'Sugar papers' reveal industry role in 1970s dental program
The archive of 319 industry documents, which were uncovered in a public collection at the University of Illinois, revealed that a sugar industry trade organization representing 30 international members had accepted the fact that sugar caused tooth decay as early as 1950, and adopted a strategy aimed at identifying alternative approaches to reducing tooth decay.Sugar free soda was extremely popular in the seventies. Tab. Fresca.
Meanwhile, the National Institutes of Health had come to the conclusion in1969 that focusing on reducing consumption of sucrose, "while theoretically possible," was not practical as a public health measure.
But shortly after that they decided that recommending low-fat diets was necessary.
Funny how that works.
