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[–][deleted] 8 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

The well-known institution was Harvard. Money is more important to some folks than presnting truth without reservation. It wasn't just a little white lie. Those assholes "facts" led a couple of generations of people to eat sugary shit thinking it was actully better for them than traditional snack foods containing fats.

[–]IridescentAnaconda 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Well, since you're actually going to name the culprit I'll just go ahead and link the article: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/13/well/eat/how-the-sugar-industry-shifted-blame-to-fat.html