There's a PoV that sugar should be treated and thought more like a controlled substance [0]. I tend to agree. It has weak addictive properties and is used without restraint by the food industry to make more sales by transforming foods into a weak resemblance of candy.
"Once upon a time, sugar was a condiment. Now it’s a diet staple. That’s a problem, because as it turns out, we as human beings have a limited capacity to metabolize it. There are things you can do to up your metabolism, like vigorous exercise. But the bottom line is we have a limited capacity to metabolize it — virtually like every poison, kind of like alcohol. So a little is okay; a lot is not."
“Another challenge in conventional storage media is their unsuitability for long-term storage, with optical discs, solid-state drives, and hard-disk drives having lifespans of 25 years, 12 years, and 10 years, respectively […] Moreover, the stability of DNA was proved by the successful recovery of ancient DNA under burial conditions. The studies have shown that preservation of DNA does not require additional energy for data storage.“ [1]
No, DNA is terrible. Microsoft's Project Silica seems to be the contender for indefinite, maintenance free, storage. But, there's the whole "It's Glass" issue.
1. https://www.ibm.com/z/education
2. https://community.ibm.com/community/user/ibmz-and-linuxone/b... (Circa 2020 but a quick spot check seems to show the links are still valid) * Disclosure: I’m an IBM employee