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Just once in a while something comes along which stops you in your tracks. Almost 9 years ago i came across a new discovery relating to plant sugars. I’d always thought that sugar was sugar. Well as it happens that’s not quite true. I think it was George Orwell in his book 1984 who said ‘all animals are created equal: but some are more equal than others. The same can be said for plant sugars – they are all sugars but some are more helpful than others. Sucrose is useful for providing the body with glucose but in today’s world we simply get too much of either or both. Galactose comes mainly from milk (lactose – Galactose) but as half the western population is lactose intolerant half of the population don’t get that one. There are many sugars in nature – over 200 in reality but there are a very few – maybe 11 or 12 biologically active sugars that are centrally involved in a whole range of physiological functions.  What arrested me 9 years a go was the possibility that lack of health was not due to anything other than lack of specific nutrients in our diets and it is this that has consumed my attention for the last 9 years. A few years later it dawned on me that in some areas too much glucose (or food that produces glucose) is one of the major causes of weight gain and diabetes. This is the subject of another discussion – but in simple terms biologically active sugars and other key nutrients like Omega 3 EFA should be our first recourse when faced witrh falling health not automatically drugs. We need pharmaceutical drugs but not automatically when faced with many health challenges. We need Doctors who understand diet and essential nutrients and pharmaceutical drugs.  paul@sugars4life.com www.sugars4life.com US 615 692 1173 UK 44 (0) 1752 769090 Continue reading →