More than ever before, we read and hear about the dangers of eating too much sugar. Are these warnings justified? Why are we nowadays told that sugar and sweets are harmful, especially to our teeth and bones? Is the appalling condition of our children’s teeth really the result of their eating too much sugar and sweet things? Again, is the assertion true that even unrefined cane sugar is not the healthy natural product it is made out to be?
Being good observers and knowing how to use practical experience, we can draw the following conclusions. We must look for the problem’s solution in what our sweets consist of, what goes into their making. The Indian children probably indulge as much in sugar and sweet products as do our young ones, yet 90 per cent of our children have bad teeth in spite of good oral hygiene, using a toothbrush and toothpaste, while the Indians lack these modern implements and have good teeth. However, the sweet things the young Indians enjoy are not refined products, but still contain all their natural substances, a combination of minerals such as calcium, fluoride, magnesium, manganese, iron, silica and phosphorus. And that is the crux of the matter, because what our children eat is refined sugar without the minerals, which is bound to disturb the whole mineral metabolism and result in a mineral and vitamin deficiency. This serious state of affairs is made even worse by our eating other denatured products, for example white flour and white rice. The resulting deficiencies then lead to bad teeth and other damage to our health.
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