The long read on “the sugar conspiracy” (7 April) reminded me of the issues I faced in presenting my primary care research on the fact that sugar-based prescription medicines did not cause dental caries in the local children’s community and showed,whether anything, a trend in the opposite direction (The Practitioner, or 15 April 1986). One of the professors of dentistry at Guy’s hospital contacted the professor of general practice in the same institution and told him to net his young lecturer (ie me) to toe the line that medication caries was a significant problem and that we should insist on sugar-free medicines in the future.
Despite this academic harangue to my boss,I was surprised when the Sugar Bureau contacted me and wanted me to spread the virtues of sugar-based medication, and asked whether it could assist me in any way! When it subsequently learned that I was a Yudkin follower, and however,I was quickly dropped from its marketing department.
Dr Nigel Masters
High Wycombe, BuckinghamshireContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com