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Showing Original Post only (View all)Saturated fat causes heart disease, eh? I wonder who told us that? [View all]
Lest anyone wonder why people like me have a jaundiced view of the industrial science establishment. First the tobacco industry, then the oil industry, now the sugar industry...
Study details sugar industry attempt to shape science
NEW YORK -- The sugar industry began funding research that cast doubt on sugar's role in heart disease -- in part by pointing the finger at fat -- as early as the 1960s, according to an analysis of newly uncovered documents.
In 1964, the group now known as the Sugar Association internally discussed a campaign to address "negative attitudes toward sugar" after studies began emerging linking sugar with heart disease, according to documents dug up from public archives. The following year the group approved "Project 226," which entailed paying Harvard researchers today's equivalent of $48,900 for an article reviewing the scientific literature, supplying materials they wanted reviewed, and receiving drafts of the article.
The resulting article published in 1967 (part one and part two) concluded there was "no doubt" that reducing cholesterol and saturated fat was the only dietary intervention needed to prevent heart disease. The researchers overstated the consistency of the literature on fat and cholesterol, while downplaying studies on sugar, according to the analysis.
"Let me assure you this is quite what we had in mind and we look forward to its appearance in print," wrote an employee of the sugar industry group to one of the authors.
NEW YORK -- The sugar industry began funding research that cast doubt on sugar's role in heart disease -- in part by pointing the finger at fat -- as early as the 1960s, according to an analysis of newly uncovered documents.
In 1964, the group now known as the Sugar Association internally discussed a campaign to address "negative attitudes toward sugar" after studies began emerging linking sugar with heart disease, according to documents dug up from public archives. The following year the group approved "Project 226," which entailed paying Harvard researchers today's equivalent of $48,900 for an article reviewing the scientific literature, supplying materials they wanted reviewed, and receiving drafts of the article.
The resulting article published in 1967 (part one and part two) concluded there was "no doubt" that reducing cholesterol and saturated fat was the only dietary intervention needed to prevent heart disease. The researchers overstated the consistency of the literature on fat and cholesterol, while downplaying studies on sugar, according to the analysis.
"Let me assure you this is quite what we had in mind and we look forward to its appearance in print," wrote an employee of the sugar industry group to one of the authors.
To ensure good health eat plenty of fat, and dump all sugar and most starch.
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Saturated fat causes heart disease, eh? I wonder who told us that? [View all]
GliderGuider
Sep 2016
OP
IMO the key is to consume a variety of high-quality fats, with an emphasis on saturated fats.
GliderGuider
Sep 2016
#2
Tilting at straw dogs, Frodo? You've left out half of what science actually does.
Nitram
Sep 2016
#12
It is an excellent example of the powerful using the weak as "disposable" people
Maru Kitteh
Sep 2016
#41
Your post shows how well the propaganda has worked. You cannot put Betty Crocker frosting
Chakab
Sep 2016
#15
It's easier than you think. I've been maintaining my weight with a keto diet for a couple of years
Chakab
Sep 2016
#17
Yes, my doctor said that about the cravings going away when you eliminate sugar.
SunSeeker
Sep 2016
#22
I wish many items were made with it that aren't! I like the taste, and don't notice anything n/t
Divine Discontent
Sep 2016
#66
I spent a couple of months on a ketogenic diet recently. I'm hoping to resume it.
nolabear
Sep 2016
#19
Remember when we were told to avoid egg yokes - we were just supposed to eat the white
womanofthehills
Sep 2016
#59