Fed up ( Documentary; 2014) I swear that you would not look at a soda drink can the same way after watching this documentary. In the seventies and eighties, having an unusually oversized student in a class was a rare occurrence. Conversely, in the 21st century, it is rare to see a non obese child in class. This subsequently have led to an epidemic of diseases which were only heard in the older adults and for the first time in human history the offspring may die before their parents! Even though inactivity has been made the bogeyman for this worrying trend, the consensus now that it is our diet, specifically sugar is the main culprit. There was a time before the Western world discovered the natives of the Caribbean Islands using extracts from a plant to sweet their beverages, food were grown and were healthy. Sugar was a luxury item that only the bourgeoise could savour. In the seventies, there was a frenzy to reduce our dietary fat intake. That started the chase to reduce fa...
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