The food industry has a fiduciary responsibility to produce profit for its shareholders.
Unfortunately, the food industry downstream cost to public health is bankrupting most westernized societies.
Unfortunately, academics, institutions, and journals whose primary responsibility is to patients and scientific integrity have at times colluded with industry for financial gain.
It is incredulous to suggest that consuming 22 teaspoons of sugar daily falls within recommended guidelines. This is despite the known science that for optimum health there is no dietary or biological requirement for sugar to be consumed in the human diet.