Rarely has one foodstuff had such global influence as Sugar \u2013 on our trade and economy, movement of people around the world, and health and treatment of fellow humans. Once a costly luxury called \u201cwhite gold\u201d, it was pivotal in one of mankind\u2019s most shameful chapters \u2013 slavery. Joining Rajan Datar to find out more about Sugar and its connection with power is the Canadian historian Dr Elizabeth Abbott, the writer Marina Budhos whose Indian background inspired her research, and the Columbian political scientist Dr Eduardo Gomez, author of \u2018Geopolitics in Health\u2019.
Photo: A sugar bowl (Getty Images)