Blame Sugar? We’ve Been Doing That For Over 100 Years

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Sugar has always been vilified. Sugar cubes via www.shutterstock.com.

After a successful soda tax was passed last year in Berkeley, California, copycat laws are being proposed across the US, often with the support of nutritionists, medical professionals and a majority of the voting public. On May 28, the Illinois chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics endorsed an act that would use a tax on sugary drinks.