The sugar wars: Rhetoric or reason?
Have the ill effects of sugar been over-emphasized?
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Over the past 50 years researchers, clinicians, professional organizations, and health charities have waged war on sugar, calling for dietary recommendations to be changed and for a sugar tax on soft drinks and sweet treats in an effort to reduce obesity and cardiovascular diseases.
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In 2014, the WHO recommended that adults and children reduce their daily intake of free sugars to less than ten percent of their total energy intake.
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But could the war on sugar be bad for your health? Experts present the arguments both for and against sugar in this hotly contested debate on the “Sugar Wars” published in Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases.
Edward Archer. In Defense of Sugar: A Critique of Diet-Centrism. Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases, 2018; 61 (1): 10 DOI: 10.1016/j.pcad.2018.04.007