EDDIE51, I watched a TV programme about stuff they use to refine sugar some time ago. It's not that simple. As a person knowing chemistry very well, you should understand that no nutritive value is left in sugar after its refinement, only calories. I also watched a programme on BBC about two scientists. One discovered the hazards of sugar and became an outcast, because people didn't want to hear any unpleasant information and big food companies were dead against loosing any money they could earn on sugar and sweet products. And another scientist became very popular 'cause he said,'Sugar is OK'. And only later they found out that the first scientist, expelled from all the scientific societies, was right. If you wish, you can have a look at some sugar-related deseases:
http://nancyappleton.com/141-reasons-sugar-ruins-your-health/