We often think that joint pain, high blood pressure, worn knees or aching shoulders are simply part of getting older. But sometimes a single life tells the whole story so clearly that it becomes impossible to ignore. Sugar Roasted Grandpa’s Knees is exactly that kind of story.

It is about a grandfather who, like so many others, spent years enjoying soda, pastries, bread, pasta and pizza. No one ever told him that these foods did more than fill his stomach. They slowly undermined his body. Too much sugar meant too much glucose and especially too much fructose. Fructose turns to fat and inflammation in the liver. It stiffens blood vessels, drives insulin higher and burdens the kidneys. The same sugars bind to collagen through the Maillard reaction, literally roasting tendons and cartilage the way bread crust turns brown in the oven.

Grandpa never knew. He didn’t know that his gout came from uric acid, that his high blood pressure was driven by insulin and activation of the RAAS system, or that his shoulder and knee pain were connected to his blood sugar. He only knew that he kept getting more pills for new diagnoses until his body eventually gave up.

Only after his death did his grandson, a medical student, uncover the truth. It wasn’t age and it wasn’t bad luck. It was sugar. The quiet force behind his fatty liver, diabetes, high blood pressure, heart troubles, gout and even his deteriorated joints.

Sugar Roasted Grandpa’s Knees is not an accusation against him. It is an accusation against not knowing. Against a world where no one explains why you become sick. Against an environment where fast carbohydrates are cheap, everywhere and socially accepted, while real health is rare.

This story is an invitation to understand how your body works. To learn why your knees hurt, why your blood pressure rises, why you feel tired and most importantly how you can reverse it.

My own grandfather died of MS. If I had known what I know now, I´d put him on the Walsh protocol. Dr. Walsh is a doctor who got MS. It got worse and worse until she was in a wheelchair, being cared for. She radically changed her diet when she realised it might have something to do with the health of her Mitochondria. It´s a fascinating story.