Makes you wonder what we'll find out is being withheld right now, 50 years from now.
ecigs no doubt
Sugar industry withheld possible evidence of cancer link 50 years ago
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Re: Sugar industry withheld possible evidence of cancer link 50 years ago
#82This doesn't surprise me at all. It took almost 40 years to prove that smoking causes lung cancer. Similarly, despite unambiguous scientific evidence, it still seems acceptable to deny that man-made CO2 release into the atmosphere causes global warming. There's actually a good book covering these two instances and others: "Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke…
You have to wonder how many people died because of that. Maybe this is nieve, but it feels like there should be harsh punishment for suppressing or manipulating information that can prevent or lead to people’s death.
Re: Sugar industry withheld possible evidence of cancer link 50 years ago
#83Read 'pure, white and deadly' by John Yudkin. This has been known about for decades.
Re: Sugar industry withheld possible evidence of cancer link 50 years ago
#84Earlier quoted context omitted.
The reason is that in the 1970s and 80s people started freaking out about fat. Everyone from the FDA to USDA to family doctor was telling people fat was bad. So food producers started making fat-free versions of everything. Only problem is it tasted like shit. So what did they do? They added sugar. So now you have sugar added to everything from salad dressing to pasta sauce to bread and muffins. The latter probably h…
There's a documentary on Netflix about this, I think it's called Sugar x Fat.
There's 2 good documentaries I remember about the subject (though there's likely many more): That Sugar Film [1] and Fed Up [2].
Re: Sugar industry withheld possible evidence of cancer link 50 years ago
#85Sugar is not far from being a drug in my opinion. It certainly feels addictive and has a definite impact on physical and mental state (especially true with respect to children). In that sense, it should undergo the same level of regulation...
I'm all for eating way less sugar, but you might as well say people are addicted to food. The body needs energy, of course providing it with energy alters its physical and mental state.
Re: Sugar industry withheld possible evidence of cancer link 50 years ago
#86I consider sugar to be no different from cocaine (not that I ever tried), but we crave for it the same way people who consume that drug or any other, crave for. Sugar is everywhere, and it's our main source of energy, being that our body feels terrible when its levels are low, but as soon as you eat it feels wonderful. The same goes with cocaine.
Re: Sugar industry withheld possible evidence of cancer link 50 years ago
#87Earlier quoted context omitted.
Aspartame has been extensively studied and no adverse effect has been found. Why do you think that? Is it because "scary chemical"? And is it worse than sugar?
I don’t know about the chemical itself, but it’s sold as a substitute for sugar without the ill effect, and likely has a similar metabolic effect to sugar.
It can't have a similar metabolic effect to sugar. For one, it's a peptide, not a carbohydrate. Also, in the quantities it's consumed in, there are very few calories.
Now, for phenylketonurics it's problematic, but they have severe dietary restrictions anyway.
The only problem I'm aware of with aspartame is that consumption of any sweetener is associated with weight gain, possibly due to changes in the brain's association between taste and calorie intake.
Re: Sugar industry withheld possible evidence of cancer link 50 years ago
#88There's a plethora of E-numbers which are a safe alternative [1] (according to the EU). I could quote them, but you might as well just click on the link instead.
They're supposedly easy to recognize as they're in the E95? and E96? range. Unfortunately the fear for E-numbers has caused manufacturers to stop mentioning them and instead naming the ingredients again.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_number#E900.E2.80.93E999_.28...
Re: Sugar industry withheld possible evidence of cancer link 50 years ago
#89I consider sugar to be no different from cocaine (not that I ever tried), but we crave for it the same way people who consume that drug or any other, crave for. Sugar is everywhere, and it's our main source of energy, being that our body feels terrible when its levels are low, but as soon as you eat it feels wonderful. The same goes with cocaine.
One could instead use fats for fuel by cycling in and out of ketosis. After the body adapts, sugar and carb cravings subside.
Re: Sugar industry withheld possible evidence of cancer link 50 years ago
#90This doesn't surprise me at all. It took almost 40 years to prove that smoking causes lung cancer. Similarly, despite unambiguous scientific evidence, it still seems acceptable to deny that man-made CO2 release into the atmosphere causes global warming. There's actually a good book covering these two instances and others: "Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke…
And a reverse example is that for 40 years, people thought low-fat diets were heart-healthy, and that turned out to be bad science.