4 May

Have been avoiding sugar myself for years now, except in the smallest ways (like birthday cakes). You don't need to do much research to realise it's about as good for you as smoking. But I'm not a supporter of a sugar tax either, I don't think that will work. It didn't work for cigarettes, it just made poor people poorer (they smoke the most cigarettes, and also eat and drink the most sugar). They need to do what people have become too namby-pamby to do - regulate it. It's a biological toxin. Dietitians even are starting to say it (the ones not contracted to the big sugar industry).