sugars - an historical perspective 2015

Sugars – an historical perspective

Alan BarclayBSc(Nutrition); Grad Dip Dietetics; PhD; APD

ILSI SEA Region - Sugar in the diet: is there a sweet spot? Australia - October 2015 (www.ilsi.org/SEA_Region)

1. Genesis, Chapter 3. The Bible. 5000 (BC).2. Darwin. On the origin of Species. 1859.

“…I give all the seed-bearing plants…and all the trees withseed bearing fruit; this will be your food.”

“…and thorns and thistles it will grow for you, and you must eat the vegetation of the field. In the sweat of your face you will eat bread…”

3. Barclay, Sandall and Slavin. The Ultimate Guide to Sugars and Sweeteners. The Experiment, 2014. 4. Allsop and Brand Miller. BJN, 1996.

5. Cueva de la Arana, near Bicorp, Spain. 6. Cordain et al. AJCN, 2005.

7. Wood and Marlowe. Human Nature, 2013. 4. Allsop and Brand Miller. BJN, 1996.

4. Allsop and Brand Miller. BJN, 1996. 4. Allsop and Brand Miller. BJN, 1996.

8. http://www.sugarhistory.net

8. http://www.sugarhistory.net 8. http://www.sugarhistory.net

4. Allsop and Brand Miller. BJN, 1996.

in 1598 a foreign visitor remarked of Queen Elizabeth that her teeth [were] black, a defect which the English seem subject from their too great use of sugar

8. http://www.sugarhistory.net 9. WHO, TRS 797, 1990.

3. Barclay, Sandall and Slavin. The Ultimate Guide to Sugars and Sweeteners. The Experiment, 2014. 3. Barclay, Sandall and Slavin. The Ultimate Guide to Sugars and Sweeteners. The Experiment, 2014.

10. Sir Austin Bradford Hill. SOM, 1965. 11. Szanto S and Yudkin J. Postgrad Med J. 1969 Sep;45(527):602 7

12. Te Morenga et al. BMJ 2013 13. Moynihan et al, WHO, 2014.

14. Guideline: Sugars intake for adults and children. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2015.

15. WHO Technical Report Series, No. 916. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2003. 14. Guideline: Sugars intake for adults and children. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2015.

2 slices of hearty wholegrain bread2 teaspoons olive oilmargarine3½ ounces (100 g) cannedred salmon½ cup mixed salad (lettuce,cucumber, and tomato)

One 7 ounce (200 g)container low fat vanillayogurt½ banana

Dinner

2 ounces (60 g) beef strips1½ cups Asian style stir frynoodles2 cups Asian style stir fryvegetables1 tablespoon sesame oil¼ cup Asian stir fry sauce

½ cup reduced fat vanillaice cream½ cup strawberries

1 piece (8 g) milkchocolate

3. Barclay, Sandall and Slavin. The Ultimate Guide to Sugars and Sweeteners. The Experiment, 2014.

Dinner

16. http://ticklethythoughts.blogspot.com.au/2011/08/long list of various terms of.html

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