Anyone who has thought even a little about their own health, is aware of the ill-effects of sugar. Specially, the refined sugar, the white sugar or its relatively innocuous cousin, the so called ‘brown sugar’. Curtailing sugar consumption is essential for any weight-loss program.

I have a sweet tooth from childhood. The sugar problem was compounded by my addiction to sweet tea and coffee.

I could live with bare minimum sweets or cakes and even gave up the aerated drinks like coke, pepsi as we...