Back in the 1970s, scientists stopped taking seriously the idea that sugar causes heart disease, and some believe this was because food companies paid to make people think fat was the real problem instead.

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John Yudkin’s hypothesis: sugar is a major dietary culprit in the development of cardiovascular disease

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2024

This study says sugar, not fat, might be the real bad guy for heart disease — just like John Yudkin said back in the 70s — and now science agrees with him, which makes it more likely his idea was ignored for the wrong reasons, like money from food companies.

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John Yudkin’s hypothesis: sugar is a major dietary culprit in the development of cardiovascular disease

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DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2024.1407108

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