Sugar and your health

ABSTRACT

Sugar has been, over the years, important to the Caribbean as it is one of our major exports, made from the sugar cane grown in many countries. In addition to using it in sweetening drinks and in cakes, pudding and pastries, we use sugar in our own confectionary such as peppermint candy, tamarind balls. coconut, peanut or almond drops. among many other uses. In this Issue of Nayam News we look at sugar in the diet and whether indiscriminate consumption of sugar leads directly to persons becoming obese.