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Thank you Björn Hammarskjöld for the link.

The impact of sugar on diabetes was independent of sedentary behavior and alcohol use, and the effect was modified but not confounded by obesity or overweight. Duration and degree of sugar exposure correlated significantly with diabetes prevalence in a dose-dependent manner, while declines in sugar exposure correlated with significant subsequent declines in diabetes rates independently of other socioeconomic, dietary and obesity prevalence changes. Differences in sugar availability statistically explain variations in diabetes prevalence rates at a population level that are not explained by physical activity, overweight or obesity.

Paper from Sanjay Basu, Paula Yoffe, Nancy Hills, Robert H. Lustig

At last! Sugar consumption does cause diabetes!

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A small increase in a small risk is still a slightly bigger but small risk and we are relieved to note there is no association of cancer with red meat consumption.

Why do we allow the abuse of statistics to create a scare story about food and health, because the figures quoted are meaningless due to confounders not discussed. 

How to make a scare out of very little with statistics:

Suppose a 1% risk is a 1.3% risk…lets use the 0.3% increase in (absolute) risk or use the ratio (0.3 to 1) to get an impressive 33% increase in (relative) risk – Same risk increase but more journalistic scare power!

Enjoy the bacon with eggs – as with all traditional foods.

CBN News has a much more important story to tell!.

BBC News – Processed meat ‘early death’ link

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The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges Obesity Initiative was launched at a parliamentary reception.  At this reception I was able to confirm with several members of the Steering Group that the submissions of evidence (Appendix B in their report) clearly identified Dietary Sugar as a major contributor to this epidemic of Obesity which has steadily increased since around 1980. 

This was the time when we were ill-advised to eat less fat and eat more sugar generating carbohydrate foods (McGovern & COMA). Ironically it was also the time when the food industry gave us low fat options by replacing healthy fats with cheap unhealthy sugars. A 35 year obesity epidemic has ensued.

Dietary Fat and cholesterol was never a cause of obesity or heart disease. It was always the dietary Sugar particularly Fructose that did the damage.

There were many notable contributors and I commend the following evidence submission (click on names for links)

Barry Groves

Bjorn Hammarskjold

Stephanie Seneff

Zoe Harcombe

Robert Suchet

Obesity is generated by Sugar

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Why is it news that full dairy products and milk intended to provide the full nutritional requirements of any active growing mammal are really good for you?  Celebrate all meats, full fat dairy products, eggs, and fish as being exactly right nutritionally. I have been reading biochemistry papers since the 1960’s and have yet to find any evidence that these foods have ever caused disease.  On the other hand refined carbohydrates (sugar-damaged proteins aka AGE) are ultimately quite dangerous for our health.  Advanced glycaemic end-products accumulate and cause disease when we spend decades over-indulging our sweet tooth!

Excellent foods!

Cheese ‘could reduce diabetes risk’ – Daily Telegraph