From Glyn Wainwright
There is a mountain of biochemical evidence to back Robert Lustig’s view that fructose is a trigger of metabolic syndrome (24 September, p 35).
In terms of dietary advice, it all went wrong in the 1950s with US scientist Ancel Keys’s selective Seven Countries study, which concluded that a diet that favours unsaturated over saturated fat is healthier. US politicians got involved, and so began the proliferation of low-fat, high-sugar foods.
Leeds, UK
