Great article and information.
It's so right that sugar is in everything that we put into our mouth.
It's scary especially once we start to cook ourselves and then we realized just how much sugar is used in those food or drink that we buy over the counter.
That's why if and when I cook at home i don't use sugar in any our food or drinks but if i do it's always brown sugar to the least. Even salt is at the minimum. I wish I could cook daily at home but due to tight work schedule, I rely on my parents to cook for my kids.
Thank goodness that they too use minimum sugar and salt.
You are lucky your parents cook with a minimum amount of it. I know that some of the old recipes especially for cakes have lots of it. I usually cut sugar in every recipe in half :)