Last month I commented on a press release article I’d found in the Wall Street Journal about a survey that found that more parents are concerned with individual ingredients rather than their children’s total caloric intake.

Apparently CBS noticed my article and decided to expand on it….hehe probably not, but I can wish right?

Anyway they did WAY MORE research than I did and found that there were in fact six studies that they were basing their findings on. Three were sponsored by groups that stand to profit from research promoting HFCS, two were never published and the last was sponsored by a Dutch foundation that represents the interests of the sugar industry.

Three of those studies involved Dr. Rippe who is known to associate with Pepsico, Tropicana and Quaker.

Unfortunately we all know that the outcome of studies seem to be influenced by who is paying for the study.

Last year, research from the Children’s Hospital Boston suggested that nutrition research, like medical and tobacco research, can be influenced when industry funds the studies. It showed that when studies were sponsored exclusively by food/drinks companies, the conclusions were four to eight times more likely to be favorable to the sponsoring company.

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