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Clearly people are choosing sugary products. The only thing that would be inappropriate for food companies to do would be to lie about the health effects of tha

by bloppe 3y ago

Clearly people are choosing sugary products. The only thing that would be inappropriate for food companies to do would be to lie about the health effects of that sugar. This article seems to imply they're lying (or at least misleading) quite a bit.

fbdab103 3y ago
Don't forget <s>bribing</s> funding researchers to say fat was worse than sugar [0] >Early warning signals of the coronary heart disease (CHD) risk of sugar (sucrose) emerged in the 1950s. We examined Sugar Research Foundation (SRF) internal documents, historical reports, and statements relevant to early debates about the dietary causes of CHD and assembled findings chronologically into a narrative case study. The SRF sponsored its first CHD research project in 1965, a literature review published in the New England Journal of Medicine, which singled out fat and cholesterol as the dietary causes of CHD and downplayed evidence that sucrose consumption was also a risk factor. The SRF set the review’s objective, contributed articles for inclusion, and received drafts. The SRF’s funding and role was not disclosed. Together with other recent analyses of sugar industry documents, our findings suggest the industry sponsored a research program in the 1960s and 1970s that successfully cast doubt about the hazards of sucrose while promoting fat as the dietary culprit in CHD. Policymaking committees should consider giving less weight to food industry–funded studies and include mechanistic and animal studies as well as studies appraising the effect of added sugars on multiple CHD biomarkers and disease development. [0] https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/2548255 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/articl...
- YeGoblynQueenne 3y ago
  Careful though because all that doesn't mean fat isn't a cause of CHD. As far as I can tell the evidence for fat's relation to CHD was not fabricated by teh sugar lobby, it was only drummed up to try and hide the evidence for sugar's role.
  - fbdab103 3y ago
    I am admittedly not up to date on the latest literature, but my understanding was that sugar was significantly worse than fat. Not necessarily that fat was free of negative health outcomes.
- peteradio 3y ago
  > Policymaking committees should consider giving less weight to food industry–funded studies > The SRF’s funding and role was not disclosed. LOL!
srgpqt 3y ago
It’s not much of a choice when most available food products are all sugar laced, and the healthier alternatives are typically much more expensive.
- MrVandemar 3y ago
  You know what's actually better and often cheaper (unless you're billing your own time for it): buying basics and making your own! Here's a good essay on the broad topic "Fight Back with Real Tomato Sauce": https://sue.coulstock.id.au/fight-back-with-real-tomato-sauce/ https://sue.coulstock.id.au/fight-back-with-real-tomato-sauc...
  - BenFranklin100 3y ago
    I make my own tomato sauce. Super easy and freezes well. Tastes better too. There’s also plenty of non-sugary options at the supermarket if you’re pressed for time.
    - lacrimacida 3y ago
      Where do you get good tasting tomatoes though? It’d become increasingly hard and expensive pursuit in the US for example, not sure where you get yours.
      - BenFranklin100 3y ago
        Canned work great. In fact, most Italian cookbooks recommend canned. I like Cento and it’s found in most grocery stores.
      - kibwen 3y ago
        Try farmer's markets (you can find these even in urban areas if you know where to look, e.g. Boston's Haymarket) or a food co-op.
  - analog31 3y ago
    In the US, there are plenty of canned tomato products -- sauce, crushed, puree, whole -- that are pretty much just tomatoes. I find that it's hard to beat canned tomatoes, because the fresh tomatoes available at the supermarket are cardboard. The canned sauces can be canned close to where they're picked, and thus don't have to be optimized for transportation and storage. And they're convenient. Like the article says, the glass jar stuff is loaded with sugar. Of course I still enjoy fresh tomatoes from my garden every summer, but am not too disappointed if I don't get enough to freeze or can.

by bloppe 3y ago

fbdab103 3y ago

Don't forget <s>bribing</s> funding researchers to say fat was worse than sugar [0] >Early warning signals of the coronary heart disease (CHD) risk of sugar (sucrose) emerged in the 1950s. We examined Sugar Research Foundation (SRF) internal documents, historical reports, and statements relevant to early debates about the dietary causes of CHD and assembled findings chronologically into a narrative case study. The SRF sponsored its first CHD research project in 1965, a literature review published in the New England Journal of Medicine, which singled out fat and cholesterol as the dietary causes of CHD and downplayed evidence that sucrose consumption was also a risk factor. The SRF set the review’s objective, contributed articles for inclusion, and received drafts. The SRF’s funding and role was not disclosed. Together with other recent analyses of sugar industry documents, our findings suggest the industry sponsored a research program in the 1960s and 1970s that successfully cast doubt about the hazards of sucrose while promoting fat as the dietary culprit in CHD. Policymaking committees should consider giving less weight to food industry–funded studies and include mechanistic and animal studies as well as studies appraising the effect of added sugars on multiple CHD biomarkers and disease development. [0] https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/article-abstract/2548255 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/articl...

YeGoblynQueenne 3y ago
Careful though because all that doesn't mean fat isn't a cause of CHD. As far as I can tell the evidence for fat's relation to CHD was not fabricated by teh sugar lobby, it was only drummed up to try and hide the evidence for sugar's role.
- fbdab103 3y ago
  I am admittedly not up to date on the latest literature, but my understanding was that sugar was significantly worse than fat. Not necessarily that fat was free of negative health outcomes.
peteradio 3y ago
> Policymaking committees should consider giving less weight to food industry–funded studies > The SRF’s funding and role was not disclosed. LOL!

srgpqt 3y ago

It’s not much of a choice when most available food products are all sugar laced, and the healthier alternatives are typically much more expensive.

MrVandemar 3y ago
You know what's actually better and often cheaper (unless you're billing your own time for it): buying basics and making your own! Here's a good essay on the broad topic "Fight Back with Real Tomato Sauce": https://sue.coulstock.id.au/fight-back-with-real-tomato-sauce/ https://sue.coulstock.id.au/fight-back-with-real-tomato-sauc...
- BenFranklin100 3y ago
  I make my own tomato sauce. Super easy and freezes well. Tastes better too. There’s also plenty of non-sugary options at the supermarket if you’re pressed for time.
  - lacrimacida 3y ago
    Where do you get good tasting tomatoes though? It’d become increasingly hard and expensive pursuit in the US for example, not sure where you get yours.
    - BenFranklin100 3y ago
      Canned work great. In fact, most Italian cookbooks recommend canned. I like Cento and it’s found in most grocery stores.
    - kibwen 3y ago
      Try farmer's markets (you can find these even in urban areas if you know where to look, e.g. Boston's Haymarket) or a food co-op.
- analog31 3y ago
  In the US, there are plenty of canned tomato products -- sauce, crushed, puree, whole -- that are pretty much just tomatoes. I find that it's hard to beat canned tomatoes, because the fresh tomatoes available at the supermarket are cardboard. The canned sauces can be canned close to where they're picked, and thus don't have to be optimized for transportation and storage. And they're convenient. Like the article says, the glass jar stuff is loaded with sugar. Of course I still enjoy fresh tomatoes from my garden every summer, but am not too disappointed if I don't get enough to freeze or can.