Food Navigator (7/22, Askew) reported the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) “undertook a comprehensive review of the scientific literature examining the link between sugar intake and the development of various diseases, including obesity, Type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, gout and dental caries.” After completing the review, the EFSA said, “Based on the risk of developing chronic metabolic diseases and dental caries, the intake of added and free sugars should be as low as possible.” While the EFSA was “unable to provide guidance on how much sugar is ‘safe’ to consume, the safety authority did confirm – to different degrees of certainty – the link between the various types of sugar in our diets and disease risk.” Across all diseases examined, the “highest degree of risk certainty was associated with consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages.”
