Stilly, have you read "Sugar Blues" by William Dufty? It came out in 1975 and I think I read it in the mid-'80s. He blames most of civilizations woes on sugar, saying that it's an extremely addicting drug and wreaks havoc on the human body. It IS addictive (if you cut back, so will your craving), but I don't see any real problem in moderation.

I DO avoid aspartame and all other chemical no or low calorie sweeteners (if the chemists who developed them won't ingest them, I'm certainly not going to) and avoid high fructose corn syrup as much as possible. (By avoiding processed foods as much as possible.)

Linn