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Can Sugar Trigger Addiction? – Part 2
There is a probability that liking for sugar may be an innate phenomenon, possibly a connection to development. Lona Sandon, RD, Assistant Professor of nutrition at UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas and spokesperson for American Dietetic Association (ADA) suggests “Humans likely gravitated away from bitter foods, which might have been poisonous and moved towards sweet ones, which were probably safe.” Also, studies on infants have denoted that they smile or chuckle after eating something sweet, like breast milk or their first food or something else that is sweet and cry or frown after they taste some bitter flavors.
Audrey Cross, PhD, MPH, retired professor from the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University in New York City shares that “Sugar is a form of energy, or calories and nothing else.” Actually, sugar does not possess any nutritional value. However, the truth is our body gets nourishment with natural sugar. Rich sources of natural sugars include fruits [...]

