A spoonful of sugar does indeed help the medicine go down. But do you realise how sweet sugar really is? And how much of it we actually consume every day...? Checking food labels may just surprise you. Most carbohydrates contain sugar. Most pre-packaged foods are brimming with sweeteners and preservatives. Fruit? Full of it. Hormones and external factors alter our mind function. But so does sugar. To a great extent. Even a single instance of elevated glucose in our bloodstrea