Someone who eats a lot of candy bars is likely to be undereating in general, and not getting enough protein/fat/salt/micronutrients. I believe this explains most of the claimed health harms from eating sugar, as seen in observational studies.
It seems to me that we are a pretty good gear model that eating a lot of sugar leads to insulin swings that are unhealthy. Apart from honey there’s little sugar in the ancestary enviroment so it’s not surprising that the body isn’t well adapted to producing insulin in those contexts.
It seems to me that we are a pretty good gear model that eating a lot of sugar leads to insulin swings that are unhealthy. Apart from honey there’s little sugar in the ancestary enviroment so it’s not surprising that the body isn’t well adapted to producing insulin in those contexts.