![]() 3.Refined sugar-Psychiatry for a host of mental illnesses. The author spends a chapter asking why was it removed in the first place? "How to Complicate Simplicity" all for the sake of money and greed. 2.Polished refined white rice-Vitamin B1 derived from whole grain rice (they initially were able to market B1 there is no money to be made from B1 anymore so they have moved on). Cholesterol in and of itself is not damaging to arteries and endothelial function, but the absence healthy fats and statins cause a host of other cardiovascular issues. Absence of these fats induces cardiovascular problems. Health issues: Good fats (fish oil, Omega 9's)totally eliminated. Consider this: 1.Cholesterol free foods, fat free foods-Cholesterol lowering drugs. At the core, this is the food industry "lobbying" for the pharmaceutical industry's interests, and vise versa. Admittedly, some of the facts are wholly anecdotal in nature, but nevertheless they serve the purpose to reinforce the overall theme of the book. The author leverages these historical actions effectively in telling the "story" and providing the facts. As is often the case, greed and monetary interests provide the very motives for the medical establishment's "looking the other way" in the face of overwhelming evidence pointing to the health hazards of sugar. The author uses this richly detailed historical backdrop to reinforce not only the perils and hazards of sugar, but to also provide perhaps an explanation (and motive) as to why and how refined sugar has become so pervasive in society. This is not a conspiratorial left-winged angle on the theme of the book that the author pushes on the reader, but rather a theme that is supported throughout the European and American sugar history. (and in my opinion, they knowingly did so and do so). There is a consistent and very powerful underlying theme throughout the book.the fact that throughout history the food industry and the medical/pharmaceutical industry have monetarily thrived off of each other at the expense of public health and human welfare. Just a few points that I would like to point out to potential readers of this book: (1.) Some of the very few negative reviews point out that the book is a one-track, narrowly focused diatribe against refined sugar (The author very clearly makes a distinction between natural carbohydrates and natural sugars as opposed to refined processed sugars and refined carbohydrates which is something that cannot be overlooked). The book delves into the detrimental developmental, mental/psychiatric, and physiological affects that sugar has on the human body. I cannot add much more to the positive reviews that indicate how the book clearly identifies the negative affects of sugar (and refined and processed foods, by extension) on the human body.
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