Sugar consumption

Sugar consumption

From Kompas

I am referring to the report published in Kompas on Dec. 8,
1994 about the consumption of sugar. Prof. Dr. FG Winarno from
the Bogor Institute of Agriculture explained in a symposium that
excessive consumption of sugar can be harmful to health. As a
member of the Association of Indonesian Experts on Sugar, I have
the following comments.

In the era of globalization highly competitive products should
be encouraged in order to increase farmers' income and provide
employment opportunities. Natural cane sugar is competitive on
the world market. Brown sugar, beet sugar and refined cane sugar
are natural sweeteners that are high in calories and have
nutritious value. Sugar can also enhance the capacity of the
human brain, particularly children's and teenagers'.

This is evident from the high consumption per capita of sugar
in developed and developing countries (over 20 kilograms per
year) like Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, Taiwan, South Korea,
France, The Netherlands, Britain, Singapore.

I agree that people over 40 years old must be careful and
reduce their consumption of natural sugar. They should also cut
down on other food which contains high cholesterol and fat.

SOETOJO

Jakarta