No--there's No single food that will kill you...nor cure you! There's a constellation of unfortunate circumstances that contribute to overweight and obesity in our country, and so many countries around the world, places where foods don't contain a lot of HFCS, but where people are similarly eating more calories, and getting less activity...it's not exclusive to people eating foods sweetened with sugar, HFCS, or other. Rather than blame the food, part of the blame lies with the marketing geniuses, whose mission is to sell products, and make foods appear sexy, desirable, fun, cool, etc. etc. There is no similar effort to market fresh foods, fruits and vegetables.
The obesity epidemic really began around the time that low fat became popular...but even that is too simplistic a correlation--at the same time more people were afforded cars, the population grew significantly, gyms were converted to classrooms, phys ed classes were cut, more factory subsidized farms meant fast food became cheaper than fresh, so many factors conspiring to undermine health.
So this is a good debate because it allows us to NOT demonize any one food, but to understand that within a context of our cultural communities we need to stay focused on lifestyle and choices.
Here's the revelation! Being thin and healthy, eating what you like yet liking yourself, and controlling your weight without fixating on it for the rest of your life is not about natural gifts, but about the gift of knowing how.
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