Part of the reason we are dealing with heart disease and cancer as causes of death is that death from infectious diseases has been markedly reduced since the late nineteenth century, when tuberculosis was a leading cause of death. My grandfather died from a sudden hearth attack. He was eating in a style that suited the lifestyle of the 1890's, when significant physical labor was the norm, but his life was more sedentary. No one talked as much about diet and exercise then, as we do now.

Thought some additional information might be interesting. Here is a link to the CBS "60 Minutes" segment on the relationship of sugar and heart disease, obesity, and cancer. I found the controlled hospital study on the adverse effects of sugar on blood lipids very convincing. They also recommend max daily consumption of added sugar for both men and women.

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7403942n&tag=contentBody;storyMediaBox

The evidence is really mounting up