Refined sugar and its substitutes are a real scourge on human existence, causing all sorts of illnesses and ailments. A packaged food may not explicitly mention “sugar” in its list of ingredients, but it may be hidden under other names, such as:
- Corn syrup or sweetener
- Dextrin
- Dextrose
- Diglycerides
- Disaccharides
- Evaporated cane juice
- Fructose
- Glucose
- High fructose corn syrup
- Hydrolyzed starch
- Malt syrup
- Maltodextrin
- Maltose
- Rice syrup
- Sorbitol
- Sucrose
