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Sorry but too simplistic.

The things that fructose does to your body, and the things that protein does to your body (or require of your organs) are not the same thing.

That's why I think the link between the diabetes epidemic and the fructose onslaught will be confirmed, and it's not just about how many calories of fructose you consume. The huge spike in diabetes and the transition to fructose are direct correlations.

The reason there hasn't been a general alarm is the above discussed special interests. As has been said food recommendations are all politics and almost no science.

So when you push the "it's just the number of calories, it's not what you eat" line you are in agreement with the major food processors who do not want you to look at fructose.

And BTW, of special interest to pilots, is the fact that every time Atkins style diets have been put against American Heart Association diets the Atkins diet reduces cholesterol and artery hardening more effectively. The AHA is fighting this like mad. But I think, like diabetes, heart disease will be found to be linked more to carbohydrate intake than fat intake. (I'm not a scientist but I have a reservation at a Holiday Inn Express).

So we may finally figure out why spaghetti eating, running pioneer Jim Fixx died of a massive heart attack. Of course, over the years since then, everytime a high-carbohydrate advocating exerciser has a heart attack it's blamed on genetics (so they've got that going for them, which is good).

We'll figure this diet thing out someday. Hopefully it will be found that beer and wings are the nectar of health.