The medical ramifications of this newly discovered conspiracy have been far-reaching and may have potentially resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths.
The recent release of these long-hidden documents could also explain the huge success of the low-sugar, high-fat Keto diets sweeping the nation.
Because it turns out that Harvard scientists were paid to ignore the deadly effects of sugar.
A newly published article in JAMA Internal Medicine has exposed decades of cover-up by the sugar industry.
The article pulled internal documents that showed a shadowy group called the “Sugar Research Foundation” (SRF) wanted to allay concerns about sugar’s possible role in heart disease.
After a number of scientific articles had been published in the early 1960s suggesting a link between sucrose and coronary disease, SRF vice president and director of research, John Hickson, recommended they fund their own studies so “we can publish the data and refute our detractors.”
In 1967, the New England Journal of Medicine published the results of the erroneous study with no mention that it had been funded by SRF.
Harvard’s “literature review” examined a variety of studies and experiments and concluded that cutting out fat was the best way to address coronary heart disease.
One of the researchers involved in the fraudulent study was chairman of Harvard’s Public Health Nutrition Department.
The Harvard study dismissed epidemiological studies of sugar consumption — which looked at patterns of health and disease occurring in the real world — as having too many possible factors getting in the way.
When asked about the release of the documents showing the conspiracy of the sugar industry, The Sugar Association, which evolved out of SRF, acknowledged that greater transparency should’ve been provided in the study’s research, but that transparency was not the norm in the scientific community at the time.
In other words, they admitted it happened, but claimed it was ok because “that’s how things were done then.”
The authors who uncovered the conspiracy and the false documents are calling for new research into the ties between sugar and coronary heart disease.
They also believe government and policymaking committees should strongly consider giving less weight to studies funded by biased sources.
How many more medical studies have been bought and paid for by food and drug conglomerates?