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Re:Sugar industry secretly paid for favorable Harvard research by fratlas on Tuesday September 13, 2016 @06:03AM (#12486723)
To prevent diabetes (and other sugar related health effects)? MSG is regulated in Aus, why not sugar?
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Re:Sugar industry secretly paid for favorable Harvard research by matthiasl on Tuesday September 13, 2016 @07:00AM (#12486947)
How is sugar regulated differently to MSG in Australia?

(Looking at Food Standards Australia, the requirements on MSG are that it's declared as an ingredient with an exception if it's naturally present in the food. How is that different to what's required for sugar? http://www.foodstandards.gov.au/consumer/additives/msg/Pages...)

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Re:Sugar industry secretly paid for favorable Harvard research by twanvl on Tuesday September 13, 2016 @08:53AM (#12487711)
MSG sounds like a scary chemical, while sugar does not. Maybe we should call it a sucrose tax instead?
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