Giles Fraser's heart attack was an eye opener - he realized that he'd been lied to:
The Guardian: Sugar is poison. My heart attack has finally opened my eyes to the truthGlobally, diabetes has almost quadrupled in 35 years and yet the multibillion-dollar sugar industry is happy to keep us in the dark about why...
As I write, my son returns from the shops, perfectly on cue, laden with a chocolate bar, a full-fat Coke and a packet of lollipops. I want to tell him that Willy Wonka is a death-dealing drug dealer. But I bite my lip for now. He will think me a crank. Everything he likes has sugar in it. That's my fault - he got hooked on sugary breakfast cereals as a child.
...After my operation, I cut out sugar and carbohydrates as best I could. I have lost 10 kilograms in the five weeks since. And I plan to lose a lot more. It's not a diet - I hate diets. It's a form of protest. The scales have fallen from my eyes. Beware the candy man.
