Close to 319 archives within the sugar industry have been discovered in a public collection at the University of Illinois. According to these archives, the Sugar Industry whose international representation stands at 30 Members agreed to the fact that as early as 1950, all along sugar had been causing tooth decay.
The archives were first exposed in 2010 and so far they have been various correspondences among various executives within the sugar industry running into many pages.
A new study shows that the sugar industry has the largest force in shaping the National Institute of Health’s efforts in the reduction of dental cavities. “Prevention of tooth decay requires a very strict sugar intake”. UCSF postdoctoral scholar Cristin Kearns stated.
However, Cristin who discovered these archives is disappointed by the fact that what is being debated upon today should have been addressed close to fourty years ago.
The new guidelines from World Health Organization explain that dental health should be one of the main concerns for everyone. This is backed up by the fact that tooth decay is known to be a real cause of chronic diseases in American Children.
Reports from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate that more than half of kids and teens develop cavities into their adult teeth and close to 16% of kids aged between 6 and 9years have tooth decays that have not been attended.
The tooth decays can lead to other serious infections and the very extreme can be tooth loss. Besides many more illnesses today have been linked to excess sugar consumption; the likes of liver diseases, diabetes as well as heart diseases. However all this is preventable.
“The above findings are closely related to what was discovered in the tobacco industry. An establishment has since been concluded that both the sugar and the tobacco industry’s interests are to protect their profits at the expense of public health”. UCSF coauthors Stanton Glantz and Laura Schmidt admitted and called for everyone to preserve scientific honesty.