No sugar isn’t toxic as in poisonous but there is a toxic side to our consumption sugar. It’s the dose that makes it poisonous. The study conducted by Dr. Robert Lustig who has already made a name for himself with his Fat Chance: Beating the Odds Against Sugar, Processed Food, Obesity, and Disease is still certainly worth considering and looking at further.
…and the study the Time article is reporting on is not without it own problems.