Did anyone ever claim it was ‘necessary’? The only thing this study shows is that - contrary to some crank claims - sugar is not ‘addictive’. https://www.bbc.com/news/health-48085999 …
Yeh that's been disproved for ages now tho. It was a silly idea to start with - people aren't going out and spending their last few dollars on Mars bars, it's obvious that sugar isn't addictive in the same way that nicotine or heroine are