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50 Years Ago, Sugar Industry Quietly Paid Scientists To Point Blame At Fat
Literally just copied Tobacco industry, and still doing it.
Important to note
In the 1960s, the sugar industry funded research that downplayed the risks of sugar and highlighted the hazards of fat, according to a newly published article in JAMA Internal Medicine.
Fat still isn't good for you. It's just that sugar is bad for you also.
Most fat is perfectly healthy, it's when it's heinously over processed or you eat too much that it's bad. Sugar also has an important place in a balanced diet, albeit much smaller.
Yes. Everything in moderation. I should've clarified what I said.
Maybe a dumb question, but is there a fat industry which could have lobbied against the sugar industry?
I think that'd be anyone selling high-fat products, but I don't know if they have a specific lobby. Fast food industry alone would support such effort I bet.
Well, there's big oil, but their lobbying agenda was pretty full already.
They were too busy taking a victory lap after pushing the idea of a "carbon footprint"
Depends on the fat.
There is active and vigorous debate about fat.
Fats from natural foods appear to be unquestionably good for you.
The consensus around sugar is slowly slowly painfully slowly agreeing that sugar is not good for you.
It's going to take us a century to undo the harm of the 1960s
Bro science here: I heard fat and sugar combined is a force multiplier. Easier for body to store fat in presence of sugar.
There is never a better time to quit sugar than now. I lost 20 pounds within a few months when I did it. It is amazing the excess calories we eat without realizing.
I'm not fat, obese or overweight, but sugar is the fucking devil. I have no addictive personality at all, and i don't even like sweets, but atarted to drink energy drinks at almost 40, and i'm absolutely hooked. I quit smoking like it's nothing. Alcohol? Nah. But i'm getting nervous when i can't get my stupid energy drink. I don't need the energy either
Depending on the drink you've probably got a twofold addiction to sugar and also caffeine.
I don't get any kind of withdrawal symptoms from sugar, but if I don't have caffeine I start to get anxiety like that.
You are fighting millions of years of evolution, that's why sugar is so addictive even for people that otherwise don't have an addictive personality.
They have sugar free energy drinks and they are pretty good. Not that anyone needs them.
Fat industry just took it like a bitch.
People keep blaming sugar when it's usually not the problem. You have a few foods that are pretty much just sugar like soda or gummies. Any other snacks have just as much if not more fat in calories than sugar. Not to mention all the frozen crap, take out and other convenient foods that are loaded in fat and are extremely delicious compared to healthy stuff you can make at home.
Sugar is bad I'm not contesting that, but fat is just as bad. Try to put in more veggies, make food at home, and write down your calories so you can minimize the number of calories you eat. If you're anything like me, you'll find out that you'll always eat more fat than you plan rather than carbs.