Sugar and its adverse effects on health: How can we overcome sugar addiction?
Tim Klein
2026-03-22
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Sugar acts as a vital energy source for the body, but its excessive consumption is linked to serious health risks. Due to its pleasant taste, it is widely used in the food industry, often in products that are not naturally sweet. Some label it as "white death" because of its ability to contribute to numerous health conditions. It is primarily held accountable for the spread of obesity, which is unsurprising since 100 grams of sugar provides around 400 kcal—a significant caloric intake for such a small quantity.
Why do we like candy so much?
They say that sweet taste is addictive. It's also one of the first things that our body knows about it. We get it in infancy when we drink our mother's milk. Exposure to sweet taste continues into early childhood, when we get the taste of new products -- fruit or fruit juices. It has a huge impact on how we react to sweets. They have habits acquired in childhood. People who have eaten sweets in large quantities since early years, as adults, are more likely to reach for sweet snacks.
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