When Charts are More Confusing Than Helpful

Here's an interesting article from Stubborn Mule about why 3-D charts can be misleading. I was going to use one of these charts for the post about making food choices (When Bad Things Make Sense), so I thought this would be interesting.

Here's the chart:

I really liked this chart when I first saw it.  But can you see the problem here?

A Schematic of Glycolysis