How the Sugar Industry Shifted Blame to Fat

Re:How the Sugar Industry Shifted Blame to Fat by SilasX on Monday September 12, 2016 @02:37PM (#12482422)

I always assumed it would be the opposite: something that a lot of people already recognize as being dangerous, but which lacked concrete evidence demonstrating how dangerous it is. So my candidates for a future "omg we have to stop this" are:

- bad posture at office jobs (probably mandated adjustable standing desks in the future)

- stress from a long, high-traffic commute

- insufficient sleep

- per the article, high-sugar foods. EDIT: technically, a high-sugar diet. Part of the problem is that no one unit of sugar by itself is the problem, so you can't point to any one food as the culprit.

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Re:How the Sugar Industry Shifted Blame to Fat by TheSpiceIsLife on Monday September 12, 2016 @03:26PM (#12482848)

Wasn't there some news recently that sleep deficiency is positively correlated with heart disease?

Something like this http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/tiredness-and-fatigue/Pages/lack-...

There was also some news recently that working in a place that grinds coffee causes lung cancer http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/04/15/474325037/cof...

Probably if the sabre-toothed tiger gets you before the age of 35 you won't get cancer or heart disease. But if you live long enough and the cancer doesn't kill you the chemotherapy will.

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Re:How the Sugar Industry Shifted Blame to Fat by boodm on Monday September 12, 2016 @07:20PM (#12484453)

You're missing the easy one, caffeine.

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Re:How the Sugar Industry Shifted Blame to Fat by c23gooey on Tuesday September 13, 2016 @08:45AM (#12487641)

and alcohol

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