table sugar. (And stevia isn’t any
better. We dare you to find a
stevia leaf and chew on it for a
while. It ain’t that sweet. At least,
not until it’s refined into white
crystals in a laboratory
somewhere.)So in summary, sugar and artificial
sweeteners fail all four of our Good Food
standards and do not make you healthier. And
yes, we know you’re dying to ask a question
right now. “But if I am going to eat sugar,
what form of sugar is the least bad?”
Let’s save the answer for after the next
section.