Since the 1980s the experts have been consistently telling people that eating any amount of fatty foods is bad for us. This campaign has been very effective, and with the help of the food industry has managed to reduce the total amount of fat consumed in many countries. Despite this, rates of obesity and diabetes have increased even faster. We have since discovered that some of the most prolific consumers of fat in the world, the Cretans from southern Greece, are among the healthiest and longest-lived. In order to replace the fat content, the food industry has steadily increased sugar levels
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