Per Uncle Monster:
Years ago I stopped drinking sugar sweetened soft drinks, sugar sweetened ice tea
and sugar sweetened beverages of any kind. My weight dropped 100lbs in 2 months

Working with bond traders (high-stress, demanding job - some had cases
of Coke under their desks) for about 10 years, I saw the process you
described happen in reverse..... fit-looking young people transformed
into waddling semi-cripples whose thighs rubbed when they walked.

I tend to look down of food faddists, but think the
sugar-becoming-integrated-into-the-American-diet thing is for real.
--
Pete Cresswell