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On Better Nutrition
The excessive use of simple sugars in our diet is reflected in the elevation of blood triglyceride levels. The "sweet tooth" is not a natural phenomenon, any more than a proneness to alcohol consumption is. With proper diet, both of these propensities will disappear. Dr. Weston A. Price dramatically illustrated the causal effect of refined carbohydrates on dental caries, dental malocclusions, pyorrhea, arthritis, tuberculosis, mental retardation, and the criminal temperament. Our processed food is an extreme departure from the substances that man was provided through nature, and it is consequently a real source of stress for the body to have to deal with it.