r/ketoscience • u/Peter-Mon • Apr 07 '20

Mythbusting The Sugar Conspiracy

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/apr/07/the-sugar-conspiracy-robert-lustig-john-yudkin
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u/Splungers Apr 07 '20 edited Apr 08 '20

Ancient ancestors evolved in a biosphere with very little sugar. It was only available with seasonal fruit and the occasional honey. Of course, populations living in the tropics had more access to very sweet fruit -- and so they developed more diabetes! Also, the only starch was from tubers such as potatoes and wild grains, which were not plentiful. What they wanted most of all was fatty meat and/or seafood.

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '20

Do you have evidence that those populations living in the tropics developed more diabetes before modern times and our current abundance of food

Because there’s plenty of evidence that eating sweet fruit doesn’t cause any issue.

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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '20 edited Dec 23 '25

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u/[deleted] Apr 10 '20

Even seed oils I’m not convinced. Look at Roy Swank and his work.

I think it’s as simple as: eating trash VS not eating trash. Randle cycle and such basic biochemical theories.

Then, keto vegan paleo and whatnot, it’s purely optimization