content: It doesn't even have to be that complicated. Up until recently, sugar was expensive, people might have gotten fat, but it was from eating meats. Nowadays many people have sugar in their diets magnitudes greater than they did before. Our bodies can't evolutionarily handle these levels of sugar. Thats why so many people have diabetes, we aren't built for it. And bonus, what does excessive sugar do to a persons ability to think? You guessed it. Sugar lobby is powerful but its only so powerful because (((someone))) wants it to be.