In Fat Chance, Dr. Robert Lustig tells us:
“If you had any residual doubt about ‘a calorie is not a calorie,’ this analysis should remove it. Every additional 150 calories per person per day barely raised diabetes prevalence. But if those 150 calories were instead from a can of soda, increase in diabetes rose sevenfold. Sugar is more dangerous than its calories. Sugar is a toxin. Plain and simple.”
That is wild. Consume 150 extra calories; no big deal. Consume 150 extra calories from a can of soda, and diabetes rose sevenfold. Yikes!
Sugar is more dangerous than its calories.
Remember food rule #1. Let’s quit drinking our sugar.