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by wavefunction 4468 days ago
An interesting article about one of the worst enemies of health for modern humans. It seems like it completely discounts sugar-beets and other sources of sugar available outside the tropics though.

I assume their refinement into sugar is a result of exposure to the arab techniques of sugar-cane refinement mentioned throughout the article, but the history of that other thread of sugar would have been another interesting one to weave into this narrative.

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Yeah, beet sugar is a relatively recent innovation that postdated the widespread availability of cane sugar.