After reading the whole thing I don’t think he disposed of the hyperpalatability hypothesis. That was the weakest part of the series.
One other thing that was missing related to sugars and seed oils. I have not been able to find any ‘native’ poulation with access to large quantities of both. You do have some with access to large amounts of fruit or honey, as mentioned. And also some (Kalahari desert dwellers eat large amounts of Omega 6 rich mongongo nuts “why farm when the world has mongongo nuts”) with access to large quantities of Omega 6 oils, one alleged culprit in seed oils. But I don’t see any that have both, Processed foods are rich in both and this is novel.
Still it is worth reading IMHO and I find myself somewhat convinced that Li has a role.
After reading the whole thing I don’t think he disposed of the hyperpalatability hypothesis. That was the weakest part of the series.
One other thing that was missing related to sugars and seed oils. I have not been able to find any ‘native’ poulation with access to large quantities of both. You do have some with access to large amounts of fruit or honey, as mentioned. And also some (Kalahari desert dwellers eat large amounts of Omega 6 rich mongongo nuts “why farm when the world has mongongo nuts”) with access to large quantities of Omega 6 oils, one alleged culprit in seed oils. But I don’t see any that have both, Processed foods are rich in both and this is novel.
Still it is worth reading IMHO and I find myself somewhat convinced that Li has a role.