Ancel Keys, Ph.D. Was Right (and Nina Teicholz was Wrong): We Eat Too Much Sugar and Saturated Fat

The headlines are buzzing with new data from France that added dietary sugar in juice and soda are associated with an increased risk of cancer. A prior report last month reported a strong relationship of added sugar and mortality. It is a bad month to be in the sugar business (notably this is not referring to whole fruit).

Is this new data or did a famous professor decades ago warn us about excess sugar intake? Indeed, the famous Ancel Keys, Ph.D. warned us of our…