Sugar industry sponsorship of germ-free rodent studies linking sucrose to hyperlipidemia and cancer

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“The sugar industry did not disclose evidence of harm from animal studies that would have (1) strengthened the case that the CHD risk of sucrose is greater than starch and (2) caused sucrose to be scrutinized as a potential carcinogen.”

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