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J. Clarke[_2_]

In article >, says...
>
> "Mark Thorson" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Julie Bove wrote:
> >>
> >> I doubt anyone would say that all sugar is toxic. If it were, we could
> >> only
> >> eat meat and possibly some dairy. There is natural sugar (in varying
> >> amounts) in all other foods.
> >
> > There's natural sugar in meat and dairy too.
> > Not much in meat, but if you were to split
> > the lactose into simple sugars, milk would
> > taste sweet.
>
> I know it's in milk and eggs. Didn't know it was in meat, but it stands to
> reason.

In any case your body digests starches into sugars, so if sugar is toxic
your body poisons itself.

An experiment you might find interesting is to put a little bit of bread
in your mouth, wet it with saliva, and swish it around for a while. You
should notice it getting sweet. That's an enzyme in saliva starting the
process of breaking the starch down into sugars.