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How has sugar become such an important part of our diets? Find out more with Georgie and Neil and learn some useful vocabulary.????????????

❓❓❓ Which English monarch loved eating sugar so much their teeth turned black?
Was it:
a) King Henry VIII?
b) Queen Elizabeth I? or,
c) Mary Queen of Scots?

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Vocabulary:
✔️a sweet tooth - a liking for sweet, sugary food and drinks
✔️commodity - product or natural resource that can be traded, bought and sold
✔️staggering - very shocking and surprising
✔️fuel - substance such as oil, coal or wood, that is burned to provide heat or power
✔️flood the market - release a lot of a particular product for sale, often at a low price
✔️eating habits - the way a particular group of people eat, for example which types of food they eat, how much, and how often

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