Thanks ET, for the info. I do not know, are thyroid problems mostly with women... and if anyone has experienced yeast infections... I read abt women experiencing these for yrs (!) and docs prescribing antibiotics wc just worsen or let the infections return again and again when what most need is a good dose of probiotics and less or no sugar for a time at least as these feed the yeasts...? There are conflicting studies of course, but when u read testimonies of those healed after seeking a sugarless diet for some time, u think it might be the culprit. Oh, sure there are many sour fruits in tropical climes, but here we often have to jam them or add sugar to make juices drinkable,(but what i cannot accept is mothers putting sugar in newborn's milk wc is what most infant milk cos. do now anyway) if not a little salt when we cannot stand the strong taste. But often sugar is used as a preservative, but we dont have to eat too much, do we?