Amid all the current research and articles about the horrifying dangers of sugar consumption, here's a very entertaining piece in defense of it:
The New York Times: The Case for SugarThere is a hideous injustice overwhelming the world right now. I'm speaking, of course, of the war on sugar. Many books and studies are asserting that sugar causes or contributes to multiple fatal illnesses, costing billions of dollars in health care each year. I dispute none of this. But I would like to add that sugar tastes really, really good.