Is it just me or is the sugar allowance a little silly?

I think it is lower than we are used to but we have become used to eating way too much sugar. Sugar has no nutritional value in most foods. Even fruit can be over done. My mom was diabetic and the doctor told her to also watch how much fruit she ate as sugar is simply just that....SUGAR! Even the natural sugars can be too much. I have been following the sugar recommendations on this site and for the first time in my life my weight has been coming off. So I disagree. Sugar is a poison and for the most part not needed. Neither is the alternative, artificial sweetner any better. We just have to learn not to like the sweet taste so much!

More than a little silly! Sugar doesn't make you fat. Excess calories do!