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Death
by Sugar
Excerpt from Death by Modern
Medicine
by Dr. Carolyn
Dean
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Death by Sugar
Excerpt from Death
by Modern Medicine by Dr.
Carolyn Dean
pp. 256-258
The World Health Organization Speaks
Out Against Sugar
I was joined in condemning a high-sugar diet
on April 23, 2003, by the UN Food and Agriculture
Organization (FAO) and the World Health Organization
(WHO) On that day, the FAO and WHO revealed
an independent expert report titled “Diet,
Nutrition, and the Prevention of Chronic Diseases.”
The report examines cardiovascular diseases,
several forms of cancer, diabetes, obesity,
osteoporosis, and dental disease as the result
of poor lifestyle and diet. The report acknowledges
that the burden of chronic diseases is rapidly
increasing. Statistics from 2001 reveal that
chronic disease contributed approximately 59
percent of the 56.5 million total reported deaths
in the world and 46 percent of the global burden
of disease.
The experts who wrote the report feel that
a diet low in sugars, salt, and saturated fats
and high in vegetables and fruits, together
with regular physical activity, can have a major
impact on combating this high toll of death
and disease. They focused special attention
on added sugars and determined that a healthy
diet should contain no more than 10 percent.
Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland, director-general
of WHO, said:
We have known for a long time
that foods high in saturated fats, sugars, and
salt are unhealthy; that we are, globally, increasing
our intake of energy-dense, nutritionally poor
food as our lives become increasingly sedentary;
and that these factors—together with tobacco
use—are the leading causes of the great
surge we have seen in the incidence of chronic
diseases. What is new is that we are laying
down the foundation for a global policy response.
No other agency has set such a low limit for
the intake of sugar. In the United States, in
spite of the fact that 60 percent of the population
is obese, the Dietary Guidelines for Americans
only advise that sugar should be used in moderation.
Even worse, the Institute of Medicine, part
of the US National Academy of Sciences, indulges
Americans with a whopping 25 percent of their
calories from added sugar.
The major objection to any recommendations
for reducing sugar comes from the sugar industry.
Presently they are in a huge debate with WHO.
The industry denies that sugar is the cause
of any form of chronic disease and says that
the solution to obesity is—more exercise.
The US National Soft Drink Association’s
stated position is that a 10 percent limit on
sugar should not be included in the WHO plan.
They publicly claim that the scientific literature
does not show an association between sugar intake
and obesity. In a blatant attempt to derail
implementation of the Diet and Nutrition Report,
the sugar industry is lobbying the US government
to withhold funding from the UN and WHO if it
goes ahead with its recommendations.
Excerpt from Death
by Modern Medicine by Dr.
Carolyn Dean
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