[Errant]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wZwdPkjeMM

[MissMagnolia]

How did we come to believe saturated fat and cholesterol are bad for us?

http://eatingacademy.com/nutrition/how-did-we-come-to-believe-saturated-fat-and-cholesterol-are-bad-for-us?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-did-we-come-to-believe-saturated-fat-and-cholesterol-are-bad-for-us

About 45 minutes to an hour to watch the video, but it one of the best I’ve ever seen. Media lies and government interference with diet have a significant role with the escalating obesity levels in this country.

[Shadow44]

I don’t like labeling sugar “toxic” because I think it’s a misuse of the term, but it should be glaringly obvious that people consume far greater amounts of sugar than what’s been normal for centuries.

Go back 400 years ago, and the majority of our peasant ancestors never ate cane sugar, maybe honey on rare occasions for sweet foods. They also did back breaking work on a daily basis as a matter of survival.

[Mr. Jeeves]

Cane sugar isn't great, but I would rate wheat, corn/HFCS, and potatoes as bigger obesity causes. Just try to find any pre-packaged American food without one or more of those ingredients.

ADM remains a bigger villain than the Fanjul family...which isn't saying much. :)

[.45 Long Colt]

Thanks for posting this. I’m anxious to watch it.

And I can’t recommend Gary Taubes’ books enough. I know a number of people who have had their health restored after reading “Why We Get Fat and What to Do About it.” For several the changes go well beyond simple weight loss.

[Halgr]

I’ve lost 65 lbs in the last two years all because of avoiding sugar in its many forms.

I really believe that a sugar free diet makes all the difference in the world.

[Chode]

you gonna eat that sugar or can i have it???

[RayChuang88]

The real culprit here is high fructose corn syrup (HFCS). If many of our foods switch back to real sugar from sugar beet or sugar cane, I’ll almost guarantee the obesity could go down quite a bit.

[Nifster]

nonsense....if sugar ( or any other food for that matter) was ‘the cause’ of obesity then people would have been fat for thousands of years. Obesity is caused by lack of exercise....these obese children do not go outside to play (for lots of reasons), the eat generally crappy diets, and no one at home is interested in changing anything.

Sugar is not the enemy.

[Qwackertoo]

thanks for posting, mark for later

[NeoCaveman]

Thanks for posting this.

Just started the paleo diet after seeing it work for several people.