Simple sugars also known as monosaccharides only have a singular sugar molecule. An example of a simple sugar is glucose, "Photosynthetic organisms, such as plants and bacteria, manufacture glucose using energy from the sun" (Mader & Windelspecht, 2024). "This glucose is used as the preferred immediate source of energy for nearly all types of organisms; glucose has a central role in energy reaction of cells" (Mader & Windelspecht, 2024). In our forum it states, "Milk is a simple sugar that most children consume at school daily". While milk is considered to be a simple sugar, it can also be classified as a disaccharide which "contains two monosaccharides linked together by a dehydration synthesis reaction" (Mader & Windelspecht, 2024). Nutritionists are suggesting that people stay away from simple sugars because they can cause obesity and different disorders such as heart disease and type 2 diabetes. While our forum states that children consume milk at school daily, a healthy alternative to milk can be oat milk or even almond milk to prevent childhood obesity and reduce sugar consumption. I believe that simple sugars should only be a part of our diet if it comes from foods such as fruits, added sugars can become harmful especially in excess amounts and later down the road cause health risks like the ones I mentioned in the first sentence of this paragraph