Han Tacoma wrote:
> The power of the sugar industry to affect world health guidelines has
> been bolstered since the 1990 report, by the accreditation of the
> International Life Sciences Institute, to the WHO and the UN's Food and
> Agriculture Organisation.
>
> The influential coalition was founded by Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, General
> Foods, Kraft and Procter and Gamble.
>
> The soft drinks industry has been one of the most vocal opponents of the
> new report.
>
> Condemning the WHO's recommendation on sugar as "too restrictive", the
> Washington-based National Soft Drink Association has called for a 25 per
> cent limit and rejected the conclusion that sugary drinks contribute to
> a spiralling world obesity problem.
>
> The WHO remains undeterred and has strongly refuted the sugar lobby's
> criticisms, claiming their findings concurred with the conclusions of 23
> national reports which have, on average, set targets of 10 per cent for
> added sugars.
Considering that the folks growing sugar cane & refining it don't ship
much of their product to soft drink companies compared to what they used
to, high-fructose corn syrup being a cheaper sweetener (and what's used
in the US for many, many sodas, including those produced by Coca-Cola
and PepsiCo), does anyone else find any irony in there?
Julia
who was, at one point, getting about 20% of her calories from Coca-Cola
every day, but cut way, way, way back (and is willing to share the
secret of what worked for *her* if anyone asks)
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