industry pulls out big guns to attack sugar/soda study

From: tcomeau (tunderbar_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 08/27/04 

Date: 27 Aug 2004 08:51:37 -0700

Junksciece Report: Steven Milloy
Soda, Diabetes Linked by Scientific Misconduct?
http://www.torontofreepress.com/2004/milloy082704.htm

.......selected quotes......
by Steven Milloy, www.junkscience.com

August 27, 2004

If you doubt that our society's lifestyle nannies are of dubious
integrity, a new highly publicized study supposedly linking regular
(non-diet) sodas with weight gain and diabetes should clear up any
remaining skepticism.
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The researchers would have us believe their results indicate that soda
by itself causes weight gain and diabetes. But this conflicts with
existing data and common sense. The National Academy of Sciences'
Institute of Medicine issued a report in 2002 titled "Dietary
Reference Intakes on Macronutrients" that stated, "there is no clear
and consistent association between increased intake of added sugars
and [weight]." A single new study doesn't change that fact.
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Info on this study quoted to refute the soda study:

http://www.nap.edu/books/0309085373/html/

PANEL ON DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKES FOR MACRONUTRIENTS JOANNE R. LUPTON
(Chair), Faculty of Nutrition, Texas A&M University, College Station
GEORGE A. BROOKS, DeparDnent of Integrative Biology, University of
Califomia at Berkeley NANCY F. BUTTE, DeparJanent of Pecliatncs, U.S.
Department of Agriculture/Agriculture Research Service Chilciren's
Nutntion Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
BENJAMIN CABALLERO, Center for Human Nutrition, Johns Hopkins
Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland JEAN PIERRE
FLATT, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of
Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester SUSAN K. FRIED, Department of
Nutritional Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey
PETER ]. GARLICK, Department of Surgery, State University of New York
at Stony Brook SCOTT M. GRUNDY, Center for Human Nutrition, University
of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas SODA M. IS, BC Research
Institute for Children's and Women's Health, University of British
Columbia, Vancouver DAVII) J.A. JENKINS, Department of Nutntional
Sciences, University of Toronto, Ontario R\CEIEL K. JOHNSON,
Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences, The University of Vermont,
Burlington RONALD M. KRAUSS, DeparDnent of Molecular Medicine,
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California,
Berkeley PENNY KRIS-ETHERTON, Department of Nutrition, The
Pennsylvania State University, University Park ALICE H. LICHTENSTEIN,
Jean Mayer U.S. DeparDnent of Agnculture Human Nutntion Research
Center on Aging, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts FRAN K Q.
NIJTTALL, Department of Medicine University of Minnesota School of
Medicine, Minneapolis PAUL B. PENCHARZ, Departments of Pectiatncs and
Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto, Ontario ~ . . . ~ Em_ . _
~ ~ ~ . . ~ ~ , . . ~ . OK -FUN YAK, oepar~ent or medicine, Columbia
University, New York New York WILLIAM M. RAND, Department of Family
Medicine and Community Health, Tufts University School of Medicine,
Boston, Massachusetts PETER J. REEDS (deceased), Department of Animal
Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign ERIC B. RIMM,
Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston,
Massachusetts SUSAN B. ROBERTS, Jean Mayer U.S. Department of
Agriculture Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Tubts
University, Boston, Massachusetts Staff PAULA R. TRUMBO, Study
Director SANDRA SCHLICKER, Senior Program Officer ALICE L. VOROSMARTI,
Research Associate KIMBERLY STITZEL, Research Assistant (until January
2001) CARRIE L. HOLLOWAY, Research Assistant GAIL E. SPEARS, Staff
Editor SANDRA AMAMOO-KAKRA, Senior Project Assistant MICHELE RAMSEY,
Senior Project Assistant (untiT June 2001) v

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Info on some of the people on this panel?

Joanne Lupton, Associate professor, human nutrition, Texas A&M
University. In-depth review expert for FDA Food Advisory Committee's
1995 review of olestra. VP, Ruder and Finn, NY (1970-74);
communications consultant to corporations (1974-80); ILSI (1992-94);
Health Valley Foods; Miller Brewing Co. Co-authored an "Expert Panel
Report" on olestra (August 1999) for Procter & Gamble. (P&G petition
to FDA, 12/1/99) (Resumé)

Jean-Pierre Flatt, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Department of
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts
Medical Center, Amherst, MA. "Serves on the Nestlé Foundation for the
Study of Nutritional Problems in the World and has consulted for
Nestec, Inc., Nestlé Research Center."
(http://www4.nas.edu/webcr.nsf/CommitteeDisplay/FNBX-H-99-04-A?OpenDocument;
accessed 1/6/03)

Susan K. Fried, Ph.D., Department of Nutritional Sciences, Rutgers
University, New Brunswick, NJ. "Has on occasion consulted for a
variety of food and pharmaceutical manufacturers."
(http://www4.nas.edu/webcr.nsf/CommitteeDisplay/FNBX-H-99-04-A?OpenDocument;
accessed 1/6/03)

Scott M. Grundy, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Internal Medicine,
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas. Lead author
of July 2004 National Cholesterol Education Program report funded by
the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute that lowered the
recommended cholesterol levels at which patients should begin taking
statin drugs. According to a disclosure posed on the NHLBI website,
Grundy received honoraria from Merck, Pfizer, Sankyo, Bayer,
Merck/Schering-Plough, Kos, Abbott, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and
AstraZeneca; and received research grants from Merck, Abbott, and
Glaxo Smith Kline. (http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/guidelines/cholesterol/atp3upd04_disclose.htm;
accessed July 26, 2004) Research grant from Procter & Gamble on
olestra (1986). According to a 1999 law suit against USDA/HHS filed by
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, served from
1973-present on the American Egg Board grant review committee. (PCRM
web site (http://www.pcrm.org, October 12, 2000) and Civ. No.:
99-3107-JR, U.S. District Court for D.C.) Study to develop a method
for determining the masses of various abdominal adipose tissue
compartments supported by Merck and Bristol- Myers-Squibb. (Am. J.
Clin. Nutr. 1997;65:403-8) Research on oxidizability of low- density
lipoprotein in patients with diabetes mellitus partially supported by
the Henkel Corp. (Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 1996;63:753-9)

David J.A. Jenkins, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Nutritional Sciences,
University of Toronto. Evaluated potential health benefits of oil
seeds, such as soy and flaxseed, partially funded by the
University-Industry Partnership Program of the Natural Sciences and
Engineering Research Council of Canada and Omega Nutrition Canada.
(Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 1999;69:395-402)

Rachel Johnson, Department of Nutrition and Food Science, College of
Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT.
Member of USDA/HHS 1999 Dietary Guidelines Review Committee. According
to a 1999 law suit against USDA/HHS filed by Physicians Committee for
Responsible Medicine, she received a $42,000 research grant from Dairy
Management, Inc. and in 1988 and 1990 she received fellowships from
Kraft General Foods. (PCRM web site (http://www.pcrm.org, October 12,
2000) and law suit against USDA, Civ. No.: 99-3107-JR, U.S. District
Court for D.C. (information therein obtained from USDA)) Research on
the nutritional consequences of flavored-milk consumption by
school-aged children and adolescents in the U.S. was sponsored by the
National Dairy Council, the nutrition marketing arm of the Dairy
Management, Inc. (J. Am. Diet. Assoc. 2002;102:853)

Ronald M. Krauss, M.D., Department of Molecular Medicine, University
of California, Berkeley. Research on lipoproteins and low fat diets in
the case of children partially supported by the National Dairy
Promotion and Research Board in cooperation with the National Dairy
Council. (Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 2000;71:1611-6) Research on whether a
change in dietary saturated fat intake is correlated with change in
mass of large low-density-lipoprotein particles in men supported in
part by the National Dairy Promotion and Research Board in cooperation
with the National Dairy Council. (Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 1998;67:828-36)
Research on low density lipoprotein subclasses and response to a low
fat diet in healthy men supported in part by the National Dairy
Promotion and Research Board. (Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 1995;62:478S-87S) "A
member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the American Egg Board/Egg
Nutrition Center and the Medical Advisory Board for the Milk Process
Education Program of the International Dairy Foods Association."
(http://www4.nas.edu/webcr.nsf/CommitteeDisplay/FNBX-H-99-04-A?OpenDocument;
accessed 1/7/03)

Penny Kris-Etherton, Ph.D., R.D., Department of Nutrition,
Pennsylvania State University. Consultant to Campbell Soup on
Intelligent Cuisine line (10/96, CSPI conversation with Campbell).
Studies on chocolates (stearic acid) and cholesterol levels were
supported by the American Cocoa Research Institute (an arm of the
Chocolate Manufacturers Association). (Am. J. Clin. Nutr.
1994;60(Suppl):1029S-36S;1037S-42S) Using PRNewswire (6/23/99), IFIC,
the industry-sponsored International Food Information Council,
suggested that journalists interested in trans fat call Kris-
Etherton. On Nutrition Advisory Panel of the American Egg Board
(1998). (http://web.archive.org/web/19991103230056/http://aeb.org/aeb/aeb-sources/science.html,
1999) Study on monounsaturated fats was supported by the Peanut
Institute. (Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 1999;70:1009-15) Research on lipid and
lipoprotein responses to different diets partially supported by Abbott
Laboratories. (Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 2000;70:839-46) Research on the
effects of folate and vitamins B-12 and B-6 on serum total
homocysteine (tHcy) supported by Campbell Soup Company. (Am. J. Clin.
Nutr. 2000;70:881-7) Study that compared meal plans and self-selected
diet in relation to cardiovascular risk reduction supported by
Campbell Soup Company. (Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 1997;66:373-85) Study on
the benefits of a prepared diet in relation to cardiovascular disease
supported by Campbell Soup Company. (Am. J. Clin. Nutr.
1996;64:935-43) "Serves as a member of advisory committees to a number
of food and pharmaceutical groups and has research support from the
food industry." (http://www4.nas.edu/webcr.nsf/CommitteeDisplay/FNBX-H-01-05-A?OpenDocument;
accessed 1/6/03)

Alice H. Lichtenstein, Stanley N. Gershoff Professor of Nutrition
Science and Policy, School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts
University, Boston, MA. Research, partially supported by a grant from
the Egg Nutrition Center, found that diets lower in fat, saturated
fat, and cholesterol reduced LDL cholesterol. (Arterio. and Thromb.
1994;14:168-175) Research, partially supported by the Egg Nutrition
Center, concluded that the possible benefit of higher plasma
carotenoid levels due to egg yolks is counterbalanced by increased
cholesterol levels. (Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 1999;70:247-51)

Paul B. Pencharz, Ph.D., Departments of Pediatrics and Surgery,
University of Toronto. Research on the prevalence of vitamin K
deficiency in cystic fibrosis partially supported by Janssen
Pharmaceutica. (Am. J. Clin. Nutr.1999;70:378-82)

Peter J. Reeds, Ph.D., Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of
Medicine, Houston, TX. "Has consulted for food-related companies and
dietary product manufacturers."
(http://www4.nas.edu/webcr.nsf/CommitteeDisplay/FNBX-H-99-04-A?OpenDocument;
accessed 1/7/03)

Susan B. Roberts, Ph.D., Energy Metabolism Lab, Jean Mayer U.S.D.A.
Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston,
MA. Research on cereal fiber and diet supported in part by the Quaker
Oats Company. (J. Amer. Coll. Nutr. 2001;1:50-7)Research exploring
potential parallels between nutritionally stunted children and obesity
partially funded by the Nestlé Foundation. (Am. J. Clin. Nutr.
2000;72:702-7)

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The ultimate irony - junkscience.com is quoting junk science in an
attempt to prove that the soda study is junk science. Unbelievable. It
is hard to not conclude that the bulk of research in this field in the
US is all junk.

TC