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jamesgilllast Wednesday at 5:02 PM3 repliesview on HN

A good book that explains it all is The Case Against Sugar by Gary Taubes, which came out the same year as this article.

Like many truths, it's actually well-known and frequently discussed in public, but hard to hear amongst all the noise of corporate messaging and decades of bad dietary 'advice' from both public and private institutions.

To paraphrase the Oracle in the Matrix: What's really going to bake your noodle later on is--saturated fat isn't the culprit in CVD either. And that's equally well-supported yet drowned out for the same reasons ('nonfat all the things!').


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SoftTalkerlast Wednesday at 6:08 PM

> hard to hear amongst all the noise of corporate messaging

The one I like are the sodas that tout "made with real sugar" as if that's better for you than HF syrup.

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rsynclast Wednesday at 5:29 PM

“… but hard to hear amongst all the noise …”

A well placed warning label makes it a little easier to hear:

https://kozubik.com/items/ThisisCandy/

aldarionlast Wednesday at 5:19 PM

Yep. And thanks for the recommendation.

I am currently reading The Big Fat Surprise by Nina Teicholz.

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