That being said, there are some major flaws in the logic of this book. It has a few excellent points, but the author extrapolates well beyond what rational thinking allows. An example of one of his arguments from the beginning of the book is: Alzheimer's is nearly unheard of in human populations with traditional (read: ancient) diets, so therefore it must be something we are eating because there are environmental contaminants everywhere. Places with high Alzheimer's disease also eat a lot of sugar, therefore sugar must somehow cause Alzheimer's. Superficially, that seems like a logical train of thought, but he's left out the the point about how the traditional population doesn't live as long, also has a diet low in sodium, isn't cooking on teflon, and has to hunt down and process their own food. This book is riddled with this kind of step-by-step misguidance, but I think only the minds of people who are trained to look for this will notice, scientists and nutritionists.
There was one study cited in this book that seemed important. Japanese women have a very low rate of breast cancer, but after moving to the US their rate of breast cancer matches any other group of people in 2 generations (length of time to fully acclimate to the local culture). Japan is also a highly industrialized country that's not big into exercise where people habitually overwork themselves. So there are lots of similarities between it and the US. The major difference between the 2 countries is diet, very obviously that can be blamed. But Japanese food culture is so healthy from pretty much every angle that it would be impossible to immediately peg down. So this study is important, but doesn't necessarily support the author's argument. This was the other problem with this book.
Even knowing this, there was a strong urge planted in me to reduce my sugar intake, just in case. haha!
