Keep calm. And stop believing.

I used to believe in climate change. Growing up in the 1960s, our backyard abutted the grounds of one of the largest sugar mills in Australia. My brother and I spent many happy hours fishing for tadpoles with mates in the lime pits and building forts among the long grasses of 'our' 5-acre paddock. Our father was Chief Chemist at Milliquin Sugar Mill, and the creator of Bundaberg Rum, still the most popular rum in Australia. In the 1960s, information about diabetes and the risks of sugar existed