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from the sweets-for-my-sweet,-sugar-for-my-honey-The-Drifters-1961 dept.
Lustig, the maverick scientist, has long argued that sugar is as harmful as cocaine or tobacco – and that the food industry has been adding too much of it to our meals for too long.
If you have any interest at all in diet, obesity, public health, diabetes, epidemiology, your own health or that of other people, you will probably be aware that sugar, not fat, is now considered the devil's food. Dr Robert Lustig's book, Fat Chance: The Hidden Truth About Sugar, Obesity and Disease ( http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/jan/25/fat-chance-robert-lustig-review ), for all that it sounds like a Dan Brown novel, is the difference between vaguely knowing something is probably true, and being told it as a fact. Lustig has spent the past 16 years treating childhood obesity. His meta-analysis of the cutting-edge research on large-cohort studies of what sugar does to populations across the world, alongside his own clinical observations, has him credited with starting the war on sugar. When it reaches the enemy status of tobacco, it will be because of Lustig.
http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/aug/24/robert-lustig-sugar-poison
I think moderation is the key. What do you think ?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 27 2014, @03:22PM
The new evidence is that eating fat doesn't make you fat - our bodies are designed for it - it's all those carbohydrates spiking your insulin levels.
And fat makes you fat. Eating too much, makes you fat.
How many miles did you walk today? Get your step counter. If it is less than 10,000 steps, you are way under your quote for movement. People used to walk for 10-20km a day, every day. Today, people don't walk to to the end of their driveway - and no, I'm not kidding you! On the other hand, we have abundance of food *and* obesogens (mainly plastics related) in our diet making us fatter than expected.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obesogen [wikipedia.org]
Without obesogens, American diet would make people *FAT* and lazy. With these hormones-like substances, we get morbidly obese doing the same thing - no exercise and snacking. American diet is not high in carbs - it is high in fat. Things like fries, chocolate bars, chips, burgers, all are high in fat. People eat more meat today per person than at any time in history. Look at the steak sizes in American restaurants. 200 years ago, average people didn't eat that much meat in weeks and many not in months.
If you want to get rid off almost ALL your sugar or sugar-like substances, start drinking plain water. Tap water. It's free.
So, it's more fad diets about "evil sugar", just like there were fad diets about "evil fat".
(Score: 1, Offtopic) by Geotti on Wednesday August 27 2014, @04:30PM
You must be one of the lucky few with tasty and healthy tap water. For everyone else, buying bottled water is much more recommended. Also, it's not free.
(Score: 1, Offtopic) by LoRdTAW on Wednesday August 27 2014, @04:38PM
You must live in Orlando.
(Score: 1) by arashi no garou on Wednesday August 27 2014, @08:21PM
You do realize that most bottled water is drawn from municipal water sources, right? It's the same thing as tap water, only much more expensive and harmful to the environment.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/03/100310/why-tap-water-is-better/ [nationalgeographic.com]
(Score: 2) by Geotti on Thursday August 28 2014, @11:23AM
Not where I live. I prefer Gerolsteiner [gerolsteiner.com]
When was the last time you've tested your taste-buds by comparing different water? And don't tell me "water is water."