Added sugar rather than fat endangers public health

We tend to read about sugar a lot these days. As it is often the case in dietary guidelines, once a breach is opened, everyone will try to corner the culprit and shine the least favourable light on it. On 4 March 2015, the World Health Organisation (WHO) modified its sugar intake recommendations from 10% to 5% of the daily calorie intake. In April in Riga, Latvia, an informal Council of European health ministers recognised an increasing concern about “added…