On Tuesday 19 Apr 2011 9:46:40 am Udhay Shankar N wrote: > I am posting teh entire long piece below as I think it is an important > discussion to have - I wanted the opinions of the folks here, some of > whom have been saying similar things for many years. > > Udhay > > http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/17/magazine/mag-17Sugar-t.html?_r=2&page > wanted=all >
The problem with the article is that it is an American omphalocentric article. Just because Americans are fat and eat sugar this info becomes the truth However Indians with far less sugar in their regular diets and no corn syrup also become fat. As long as you don't have to prove these theories in peer reviewed medical journals anything is OK. The artcle is a disingenuous one. Lots of foods are toxic unless taken in the right (read moderate) amounts. I guesss everyone has heard of carotenemia with Vitamin A toxicity caused, among other things, by eating too many carrots. Abnormal heart rhythms and death from coffee are known. Water toxicity can occur from excessive water drinking. Salt overload is well known. Ayurveda and traditional Indian medicine are full or references to foods that cause disease and it is now clear to me that there are food effects described in Ayurveda that have clearly not been documented in modern allopathinc medicine. shiv
