We eat too much sugar. This has a direct effect (diabetis) and an indirect effect through increasing fat storage, leading to increased inflammation of fat tissue (which is simply too much to handle) which is then connected to cardiovascular stress and type 2 diabetis.

This is a death cycle, and we are not doing anything against it.

Sweeteners gave people the "easy" wait out. Drink Coke zero (not diet coke, it still contains loads of sugar, just less than normal coke), it has the same taste and you can continue doing what you did before thinking to love healthier.

This study (and probably others that will follow) shows that there is no easy way out. Those substances can also harm you.

But but, what should I do? Eat less (OMG!!) drink more water and eat healthy.

I don't know how it is in the US, but in Europe you can have equally priced meals that contain less carbs, more veggies and more protein.

It is not easy, it's hard work. But it will be good in the long run. Not only for you, but for your whole country.

With politics in the US shifting to a system which allows healthcare for everyone, the whole country will carry the burden for obese people (that will turn diabetic sooner or later) and that's loads of money.

The country should also do something about it. Regulate the along of sugar that goes into some things.

Sugar gets people addicted as well as any other substance. Treat it like this.

Companies make use of this and make sweeter products that get their customers hooked. Earning big cash and not giving a shit.

It is our biggest problem, and it will kill more people than cancer, because it will will you earlier (the majority of cancer deaths are in aging people)

I wrote too much /vent