Contributing Writer for Wake Up World
Is Sugar Falsely Getting A Bad Rap?
Sugar, as most people think of sugar, is actually a very different product than sugar in the raw. Many people wouldn’t even recognize raw sugar if they came across it in the wild. It looks a lot like bamboo, and like bamboo, it is actually considered a type of grass – called sugarcane. Our palates love the sweet taste of sugar, and physiologically this makes sense since our primary source of energy comes from glucose. Without energy, there is no survival. Sugarcane has been used for thousands of years as a natural source of energy by many cultures.
