yes, “metabolic syndrome” and we can also say, “syndrome-x”, “hperinsulinism”, “triglycerides”, and that processed sugars, carbohydrates, concentrated fruit sugar and those “natural foods inculding some fruit and vegetables” that are high on the glycemic index should be avoided.
Agreed. I would say the government is culpable for this. There never was a scientific basis for a carbohydrate based diet. This is one of the continued nightmares of government “medicine” as adopted in the food pyramid during the Carter administration. This is also the time that the war on dietary fat began.