Sugar lobby paid scientists to blur sugar's role in heart disease – report : theguardian

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Sugar lobby paid scientists to blur sugar's role in heart disease – report

Sugar lobby paid scientists to blur sugar's role in heart disease – report

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a sugar lobby, scientists promoted dietary fat as the cause of coronary heart disease instead of sugar, according to a historical document review published in JAMA Internal Medicine.Though the review is nearly 50 years old, it also showcases a decades-long battle by the sugar industry to counter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.The findings come from documents recently found by a researcher at the University of San Francisco, which show that scientists at the Sugar Research Foundation (SRF), known today as the Sugar Association, paid scientists to do a 1967 literature review that overlooked the role of sugar in heart disease.


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The sugar industry paid Harvard scientists to shift heart disease blame away from sugar, and towards fat — Quartz

The sugar industry paid Harvard scientists to shift heart disease blame away from sugar, and towards fat — Quartz

Trust no one.That's the takeaway of a new study published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), which claims the sugar industry in the 1960s launched a campaign in which it paid for nutrition research to downplay evidence linking America's rising sugar consumption to heart disease.In doing so, the industry was able to deflect negative attention away from sugar on to fat and cholesterol, which by the 1980s were seen as the main contributors to cardiovascular disease.It wasn't until this year, in February, that the US government eased its position on cholesterol, illustrating just how powerful industry forces can be in shaping decades of federal policy and conventional wisdom about what we eat and whether it's healthy.


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How the sugar industry paid prestigious Harvard researchers to say fat (NOT sugar) caused heart disease

How the sugar industry paid prestigious Harvard researchers to say fat (NOT sugar) caused heart disease

The sugar industry paid prestigious Harvard scientists to publish research saying fat - not sugar - was a key cause of heart disease, newly unveiled documents reveal.At the time, in the 1960s, conflict of interest disclosure was not required.It meant sugar chiefs could work closely with researchers to re-draft and re-draft their paper until it was 'satisfactory' - without having to report their involvement.The result shaped public health approaches to nutrition for years.