Is There an Academic Bias against Low-Energy Sweeteners?

ABSTRACT: This perspective considers evidence of a common academic bias against low-energy sweeteners (LES). The core proposition is that this bias is manifested in research and reporting focused on generating and placing a negative spin on LES, largely through selective citation, interpretation and reporting. The evidence centres on three inter-related points, which together may generate a misleading impression of the balance of evidence: (1) basic and mechanistic research on LES perpetuates "explanations" for unsubstantiated adverse effects of LES; (2) the literature on LES-particularly narrative reviews and commentaries-continually reprises hypotheses of adverse effects without acknowledging where these hypotheses have been rigorously tested and rejected; and (3) negative interpretations of the e

SUBMITTER: Mela DJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9003104 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature