It is my understanding that sugar is highly addictive and non-nutritious and is in fact, toxic.  However, regulating it will be more difficult than regulating alcohol and other addictive substances.  I read/heard that you go through "sugar withdrawal" just like other addictive and toxic substances, and if you do not consume any for about a month, you cannot tolerate the taste after that.  Shall we try?  okay?  You first....lol..

There ain't one food in nature that don't break down to sugar in your system. That includes meat fish and chicken.  My mom was diabetic.  She had to write down everything she ate and that included peanut butter cause it had carbs. 

Thing that gets on my nerves is you leftists telling everyone what they can and can't do, what we can and can't eat, where we can and can't go, what we can and can't believe..............

Leftists have always been control freaks and tyrants.  Look what happened with prohibition and you tell me who would be bootlegging groceries a day later.

That whole leftist control freak business is so hateful no sane person wants any part of it.

Some years ago we developed three specialty menus: heart-smart (low Na, 0-LDL), diabetic (controlled sugars and carbohydrates) and weight loss under 1.2 KCAL/daily).

Mostly we choose menu items that will agree with the dietary requirements these good people suffer.  They also deserve good food!

Our diabetic meals might be:

Garden salad w/ vinaigrette, roast meat of choice, small baked potato with sour soy yogurt, Stilton or Camembert, fresh melon compote, and decaffeinated espresso.  Caffeine incidentally counteracts insulin in some regards, hence we eliminate it very discreetly from diabetics. 

Still one cannot prepare food without some sugar present.  Nor can one bake bread. 

I find that the excessive use of sugar and ANY use of MSG, only makes food less than appealing.