The Case Against Sugar
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"From the best-selling author of Why We Get Fat, a groundbreaking, eye-opening expose that makes the convincing case that sugar is the tobacco of the new millennium: backed by powerful lobbies, entrenched in our lives, and making us very sick. Among Americans, diabetes is more prevalent today than ever; obesity is at epidemic proportions; nearly 10% of children are thought to have nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. And sugar is at the root of these, and other, critical society-wide, health-related problems. With his signature command of both science and straight talk, Gary Taubes delves into Americans' history with sugar: its uses as a preservative, as an additive in cigarettes, the contemporary overuse of high-fructose corn syrup. He explains what research has shown about our addiction to sweets. He clarifies the arguments against sugar, corrects misconceptions about the relationship between sugar and weight loss; and provides the perspective necessary to make informed decisions about sugar as individuals and as a society"--
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I read this while eating my birthday candy for context. Taubes is a journalist, a journalist who focuses on nutritional science, so I doubt this is his first ride through nutritional studies.
I don't know that he was able to conclusively show that sugar is the cause in a definite correlative association between massive increase of sugar consumption and the western diseases. But it certainly seems like a smoke/fire situation, and honestly when has the last time we trusted corporations to be anything but self-interested unto our early deaths? Certainly the criticism of nutrition research seems to be fair, wrt too short studies and the tendancy to follow the biases rather than the results, especially with industry funding. (Money money moneyyyy)
I would still put more faith in the cause of western diseases being in a collection of factors rather than just sugar as the sole baddie, Occam's Razor aside.
