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Sugars is what the body runs on. Saying it is poison is equal to saying water is poison, because too much water will kill you. Or salt, or fats, or anything the human body depends on - you can have too much of it all, but it isn't poison.


One of the core tenets of toxicology is actually that everything is toxic; the varying amounts and damage it causes are what being toxic is all about.

Source: I gave a presentation once in middle school. ;)


And there is such a thing as water poisoning: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_intoxication


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Don't people remember the story of the woman who died drinking water to win a Nintendo? http://www.cbsnews.com/news/woman-dies-after-water-drinking-...


There's also the old saying that "anything in excess is poison".




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