Pure, White and Deadly Quotes

“But science should be based in fact, not fashion. And policy should be based on science. Facts shouldn’t change. And indeed, they don’t. But their interpretation does. Consider the idea that inflammation causes heart disease. First espoused in the late 1800s after the invention of aspirin by Bayer, this idea was relegated to the dustbin of medical science in favor of the cholesterol hypothesis, which reigned for the second half of the twentieth century. But over the last decade, the “inflammation hypothesis” has made a decided comeback, and is now thought to be the primary factor in the genesis of atherosclerotic plaques and thrombosis.”
― John Yudkin, Pure, White, and Deadly: How Sugar Is Killing Us and What We Can Do to Stop It

“Sadly, interpretation of medical science is frequently influenced by the dark forces of industry, out to make a killing. And”
― John Yudkin, Pure, White, and Deadly: How Sugar Is Killing Us and What We Can Do to Stop It

“First of all, true prophecies don’t go out of style. That’s like saying Darwin’s The Origin of Species is irrelevant because Darwin didn’t know what genes were. Secondly, it is a signpost on a journey of pilgrimage. It provides you with perspective on where you’ve come from, and where you’re going. And lastly, Yudkin correctly fingered the sugar and food industries for what they were, and still are. Those”
― John Yudkin, Pure, White, and Deadly: How Sugar Is Killing Us and What We Can Do to Stop It

“The risks of smoking have been known since the 1930s; the U.S. surgeon general report of 1964 squarely faced down the tobacco industry. That put the tobacco propaganda machine into overdrive to squelch the science and any scientists who stood in their way.”
― John Yudkin, Pure, White, and Deadly: How Sugar Is Killing Us and What We Can Do to Stop It

“And sugar also resembles alcohol and tobacco in that it is a material for which people rapidly develop a craving, and for which there is nevertheless no physiological need.”
― John Yudkin, Pure, White, and Deadly: How Sugar Is Killing Us and What We Can Do to Stop It

“Other polyols that can be used include maltitol and xylitol. They all provide, in a given quantity, about the same number of calories as ordinary sugar (sucrose); however, as they are not as sweet, you would tend to use more, and so take in more calories. These caloric sweeteners are therefore of no help in a slimming diet, but sorbitol is sometimes recommended as an alternative to ordinary sugar for diabetics, and xylitol has been used in candy and chewing gum because it does not harm the teeth.”
― John Yudkin, Pure, White, and Deadly: How Sugar Is Killing Us and What We Can Do to Stop It

“you should choose a clean, dark muscovado sugar,”
― John Yudkin, Pure, White and Deadly: How Sugar Is Killing Us and What We Can Do to Stop It

“satisfying our palates is no longer a guarantee that we are satisfying our nutritional needs.”
― John Yudkin, Pure, White, and Deadly: How Sugar Is Killing Us and What We Can Do to Stop It

“Dr. Yudkin was a University of London physiologist, nutritionist, and physician, and the primary exponent for the idea that sugar was the dietary factor promoting heart disease,”
― John Yudkin, Pure, White, and Deadly: How Sugar Is Killing Us and What We Can Do to Stop It