Is sugar toxic?

Is sugar toxic? - CBS News
Americans are now consuming nearly 130 pounds of added sugars per person, per year.
Those include both sugar and high fructose corn syrup.
And while many vilify high fructose corn syrup and believe it is worse than sugar, Dr. Lustig says metabolically there is no difference.
"They are basically equivalent.
The problem is they're both bad.
They're both equally toxic," he says.