chaise raises a good point, but I think we don't need to descend to the level of gloating over exactly who is, and isn't, alive, we know we can do better than that.

Oh, um, for one thing, I've just read the bit near the back of Protein Power about mummified Egyptian remains, which I think answers the point raised in this article rather nicely. You can't honestly tell me that their health problems were caused by eating refined carbs - nope, it would seem that they had a diet high in unrefined carbohydrates, plus a moderate amount of fat, and had pretty much the same health problems that plague the western population today.