I was watching this fabulous lecture by Robert Lustig, a US, pediatrician, and he was explaining that sugar and high fructose corn syrup are as addictive as alcohol. He pointed out that alcohol is made from sugar... so possibly thinking of it that way brings into perspective it's dangers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0z5X0i92OZQ

I'm wondering how people on this forum have tackled their sugar addiction? I am not addicted to sugar, but I am addicted to coffee, and it sabotages the diet. I had to go total cold turkey and that worked for me. However I know that a sugar addiction is far more all-pervasive and difficult to crack. What did you do to manage it? Has anyone found any helpful books, or found it useful to attend Weight-watchers or Over-eaters Anonymous? And do you think the state should intervene?

Robert Lustig says that 25% of America's exports are foods, and he theorised that it has affected the governmental nutritional guidelines, and led to subsidies on the corn industry, etc. He considers that the health cost alone is so considerable that it justifies cutting the subsidies and putting the cash into subsidising more healthy foods, and the loss of revenue would be balanced by lowered health costs.