Sugar: The World Corrupted, From Slavery To ObesityThe story of sugar, and of mankind's desire for sweetness in food and drink is a compelling, though confusing story. It is also an historical story. The story of mankind's love of sweetness the need to consume honey, cane sugar, beet sugar and chemical sweeteners has important historical origins. To take a simple example, two centuries ago, cane sugar was vital to the burgeoning European domestic and colonial economies. For all its recent origins,