Carbs and sugars are (almost, but obviously with nuances) interchangeable in the way I am using them, from the bio-chem sense. I do see what you are saying and

Carbs and sugars are (almost, but obviously with nuances) interchangeable in the way I am using them, from the bio-chem sense. I do see what you are saying and see where this back and forth is coming in. No, there is absolutely no reason to eat a big 250g spoon of table sugar. As for Alzheimer's you are seeing more work around diet in general and the link to aging. It just takes awhile, I don't think it has to be a conspiracy(of course it could be, there is a lot of money in carbs). You are seeing some of these findings move from academia into public consumption reporting [1] https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2018/01/the-startling-link-between-sugar-and-alzheimers/551528/ https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2018/01/the-start... [2] https://www.aarp.org/health/brain-health/info-2017/foods-decrease-alzheimers-risk-fd.html https://www.aarp.org/health/brain-health/info-2017/foods-dec... Either way, I think this thread has run its' course. I will probably not respond anymore but I'll leave with this: I agree sugars should also be talked about, we generally consume way too many in a day but I take issue with ranking basic nutritional building blocks because they are all important and we would be in trouble if we took one out. But have a great day, always good to have a little internet back and forth.