The best science CO2 can buy:
Do studies show that soft drinks promote obesity and Type 2 diabetes? It depends on who paid for the study.
Researchers from the University of California, San Francisco, looked at studies of soft drink consumption and its relationship to obesity and diabetes published between 2001 and 2016. They found about 60 studies that were fairly rigorous in their methodology. When the studies were led by independent researchers, they showed a clear link between soda consumption and obesity or metabolic disease. But notably, 26 of the studies reported no link between sugary soft drinks and poor health.
What was different about the studies that found no connection to health problems? They were all carried out by researchers with financial ties to the beverage industry. The findings were published Monday [DOI: 10.7326/L16-0534] [DX] in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
Also at LA Times and Houston Chronicle.
Previously: Sugar Industry Secretly Paid for Favorable Harvard Research in 1960s
(Score: 3, Interesting) by GungnirSniper on Wednesday November 02 2016, @08:19AM
Calorie per calorie, the specific formulation of sugar matters. [nih.gov] Just because skipping sugar entirely is healthier doesn't mean we shouldn't look for the better sweetener.
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(Score: 2) by AthanasiusKircher on Thursday November 03 2016, @05:16PM
And I quote my previous post:
There are a few studies that seem to show worse effects for HFCS compared to sucrose, but there is a larger number of studies that shows no significant difference. The jury's still out about whether HFCS is really that much worse, but BOTH sweeteners are clearly bad if consumed in excess.
Yes, that's one of those studies. I've seen 3 of them, maybe 4, and I've looked hard. I've also seen plenty others that seem to show no significant difference.
My point isn't that HFCS might not be somewhat worse for you -- maybe it is -- but overall per capita sugar consumption in the US has increased greatly since WWII. Blaming the obesity epidemic on HFCS is likely misguided, and subbing in sucrose for soft drinks that already have WAY too much sugar is probably not going to help significantly.
(Score: 2) by GungnirSniper on Friday November 04 2016, @03:30PM
If the industry doesn't think they're as bad, why are they going out of their way to get HFCS renamed to corn sugar or other obfuscations?
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