There’s a great documentary called “The Men Who Made Us Fat.” It’s available on youtube. It starts with Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz who wanted to make use of the excess corn - and we ended up with fructose. This also led to a price drop in sweeteners, so soft drinks became cheaper and serving sizes larger. Also a good bit on the politics in science. The evidence was that sugars, not fat, caused obesity. But the sugar lobby won out (and scientists who said sugar was to blame were ridiculed and mocked) and Congress changed their food recommendations. Fats were taken out of pre-made products, but to make the taste palatable they had to add sugar.
Sounds like a good watch. Thanks for the good break down of the show.
That doesn’t explain the fat women who order a sack of burgers and fries, then wash it down with a diet drink.
Another good documentary is “The Magic Pill”.
Despite growing acres of it, my grandmother would never put corn on the dinner table except maybe as cornbread. Corn was something you fed to the livestock to get them fat. Just something to think about.
The men who made us fat...
I cant seem to find it, just getting a couple short clips. Do you have a link?