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34 sats \ 2 replies \ @stack_harder 3 Feb \ on: Is sugar the new smoking? HealthAndFitness
I would say vaping is the new smoking, but sugar for sure is an insidious one.
did you hear about Sugar Research Foundation (SRF) Scandal? Joe Rogan mentions it a lot
gpt summary:
in 2016 historical documents revealed that the sugar industry paid scientists in the 1960s to downplay the role of sugar in heart disease and instead shift the blame to fat.
What Happened?
In 1967, the Sugar Research Foundation (SRF) (now the Sugar Association) funded researchers at Harvard University to publish a review in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).
The scientists were paid the equivalent of $50,000 (in today's money) to cherry-pick studies that downplayed sugar’s role in cardiovascular disease and instead shifted the blame onto dietary fats.
The review paper concluded that there was "no doubt" that fat and cholesterol were the main dietary culprits behind heart disease, effectively diverting attention from sugar's role.
The scientists involved in the study included Dr. Fredrick Stare, a highly influential nutritionist at Harvard, and Dr. Mark Hegsted, who later became the head of nutrition at the USDA and helped draft U.S. dietary guidelines.
I think vaping, though, is quite a bit less harmful - at least, that's what I'm hearing, could be wrong. Definitely it's addictive.
No, I hadn't heard about this one, it's very interesting. I would have expected to find it in The Big Fat Surprise by Nina Teicholtz, she has some very similar stories, but it looks like it only came to light in 2016, and she published her book in 2012, I think.
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yeah it's a juicy one, classic industry shenanigans!
thanks to the low fat bollocks the US has a 4x increase in diabetes since the 80s and about 3x in the UK
a lot of the issue with vapes is the dodgy mixes that are often sold and kids sucking on them around the clock thinking they're harmless, no free lunch when you're sucking stuff into your lungs tho
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