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jcromartie on April 2, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: 60 minutes: Is sugar toxic?

I don't think it is much different. The definition of "toxic" is "poisonous", which is really anything that (chemically) damages an organism. Anything that interferes with a biological process is toxic, no matter if it's by dehydration or some other more complex mechanism.

sliverstorm on April 2, 2012 | [–]

Then let us please stop assigning such gravity to the word "toxic", as by your definition virtually anything can be considered toxic.

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