Sockerindustrin har undanhållit bevis för skadliga hälsoeffekter av socker

[King Grub]

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.

Sugar Industry and Coronary Heart Disease Research - A Historical Analysis of Internal Industry Documents- JAMA 12 September 2016.

http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=2548255

[Neithan]

Bra att det kommer fram. Tyvärr återfinns liknande problem även inom läkemedelsindustrin. Först under senare år har det tillkommit initiativ för att försöka reda upp det eller åtminstone försvåra fuskandet.

E: dock blir det nog lite jobbbigt närmaste tiden med "LCHFare" som "hade rätt" och "vetat".

[viringer]

Att socker skulle vara farligt är nog en av dom mest spridda myter som existerat. Har det någonsin funnits en studie som direkt visat att socker är farligt? Nej. Har det funnits studier som visat att socker är totalt ofarligt och förändrar ingenting alls när kalorier, protein och fibrer kontrolleras? Ja.

[Masterpan]

Att socker skulle vara farligt är nog en av dom mest spridda myter som existerat. Har det någonsin funnits en studie som direkt visat att socker är farligt? Nej. Har det funnits studier som visat att socker är totalt ofarligt och förändrar ingenting alls när kalorier, protein och fibrer kontrolleras? Ja.

Länka gärna till en studie som visar att socker är "totalt ofarligt"

Här är en granskning som visar visar på en del av fruktos effekter.. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23594708

[kaspen]

Länka gärna till en studie som visar att socker är "totalt ofarligt"

Här är en granskning som visar visar på en del av fruktos effekter.. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23594708

På samma sätt som med samtliga andra ämnen så handlar det så klart om dos. Allt är dåligt om man får för mycket av det.

[King Grub]

Introduction

Obesity is a pervasive public health problem in the U.S. Reducing soda consumption is important for stemming the obesity epidemic. However, several articles and one book suggest that soda companies are using their resources to impede public health interventions that might reduce soda consumption. Although corporate sponsorship by tobacco and alcohol companies has been studied extensively, there has been no systematic attempt to catalog sponsorship activities of soda companies. This study investigates the nature, extent, and implications of soda company sponsorship of U.S. health and medical organizations, as well as corporate lobbying expenditures on soda- or nutrition-related public health legislation from 2011 to 2015.

Methods

Records of corporate philanthropy and lobbying expenditures on public health legislation by soda companies in the U.S. during 2011–2015 were found through Internet and database searches.

Results
From 2011 to 2015, the Coca-Cola Company and PepsiCo were found to sponsor a total of 96 national health organizations, including many medical and public health institutions whose specific missions include fighting the obesity epidemic. During the study period, these two soda companies lobbied against 29 public health bills intended to reduce soda consumption or improve nutrition.

Conclusions

There is surprisingly pervasive sponsorship of national health and medical organizations by the nation’s two largest soda companies. These companies lobbied against public health intervention in 97% of cases, calling into question a sincere commitment to improving the public’s health. By accepting funding from these companies, health organizations are inadvertently participating in their marketing plans.

The Coca-Cola Company and PepsiCo together sponsor, at minimum, 96 health organizations, each with a national impact. These soda companies use relationships with health organizations to develop positive associations for their brand, which is important for their bottom line. Soda companies also can neutralize potential legislative opposition by invoking reciprocity and financial dependence on the part of national health organizations. Rather than supporting public health, organizations may become unwitting partners that contribute to corporate marketing strategy. Indeed, sponsorship is considered as a marketing tool by both the Federal Trade Commission and soda companies themselves. Former PepsiCo marketing officer Shiv Singh admitted that the Pepsi Refresh Project was funded not with “corporate philanthropy dollars,” but with “brand marketing dollars, because we believed fundamentally and still do that, you know, by doing good in a way that’s aligned with our Pepsi brand values, you know, we can help the bottom line.” It is probable that corporate philanthropy is increasing consumption of soda throughout the country.

Sponsorship of National Health Organizations by Two Major Soda Companies. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 10 October 2016.

[Wain]

:d

[Neithan]

Alltför många konspirationsteorier som blir sanna nuförtiden.

[Hemi]

Det är bara att vistas i USA en tid och studera maten och hur folk tänker. Överallt lättprodukter med lite eller inget fett men socker i allt. Träningsprodukter och hur fitnessfolk tänker likaså. Ta t ex färdigsockrade lågfettsflingor, vanliga i Frankrike också.

[Hemi]

Samtidigt minns jag min hemkunskap i högstadiet, i Sverige där läraren inledde en lektion med att säga, utan någon förklaring att socker, det är ett GIFT. Ett GIFT! Lol,

[King Grub]

A series of journalism conferences on obesity received covert funding from Coca-Cola.

http://www.bmj.com/content/357/bmj.j1638