This essay sheds light on what is candy, reveals the dangers of consuming candies, demystifies the health effects of consuming candies, and delineates the health optimization measures to implement for improving your health. Succinctly stated, candy is deemed to be a type of man-made confection that is comprised of sugar and other noxious ingredients. In stark contrast to fruits, candies are not cultivated on flowering plants. Furthermore, in stark contrast to vegetables, candies are not cultivated in vegetable gardens on arable land. Candies are manufactured in a factory setting. Industrial robots can capable of manufacturing candies in a factory setting. Candy is often designed to have a sweet taste. Candies are often able to have a sweet taste primarily because sugar is typically a pervasively prevalent ingredient in candy. The most pervasively prevalent type of sugar that is embedded in candy is often in the form of sucrose. "Sucrose is a disaccharide" that is also known as table sugar. The ingredients that are embedded in candies can vary from candy to candy. Some of the additional ingredients that candies can be comprised of encompass "syrups, gelling agents, flavor additives, color additives, acids, stabilizers, and glazing agents". Even though the bevy of ingredients can vary from candy to candy, candy is nonetheless devoid of healthy ingredients. Candies often have a long shelf life as man-made food products as a corollary of candies typically being comprised of ample preservatives. Some of the various preservatives that candies can be comprised of encompass "sodium benzoate, potassium sorbate, sorbic acid, butylated hydroxyanisole, and tertiary butylhydroquinone". The ingredients that are embedded in candies are not limited to the aforementioned ingredients. Some of the multitude of additional ingredients that candies can be comprised of encompass animal protein, animal fats, and animal carbohydrates. Furthermore, candies can also contain heavy metals, such as lead and cadmium. "Twenty-three of 28 dark chocolate bars tested by Consumer Reports had high levels of cadmium or lead, a report by the consumer testing publication found. Five had high levels of both heavy metals". Candy is deemed to be an insalubrious man-made food product that is comprised of deleterious ingredients. Candies should never be consumed. As an ultra-processed food product, candy is the antithesis of foods that are produced by seeds in a vegetable garden. It is far more cumbersome to produce candies than longevity-promoting, salubrious, wholesome, heart-healthy, brain-healthy, kidney-healthy, thyroid gland-healthy, anticancer, antidiabetic, nutrient-dense, alkaline, antioxidant-rich, anti-glycation, anti-inflammatory fruits that are cultivated on flowering plants. Furthermore, it is also far more arduous to produce candies than longevity-promoting, salubrious, wholesome, heart-healthy, brain-healthy, kidney-healthy, thyroid gland-healthy, anticancer, antidiabetic, nutrient-dense, alkaline, antioxidant-rich, anti-glycation, anti-inflammatory vegetables that are cultivated in vegetable gardens on arable land. Candies are produced factories that are operated by industrial robots. Candies are often not produced in outdoor settings. In stark contrast to foods that are subsumed under the longevity-promoting, salubrious, wholesome, heart-healthy, brain-healthy, kidney-healthy, thyroid gland-healthy, anticancer, antidiabetic, nutrient-dense, alkaline, antioxidant-rich, anti-glycation, anti-inflammatory, raw fruitarian diet that have a short shelf life, candies have a long shelf life. Certain candies can last for week before they reach their food expiration date. For instance, "upon opening the packaging and storing at room temperature, jellied candies can last six to nine months". Companies are inclined to produce certain candies partially because they have a long shelf life. Companies should desist from producing insalubrious foods. Companies should produce salubrious foods. People should never consume insalubrious foods. Some candies are comprised of animal fats. "A recent study of over 400,000 adults followed for more than two decades suggests that getting more fats from animal sources, like meat, dairy, and candies, was associated with higher mortality risks. Those eating the most animal fats had a 16% higher risk of overall mortality and a 14% higher risk of dying from heart disease". Animal fats are not only notorious for rendering a person at a higher probability to contract heart disease once they are consumed, but can also render a person all the more prone to succumb to a decreased longevity rate once they are consumed. "Plant-based eating patterns have been shown to lower the risk of mortality compared to animal-based eating patterns".