Thanks @dbooster. My friends Great Uncle. * Prof. John Yudkin* first published a paper in the early 70's squarely pointing the finger at sugar linked to obesity. It wasn't well accepted at the time and although he has since been vindicated, he was (apparently) never happy about the way his excellent work was scorned.. I loved sugar my whole life. I never realised how much we relied on it. not just in sweets but a heavy carb diet.. aka the western diet is a diet rich in sugars. As we have seen the meteoric rise in killer diseases such as cancer, heart disease, etc, we have slowly begun to realise the role of sugars. I'll be back with some other insights !