obesity
Back when sugar was expensive and automobiles didn't exist, only the upper class could get fat.
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blankfistI'm blankfist, and I approve this blog post.
gwiz665Yeah, those poor peasants sure had it better..
dystopianfuturetodaySugar is still much more expensive than high fructose corn syrup, and that nasty, hard to digest crap came into being about the same time obesity started trending upwards. Coincidence?
jwrayWhether you feed lab rats a lot of sugar or feed them a lot of HFCS, they both get fat. It's almost the same effect.
AnimalsForCrackers says...>> ^jwray:
Whether you feed lab rats a lot of sugar or feed them a lot of HFCS, they both get fat. It's almost the same effect.
It also comes with the added bonus of -15 ability points to cancer resistance. (I kid, I really have no idea if high dosages of HFCS increase susceptibility to cancer in humans but it does in rats, apparently cancer cells love to nom on fructose/glucose)
jwrayIf one must get exercise to transport oneself or one's food, it is impossible to be sedentary
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