Big Sugar, Big Money, and the Obfuscated Truth About Heart Disease

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Title	:	Big Sugar, Big Money, and the Obfuscated Truth About Heart Disease
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Why does anyone still listen to the Harvard School? It's repeatedly been shown to be "expert opinion for sale"
Comment from : Cassie Oz

Thanks for the exposé, and its still going on
Comment from : Gareth Gordon

Isnt the problem being overweight and not really what you eat?
Comment from : Malika Thueler

cue adams ruins everything
Comment from : Internet Commentator

Lol Koch bro's say hi
Comment from : GreenRedBlue

Hi, do you still answer questions in videos? I would be interested to hear a summary of research on so-called superfoods, there is such a hype around them, but also a lot of conflicting information I was wondering if they are just another chicken laying golden eggs in terms of profit to companies selling them, but have no significant benefits Would appreciate your help :)
Comment from : O L

This information found by Christine Kerns is incredibly important in readjusting the popular opinion that fats and cholesterol are the only source of congestive heart failure and other hear diseases To prove explicit correspondence between sugar companies and the researchers that studied the effect of sugars and fats on the heart show as HUGE conflict of interest Whether the results of these studies were true or not, this still raises ethical concerns over the data in those studies Since money is the only thing that keeps a company in business, and “proving” no relationship between sugar and negative health effects would affect the consumers’ opinion of sugary foods and how much money they spend on them, there is good reason to believe that sugar companies would be biased in their reporting of data that involves any of these criteria Now, a deontologist would likely argue that this potential misinterpretation of data and the failure to disclose this conflict of interest constitutes lying Lying is wrong, so that makes this situation unethical A utilitarian would likely say that in doing this, the researchers and sugar companies potentially exposed the general population to a contributing factor in heart disease, which is not good for the general population, so this act was unethical An egalitarian would argue that this constituted an inequality of both money and potentially health that did not help the disadvantaged and is therefore unethical A proponent of common morality would argue that this discourse goes against consumer autonomy and potentially beneficence and cause maleficence The fact that all of these various moral theories would all lead to the conclusion that this behavior between the sugar companies and researchers is unethical leaves little room for doubt that this behavior is unethical
Comment from : Phillip Markey

This video does an excellent job of underscoring the importance of ethical behavior in medical research and the conflicts of interest that can arise when corporations fund research Research has historically been heavily regulated, due in a large part to the likely hood of the conflict of interests that can arise from the nature of its funding The importance of ethical behavior is even more important in research because of the large influence that it can have on treatment in the greater population In this instance the Sugar Research Foundation used it influence to dictate the outcome of research that could affect the profits of the whole sugar industry and by manipulating its findings to their benefit and to meet predetermined outcomes This manipulation has had fifty year effect on the health of the world’s population, not only on heart disease but also diabetes It seems that at the time there were two schools of thought on the possible reasons for heart disease that were being studied If the research had not been manipulated and silenced by the sugar industry it is possible that two of the leading causes of death in the United States could be nearly eliminated by now This show why researchers need for autonomy from influence from their sponsors is imperative But the particular researchers in this case are also to blame, it is apparent that they acted unethically when they authored this research with a predetermined outcome defined by the sponsors of the study It was also unethical for them to have accepted money, although that can be seen as coercion by the Sugar Research Foundation
Comment from : SA Dean

Does anyone know how, physiologically, sugar causes heart disease?
Comment from : serve24

YEah, Big Sugar! All hell for a basement is a great song
Comment from : meerpowa

Slick new design
Comment from : Aaron

The documentary Fed Up is a great one which talks about this problem I now try to eat only stuff devoid of added sugar and let me tell you, it's almost impossible It makes it hard to shop for groceries when everything from pickles to ketchup has sucrose in it :(
Comment from : Matt Helton

Daaaaaamn
Comment from : Solarbear

Project 226 o/brLot 6 is the name of the experimental drug in Firestarter Stephen King encapsulated a lot of pseudoscience in that name :-)
Comment from : Guest Informant

This documentary in 2015 totally just said what this video repeated in 2016: Sugar Coated, a film directed by Michèle Hozer
Comment from : Inverness Kaine

Aaron, if this comment finds your eyes I'd like you to know this has been your finest video yet Thank you for getting the word out
Comment from : ItstheChi

What? Large profit driven corporations manipulating the public against their own good to maximize their profit at the expense of the health and well being of everyone?brbrClearly anti-capitalist propaganda, no need to regulated companies They'll never use the health and/or lives of people as expendable fodder to generate obscene profitsbrbr/sbrbrThis makes me so angry Physically angry They knew their product was unhealthy and the only way they knew how to react was to be scared about their profits and find a way to hide the truth from the public This is almost as bad as oil companies spending decades and untold sums of money flooding the discourse about climate change with information they know is false because they were holding on to their on research that said so the whole time they lied This isn't quite so bad as putting money before the species, but it's putting money before the public's health
Comment from : StrongButAwkward

So sad and infuriating But let's be honest, if we had managed to single out one or several factors leading to heart disease, would the people even make an effort to cut back? Health organizations have been promoting exercise and balanced diets for decades yet a significant proportion of the population do not even come close to the recommendations We need more research looking into how to increase healthy practices especially the most basic ones
Comment from : c m

Acting exactly like the big tobacco industry Yay capitalism I guess
Comment from : cpthornman

I just read The Big Fat Surprise by Nina Teicholz about this topic (very much worth a read), but this is all new to me Thanks for this update and getting a new perspective on this!
Comment from : Michael Maloney

I think you forgot to mention that conflicts of interest were not widely reported nor source of funding disclosures in those times
Comment from : Overonator

Isn't CHD coronary heart disease? not congestive heart disease?
Comment from : JaeKyung Seo

I think the intended meaning of "CHD" at the time was coronary heart disease, not congestive heart disease
Comment from : HoustonMtn

And what they did is the very definition of fraud Time to start the trials!
Comment from : kd1s

Say it with me now Dr Carroll Reg-U-la-tory Cap-T-ure
Comment from : BigWorm

Well'p, I'm screwed! :D
Comment from : Kate Walker

The new thumbnail is probably going to lose you views I like the idea of including a photo, and the HCT news thumbnails have never been as attractive as the regular episode ones, but making thumbnails stand out is a good thing Worth finding a better way to include photos imo
Comment from : David Wood

Corrupt Evil Bastards Should be stood up against a wall and shot
Comment from : James Harmer

I like the thumbnail and new graphics, probably needs tying in with the logo and intro credits also
Comment from : S Watchik

I wish I realised earlier how bad sugar is I have a crazy hippie aunt and she says sugar is poison I won't go that far, but to live a more healthy lifestyle one of the first things you should look at it the amount of hidden sugars you consume And it's hard once your pallet en body are used to it to whine yourself of it Really hard
Comment from : Sassy Owl

So uhhh is this legal? Like I know its super immoral and I assume the statue of limitation has past but like did the Sugar research foundation break the law? And if not did we fix it so if they did it now it would be a crime?
Comment from : DwarvenSteel

So what do we believe? How bad is sugar and how bad are different types of fat really?
Comment from : Organic Greens

Well now we know who is responsible for killing our mothers and fathers with heart attacks for money Watch it not stop
Comment from : ResortDog

ummm, exactly how legal was all of this?
Comment from : ZettaGale

Dr Aaron Carol: Obviously in the pocket of big fat and cholesterol lol
Comment from : TyBabie

So, cutting down on total sugars would be a good idea? Or more ireal/i research is needed?
Comment from : D Otter

Can someone just tell me what I'm supposed to eat :C
Comment from : TheBermuda

I didn't know this was a HCT video because of the new thumbnail The previous one was noticeable, it stood out Also it was classy and familiar
Comment from : Neil

Wait They advised people to eat saturated fat instead of unsaturated??? Why? Unsaturated fats are better for your health than saturated Did they really said that or you guys made a mix up?
Comment from : Mateus Bittencourt

almost didnt notice due to new thumbnail
Comment from : Xiaos Channel

I can appreciate wanting a new style for the video thumbnail and it looks good; but the old style was really distinctive and stood out in my subscription feed I completely overlooked this video because now it pretty much blends in with every other video producer
Comment from : Yuki Fox

I just read about Yudkin for a class!
Comment from : Kelleen BRX

I wish that there was a hell for these murderers to go to One day action like this will be rightly recognised and prosecuted as crimes against humanity
Comment from : Mat Broomfield

wasnt this common knowledge, on the conspericy videos revealing this
Comment from : MindlessTube: Watcher Of Realms

Love the new look for news!
Comment from : MxMorganic

Wait, they told people that saturated fat was better than polyunsaturated fat? Why?! That doesn't even match their biased MO!
Comment from : George Cataloni

Hi I like the new, clean look but that text is rather cramped, small and hard to read
Comment from : WaffleWarble

It's hard to imagine how many lives were cut short and resources misalocated because of that greedy industry and unscrupulous scientists We can only hope that current peer review practices make things like that rare now, but it would be naive to think it doesn't ever happen I wonder why government organizations that investigate these things to make, for example, the Dietary Guidelines just swallowed it and didn't take a look at the basic research themselves
Comment from : Dissident

I think this video underscores the inaccessibility of scientific research for the average person When the research is too long and complicated for the average person to understand, we are forced to put our faith in proxies - ie experts This faith allows opportunistic experts to get away with fabricating results And if/when such fabrications are discovered, the public's faith in the whole system is seriously damagedbrbrI think this is exactly why you have people going around claiming that vaccines cause autism
Comment from : abrahamneggs

Great video, this is so interesting Do you have another video where you talk more about the effects of sugar? Thanks!
Comment from : colojuli

Two words: Corrupt; Disgusting
Comment from : Some Curiosities

i have often wondered why we as humans need to use so much sugar at some point in history sugar was not that plentiful yet people ate and thrived today nothing is cooked or made with out high amounts of sugar and salts instead of making products or recipes to use less sugar and salt people just make substitutes oh well just me thinking good vid and info as always, thank you
Comment from : Michael Puffenbarger

one day they will make a movie about this staying whoever is the current equivalent of Jennifer Lawrence
Comment from : Sorcha Morency

Also, this SRF is like the Organic Consumer's Association Paying people off
Comment from : D P

Aaron, thank you for all you do at HCT, it is an example of some of the YT's best health-related content But I need to point out an error--you said "Congestive" heart disease a few times when I believe you meant "Coronary" (I checked the JAMA article to be sure) Thanks
Comment from : Michmash

Why do we have to make everything into proper nouns with "big" in front?brBig Youtube Comment
Comment from : D P

So what you're saying is Fats not all that bad, and sugar is pretty fucking bad?
Comment from : JasonK

Been eating a ketogenic diet for three years, been waiting for the dogma to catch up so I can tell my doctor this was the only way to fix symptoms following a tbi
Comment from : polyanthesis

Thank you for the episode!brNew design is a bit too power pointy for me
Comment from : Blabla130

This is why I love this channel! Thanks for the great work and helping everyone understand the important stuff
Comment from : xfrancescanicolex

But I trusted Harvard
Comment from : Rebecca Johnson

b*nods along to the video as I drink my fourth soda of the day*/b
Comment from : Noah Topper

Oh, who would've thought Why is it that industry so often chooses profit over human health? Oh right, profit is immediate and personal, other people's health isn't
Comment from : calamity

What I don't understand is, if they were trying to refute randomized controlled trials, why did people believe the NEJM paper over all the other papers?
Comment from : PissedOffGhost