The average Malaysian consumes 75.5g of sugar a day, which is far more than the recommended 50g. In a bid to be healthier, more people are turning to sugar substitutes, assuming that it is healthier than refined sugar. - Marco Verch/Flickr
On supermarket shelves, restaurant menus and in many homes, there has been an increasing shift towards healthier food options. And nowhere is this more evident than with refined white sugar. Long considered an evil villain in the fight against obesity and its twin scourge – diabetes – refined sugar is being usurped in favour of other options perceived to be healthier.
In Malaysia, this trend has been gaining momentum, especially as people are waking up to the reality that Malaysia is the fattest country in South-East Asia, with nearly half of the population either overweight or obese.
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