Dr. David Katz on why demonizing sugar is problematic:
[T]he food industry is salivating over the “fructose is poison” message. If we get the public totally mesmerized by one nutrient concern at a time, we’ve created a gaping loophole for a whole battalion of new, high-profit, low-nutrient, just-what-you’ve-been-asking-for foods. They are already on the assembly line. …
Turning one of many dietary concerns into a scapegoat for all threatens to substitute the propaganda and procrastination we’ve seen with past follies for the genuine progress we urgently need.
Weight Maven is written by Beth Mazur. Beth believes that obesity is more symptom than cause and that the real problem is our Western diet -- especially sugar, refined grains, and industrial oils. Beth writes about nutrition, ancestral health & food policy. And cats!
