The introduction of HFCS really drove the process since the fructose in metabolized in the liver using the same pathways as alcohol. This is why there has been a steady increase in non alcoholic fatty liver disease.

Makes a ton of sense. HFCS is REALLY bad stuff. Government subsidized, of course ...

Magically what is considered "normal" levels have been moving down for years.

The video I linked explores this issue. There is a "cholesterol board" that determines at what levels statins should be prescribed. That number has been going lower and lower over the years, thereby increasing the number of people taking statins.

Turns out, the individuals on that board have financial conflicts of interest. They make more money when these drugs are prescribed. They get paid directly from the drug companies, and that does not even count the possibility that they might also buy up some key stocks just before their next "guideline" announcement.

I have known for a long time that most of the garbage coming out of the so called professional journals that try to pass for legitimate peer reviewed science is bought and paid for by those with an interest in predetermined results. How do I know? I worked in research for over 10 years and saw exactly how the game was played.

Editors of Lancet and JAMA have both said that over 50% of research published in their journals are not valid science.

The patients that I saw in my practice that were Vegans eventually had it crash and burn in some manner.

Although this is an extreme example, it is interesting at the rapid rate of declining health. This guy tried to do an experiment where he would only eat broccoli for one week. The results were both comical and frightening. It's not so shocking at the declining health, but the RATE of declining health is mindboggling:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbTqsiysiOs