Is there really "No Such Thing As 'Just A Little Sugar'"

This is a response to the Dr. Oz Article: The Consequence of Sweetness

I would like to offer Dr. OZ the suggestion that bacteria play an important role in sugar metabolism, insulin regulation, and protection of the intestinal walls from the pathogens and yeasts that thrive when sugar is present.

1. Bacteria metabolize many of our proteins down to individual amino acids, of which glutamine... plays a vital role in intestinal integrity and in helping our body rid itself of pathogenic bacteria and yeasts. Scientific data suggests that glutamine reduces sugar cravings and can help treat the chemical cycles of alcoholism (an article on sugar and alcoholism was on Huffington Post just this week).

2. Bacteria ferment sugars and fibers and create a range of short chain fatty acids (the very very good for you fats that tend to be in gas form). Propionic acid, latic acid, butyric acid, etc. These types of fatty acids regulate insulin receptors throughout the body.

I would go on, but I wold like to suggest that the problem has less to do with actual sugar levels and more to do with a diet that has left our bodies devoid of the beneficial bacteria that help keep or system in balance. We have too many foods that are "dead" due to pasteurization and too many foods with preservatives in them which are meant to eliminate bacteria from our food supply but also take a toll on the 1000's of species of bacteria in our bodies in a similar manner to an antibiotic.