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Day 26 The Little Porker I just saw some photos of me from today and I really am getting fat. I have never really been fat before, its really weird to see. I have officially deliberately ‘let myself go’.  I am a little porker, its quite funny. It wouldn’t be funny if my lady left … Continued

Reds and Oranges Last night I had my first fructose dream. I was being chased by a giant orange with a big ‘F’ on it. Was it seeking revenge? Does it feel demonized? I tried to talk to it but couldn’t find its ears. I wanted to say that in moderation you are great, you … Continued

Out Pops Vanity Statistics reveal that Aboriginal people have a tooth decay prevalence of 74%, while non-indigenous people have just 23%. In the early 1970s, the healthy condition of Aboriginal children’s teeth was seen as one of the rare advantages they had over non-indigenous children. No prizes for figuring out what little substance has increased … Continued

Hump Day Agave nectar has become a pretty popular sweetener replacement for some people. If table sugar is 50% fructose and we think that fructose may be causing the problems, then the bad news for Agave lovers is that it is 56%-90% fructose. Agave it away. Please note that appalling ‘Dad joke’. I am practicing … Continued

Day 31 McFructose Sugar got its name from the Sanskrit word ‘Sharkara’, which means ‘material in granule form’. This is interesting because Rudolph Steiner discusses that since the rise of sugar consumption, we have moved more and more to a superficial, materialistic culture. Sugar is the current culture’s ‘pin up’ emblem. A quick fix, high … Continued

The Nestle Yo Yo Besides salt, Americans consume 10 times more sugar than any other food additive. This alarmed me a little as I really don’t think I could eat 40 teaspoons of salt a day for 60 days. Someone else can run with that idea if they like. They gonna need some water though. … Continued

The USA “In America, first you get the sugar, then you get the women, then you get the power.” Homer Simpson   So I have just landed in the USA for a 3 week research trip to interview some wonderful people with large brains full of knowledge about sugar and fructose. I am going to … Continued

Jumba, Randy and Dr Pat America, home of the brave, land of the free and a place where 40% of dogs are now overweight or obese.     Jetlag is a funny thing. It makes you see the world quite differently, like a subtle but wobbly blind has been pulled down from under the eyelids … Continued

Savory Nutella Day 35 will not be forgotten in a hurry. It was supposed to be a nice smooth flight for 3 hours across the USA, I’d hire a comfortable car, meet a respected scientist, have a few laughs and exchange fructosean knowledge, then hug it out and head to bed early with another 40 … Continued

Cronut and Brain Fog “Maybe America has gone too far, it is going to take us a long time to get back on track because the marketing, the money and the patterns have been deeply established. My hope is that the developing nations see what we have done and don’t follow our lead.” A professor … Continued

Salted caramel pretzel yoghurt “People need to understand that whether sugar is white, brown, raw, high fructose corn syrup or fruit juice concentrate, it all metabolizes the same way in the body and its all bad news, very bad news.” A Professor of Nutrition who I met today. He was 6ft 3, wore a white … Continued

Mountain dew mouth A one litre bottle of Pepsi’s Mountain Dew contains 30% more caffeine than coke and 34 teaspoons of sugar. It is the highest selling beverage in the mountains of Kentucky. The term ‘Mountain Dew Mouth’ has been coined for those people that have totally decayed teeth from consuming this beverage since birth. … Continued