Sucrose and Disease
- Endocrine-Metabolic Section, Veterans Administration Hospital, and the Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota
- Address reprint requests to Frank Q. Nuttall, Chief, Metabolic Endocrine Section, VA Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55417.
Abstract
Data currently available indicate that high sucrose consumption does not contribute significantly to the prevalence of cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus, obesity, or micronutrient deficiency. It may contribute, however, to dental caries formation by cariogenic bacteria.
- Copyright © 1981 by the American Diabetes Association
