The things that I find the most dangerous are not necessarily what frighten others. I'm extremely careful of corn, especially as HFCS, but have added fresh corn on the cob and corn tortillas back into my diet. But pasta, white potatoes, white bread (except sourdough) and date sugar can put me to sleep -- literally -- even when driving a car. I can't even eat Lara bars anymore -- they trigger the falling asleep driving biz. So I'm a tad paranoid about sugars.

I even put whole grains under crisps and cobblers I eat, to slow down the processing. So I will cook with this stuff, since I have some, but I don't plan to add back any sugar into my diet. I've reached the point where even eating a portion of one of my favorite desserts (like flourless chocolate tortes and such) will make me ill. But some food folk think that excessive sugar can trigger arthritis -- or excessive dairy/meat. And my arthritis has been much better since I cut almost all sugar and all dairy and most meat out of my diet. So I don't plan to add it back in. Wish I could eat chocolate chip cookies to my heart's content, tho.... ;^)