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Re:Is Fat Killing Us, or Is Sugar? by colanderman on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @06:51PM (#13991357)
> in nature fat and sugar can not be found in combination

What? What about avocados, coconuts, olives, artichokes, soybeans…

I'd more buy the argument that our body tries to maintain a certain ratio of fats to sugar (which is usually mediated by fiber), rather than that humans historically haven't "experienced" foods with both fat and sugar…

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Re:Is Fat Killing Us, or Is Sugar? by paulryanrogers on Thursday March 30, 2017 @08:06AM (#13994635)
Aren't soy beans poisoness when uncooked? And I doubt people ate large volumes of those others without the fiber.
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Re:Is Fat Killing Us, or Is Sugar? by colanderman on Thursday March 30, 2017 @10:12AM (#13995462)
My point exactly. I think the claim that "sugar + fat is not found in nature" is incomplete without mentioning fiber.
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