Our civilization might go down in history as the strange, self-destructive period when people added sugar and toxic sweeteners to everything. There is this viral lecture by Robert Lustig on YouTube and the article by Gary Taubes in the NYT – Is Sugar Toxic? Almost everything that culturally surrounds us at this very moment is a fraud. I find it hard to wrap my head around this fact. And there is always this pattern. Ancel Keys influenced the FDA guidelines, ultimately he is partially responsible for the epidemic of cancer, obesity, coronary heart disease and diabetes (that’s millions of people). Ancel Keys lived in great honor. While the English research doctor John Yudkin spoke the truth about sugar. He was ridiculed and unrecognized. Are you OK with this world?
Further reading:[Toxic] Sugar in Everything
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In short, “no”, but I’ll refrain from digressing. That Taubes article is great. I think it could be argued that sugar is more dangerous than many other illegal drugs out there. Here’s a quote you might enjoy. “The thing that bugs me is that people think the FDA is protecting them. It isn’t. What the FDA is doing and what the public thinks it’s doing are as different as night and day.” – Dr. Herbert Ley, Commissioner of the FDA. (San Francisco Chronicle, 1-2-70).
Greg, the beauty of the paleo argument is that you take food that falls outside of the evolutionary spectrum, say sugar, cornflakes, bread or cocaine. Develop a habit and it will kill you. Especially when it turns into a staple like sugar or corn.
Well said. Now, if only I could conquer my coffee habit.
Many people on paleo do drink coffee. I stopped drinking coffee few years back but I do drink strong lose tea ( black and green). I get it from here http://www.uptontea.com
I’m OK with it, as long as I can come back here and get the real scoop.
get off the sugar! It’s the best change I’ve made in my life.
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