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Hydration station “In 1954 the tobacco industry paid to publish the “Frank Statement to Cigarette Smokers” in hundreds of U.S. newspapers. It stated that the public’s health was the industry’s concern above all others and promised a variety of good-faith changes. What followed were decades of deceit and actions that cost millions of lives.” Kelly … Continued

The Bliss Point ‘For the food industry, the holy trinity are salt, fat and sugar. But sugar is the best of all because it is a preservative, it tampers with the appetite controls and it is now showing signs of addictive qualities that rival some harder drugs.’ New York Times investigative reporter Michael Moss.    … Continued

Hot in the City Statistics show that around 371 million people around the globe have type 2 diabetes. It is estimated that half of those people aren’t aware that they have the disease.    Onwards I rolled (literally) through another day of learning, sugar consuming and what is now, utter exhaustion. My body has really … Continued

Wonka proof “Revenge is sweet and not fattening” Alfred Hitchcock   Today was another travel day and a lot of it was spent on the sweltering New York cement. Sweating flesh, iced filled sweet drinks and suited worker ants at boiling point consumed the retinas. There is an incredible energy to the place, a constant … Continued

Sensory confusion “Children are especially vulnerable to the taste of sweet. It is an analgesic and makes them feel good when they have it. My main concern is that the companies have put sugar in sauces and breads and other foods so they are effecting the biology of the child. The child grows up thinking … Continued

Guru Taxi and the Nectar Confused, exhausted, fat, grumpy, spent, expanded, wiser, drained, sugared, lonely, homesick, vitamin deficient, hungry and in need of a damn good snuggle. The candy circus rolls on (Candy Circus could be a great clown character that Andy Serkis, aka Gollum, could play). I have just had my ear chewed off … Continued

Sugar Buns Nerd fact for a dinner party: Glucose is not just used for animals but also plays a role in the plant kingdom. The chlorophyll in plants synthesizes glucose using carbon dioxide from the air and energy from the sun’s light. The plant then stores it as starch for future energy use. Somehow I … Continued

Yarra juice Between 1999 and 2007, the kind people of Mexico doubled their intake of sweetened beverages. This year they have become the most obese country in the world. Some people still deny a link.   Today was yet another day to get myself acquainted with the lovely people at United Airlines, to sample the … Continued

Milkshake brain Today I drank a low fat chocolate milkshake inside an FRMI machine. My brain lit up like a Christmas tree in the exact same reward centres as nicotine, cocaine and sex. (I did not have sex in the machine to prove it though, it was far too cramped a space and my lady’s … Continued

Debate and Action We have learnt through history that science is constantly in need of updating as we discover more and more and understand that some things we thought of as a solid truth don’t sustain under more developed microscopes and investigation. In truth we can only really ever have our own experience of something, … Continued

Feeding the Geese Fitting that I was in San Francisco today. Day 49 and home of the 49ers. No wonder it was such a magnificent day.   I met with two esteemed scientists on the subject of fructose and these are a few things I learnt: Both glucose and fructose go to the liver but … Continued

Sweet suppression “Sugar releases beta endorphins in the brain. These are the same endorphins that love releases. We live in a world where people need love, especially for self. Sugar provides this feeling but it is short lived and no replacement for the real thing. I help people not by telling them to quit, but … Continued