Even leaving aside sugar's part in diabetes, obesity, and tooth decay, and altogether denying its agency in gout, heart disease, and hypertension, the sugar industry would still have a lot to answer for. For example, consider the historical links to the slave trade. From the 15th to the 19th century, 12·5 million Africans were chained and transported to the Americas, two-thirds of whom were put to work in sugar plantations. “If nothing else, the intimate relationship between slavery and sugar would demonstrate what atrocities our ancestors were willing to tolerate for the sake of their sweet tooth”, points out science journalist Gary Taubes, early in The Case Against Sugar.

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糖：健康状况不佳的主要嫌疑人

即使撇开糖在糖尿病，肥胖症和蛀牙中的作用，并完全否认其在痛风，心脏病和高血压中的作用，制糖业仍然有很多需要解决的问题。例如，考虑与奴隶贸易的历史联系。从15世纪到19世纪，有12·500万非洲人被束缚起来并运送到美洲，其中三​​分之二的人在制糖场工作。“如果没有别的，奴隶制和糖之间的亲密关系将表明我们的祖先为忍受甜食而容忍的暴行”，科学记者加里·陶伯斯（Gary Taubes）在《反对糖案》的开头指出。