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Hi team, As many already know, added sugar is 100% carbs, it's almost ubiqutious and it is making the world fat and sick. :twisted: Here's an 18-minute video featured tonight on Australia's BBC (ABC) : http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/3821440.htm Readers, viewers, please join the...

Hello again, readers. I have posted twice here recently, highlighting: x the need for bans on all sugary drinks in all schools in all nations in all the world! http://www.australianparadox.com/pdf/Su ... ks-Ban.pdf x the emerging dangers for our kids' health from increasingly popular "low...

Believe it or not, Mexicans now are fatter than Americans on average. No prizes for guessing why. I'll CC you on the answer to that one: http://edition.cnn.com/2013/07/17/opini ... co-obesity Readers, I am an Australian promoting a ban on all sugary drinks in all schools across the world...

Greetings - and happy National Diabetes Week (Australia), 14–20 July. Yes, I am Australian. Yes, the cricket is a disaster for us. :oops: Next topic! Sugary drinks are making the world's kids fat and diabetic (link below). Who will join with me in promoting a ban in all sugary drinks in all...

This is a long post and many readers may choose to give it a miss. :wave: On relevance - as most readers here already know - sugar/sucrose is 100% carbohydrate and 50% fructose. I assume those of us following a low-carb diet mostly junked added sugar from the outset. In any case, the big...

Reliable nutrition information is critical in the fight against obesity and diabetes. Unfortunately, the contribution of excess sugar/fructose consumption to obesity has been exonerated by high-profile but over-confident University of Sydney low-GI advocates - Dr Alan Barclay and Professor...

Good morning. I am arguing near and far for the retraction of a deeply flawed paper - The Australian Paradox - by Dr Alan Barclay and Professor Jennie Brand-Miller. Background: The University of Sydney scientists last year claimed a profound scientific observation: "an inverse relationship"...

Gary Taubes is again poking global health authorities and most nutritionists in the eye with his version of how the world got fat and diabetic. His key recommendation: ditch refined sugar and other carbs, except for small serves of green leafy vegetables. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/01/opini...

There's a disturbing piece in today's Guardian. Check out: http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012 ... ing-us-fat For the story on sugar and obesity/diabetes in Australia, try http://www.australianparadox.com/

Many are aware that the low-GI industry revolves around the claim that low-GI carbohydrates - GI 55 and under - are good for your health while those above GI 55 supposedly are bad. So everyday boiled potatoes are deemed borderline evil - suffering up to triple-figure GI readings - despite the...