[[https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/sep/12/sugar-industry-paid-research-heart-disease-jama-report
New report highlights battle by the industry to counter sugar’s negative health effects, and the cushy relationship between food companies and researchers]]
Influential research that downplayed the role of sugar in heart disease in the 1960s was paid for by the sugar industry, according to a report released on Monday.
With backing from a sugar lobby, scientists promoted dietary fat as the cause of coronary heart disease instead of sugar, according to a historical document review published in JAMA Internal Medicine.
Though the review is nearly 50 years old, it also showcases a decades-long battle by the sugar industry to counter the product’s negative health effects.
Link to study paper in JAMA internal medicine
JAMA Internal Medicine is a peer-reviewed medical journal published twice a month by the American Medical Association.
Early warning signals of the coronary heart disease (CHD) risk of sugar (sucrose) emerged in the 1950s.