Right, I agree for sugars and other carbs in general. Even with intensive physical activity (gym memberships, etc) eating diets of almost pure carbs is just too much. Only a return to whole, traditional foods can avert what is coming.

But like you, I suspect it is too late for most of the civilized world. USA will feel it first, but EUrope and the rest of the world won't be far behind. Even those parts of the Third World that has taken on carb diets are developing what used to be called diseases of civilization, but what now is more meaningfully called metabolic syndrome.

But so many people are addicted to carbs, and too few are willing to make the effort. Probably because their carb diet makes them depressed and hopeless. Doesn't help that governments keep telling them the same old lies.