sugar is nothing but a luxury. People surived for thousands of years without it (It was discovered towards the end of the Middle Ages in Europe) and European, Asian, or African body types have no idea what to do with it.
So probably not
2006-10-11 14:05:39 · answer #4 · answered by DonSoze 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sugar is healthy but you have to get what you need not more than it .
2006-10-11 14:17:37 · answer #5 · answered by Y-7-Y 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sugar is poison. Ask any diabetic.
2006-10-11 14:12:33 · answer #6 · answered by My Evil Twin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sugar is fine when it is consumed in moderation. Maybe a few teaspoons a day.
2006-10-11 14:06:05 · answer #7 · answered by Gypsy Girl 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
some sugar such as natural sugar that is in fruits and yogurt
2006-10-11 14:12:03 · answer #8 · answered by sogullablegurly 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Other than the fact that you get sick and your teeth wither away?
2006-10-11 14:05:13 · answer #9 · answered by Drake ☮ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no way honey is ok
2006-10-11 14:04:54 · answer #10 · answered by george p 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋