Sugar is not an addictive substance: masterpost

There's so much nonsense doing the rounds about how "sugar is addictive just like illegal drugs are addictive", usually coming from LCHF cultists. So here's a masterpost of all the information to put that myth to rest once and for all. Also though; here's my collection of...

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Ending the unhealthy obsession with calorie deficit.

Always take a selfie. I'll try to make this as clear as I can. Calories In / Calories Out is definitely a thing, but people need to STOP worshiping this idea about "calorific deficit", because it's stupid. Now, don't get me wrong... and in fact I'll address this pre-emptively...

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Reviews of That Sugar Film: link dump

By no means whatsoever could this be considered "too much sugar". Don't let silly people spoil your enjoyment of nutritious & delicious foods. What we know about sugar is that you really don't want to have too much of it terribly often. What does "too much" mean, though?...

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Let's all stop pretending that support for a sugar tax is motivated by anything other than fat shaming.

Things that aren't logical bother me. Case in point: This sugar tax so many people seem to be clamouring for all of a sudden. It would have virtually no impact on me as I don't use a lot of sugar or foods with a lot of added sugar in them as far as I'm aware, but on purely logical grounds, the idea doesn't cut it. Public health policy needs to...

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Science and sense based recommended reading this week.

I haven't kept up with my "week in review" posts for some reason but here's a bunch of great and informative stuff you might enjoy &/or be enlightened by. Imogen died wanting to be thin.After years of suffering and starvation, Imogen Brennan realised anorexia would claim...

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