In order to avoid conceptual confusion, "sugar" in this article refers to simple sugars in sweets or beverages. In addition, this blog does not advocate eating too much sugar.

　　It is well known that people with diabetes cannot eat sugar. This gives many people an illusion: eating sugar can get diabetes. In fact-in rigorous terms-there is currently no evidence that eating sugar increases the risk of diabetes. When talking about the causes of diabetes, the "Chinese Diabetes Prevention and Control Guide" issued by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) did not consider "eating sugar" or "excessive sugar" as one of the causes of diabetes. On the other hand, eating less sugar or not eating sugar is not an effective measure to prevent diabetes. In the "Key Points of Promoting Knowledge for the Prevention and Treatment of Diabetes" released by the Ministry of Health in July 2008, "no sugar" or "less sugar" was not taken as a preventive measure. (But the document states that people at high risk for diabetes should “prohibit sugary drinks”)

　　In academic research, although there are some reports that high carbohydrate (mainly starch and sugar) diets may be associated with high incidence of diabetes Related, but there are many research reports with opposite conclusions. The current consensus is that in terms of prevention and treatment of diabetes, the level of food glycemic index (GI) may be more important than sweet or not sweet (less polysaccharides).

　　Surveys show that compared with developed countries, China’s per capita sugar consumption is relatively low (artificial sweetener consumption is estimated to be not low), for this reason, the Chinese Resident’s Dietary Guidelines 2007 Even think that there is no need to set a limit on sugar intake. Of course, some experts suggest that 30 grams of sugar per day is appropriate.

　　 emphasizes the harm of eating sugar one-sidedly, but promotes the consumption of artificial sweeteners (less healthy than sugar). Earlier, experts who advocated that sugar is harmless and can properly eat sugar are often regarded as colluding with sugar manufacturers; recently, those who advocate that sugar is harmful and opposed to sugar are often regarded as colluding with artificial sweetener manufacturers. Perhaps only those experts who are against sugar and sweeteners (that is, everything) can be considered innocent.