John Yudkin: the man who tried to warn us about sugar

Re:John Yudkin: the man who tried to warn us about sugar by pvnick on Tuesday February 11, 2014 @11:52PM (#7222577)

I advocate moderation and balance. Consume reasonable calorie and macronutrient (protein, fat, carbohydrate) quantities. Eat what allows you to do that. For me, those carbs come from doughnuts and candy but also from brown rice and pasta. Just like my meats include both lean meats (chicken breast) and fatty, delicious meats (bacon). Combine this with exercise and all you'll avoid all the scary things the article talks about.

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Re:John Yudkin: the man who tried to warn us about sugar by eclipxe on Tuesday February 11, 2014 @11:59PM (#7222595)

Moderation and balance, based on what precisely? Who defines what balanced is? Who pays to have their product a bigger portion of a balanced diet?

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Re:John Yudkin: the man who tried to warn us about sugar by oinksoft on Wednesday February 12, 2014 @12:14AM (#7222641)

You mentioned bacon as an example of a fatty meat, but one should think twice before having bacon at every breakfast:

  We estimated that 3.3% (95% CI 1.5% to 5.0%) of deaths
  could be prevented if all participants had a processed
  meat consumption of less than 20 g/day.

http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/11/63/abstract

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Re:John Yudkin: the man who tried to warn us about sugar by PakG1 on Wednesday February 12, 2014 @01:04AM (#7222795)

Again, you deal with their argument by avoiding it and offering an alternative plan of action. I am asking if you can explain why what OP is saying is wrong, not how we can make OP's issues become non-issues. Asking as you seem quite passionate about the subject.

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