This article brought light to the fact that the societal understanding towards sugar intake has changed greatly since the 1970s. The particular scientist, John Yudkin, believed sugar to be "the number-one health threat", contrary to the widespread feeling at the time which was that saturated fat was the main culprit. Yudkin was ridiculed and effectively shunned by the scientific and nutritional communities in the course of his action to express this view. This brought to mind the efforts of Harvey Wiley, the "Crusading Chemist", as author Melanie Warner refers to him in her book, Pandora's Lunchbox. Both had opponents in the American public, Yudkin's being the doctors and those looking after President Eisenhower following his heart attack, with whom he disagreed on the diet President Eisenhower should have been fed. Meanwhile, Harvey's came from across the food industry as he worked tirelessly to get legislation passed limiting potentially harmful food additives. Yudkin pushed his pioneering research findings only to be told criticized. Much in the same way, Wiley was one of the early food scientists to uncover the dangers of food additives, only to be continually knocked down by the food industry and all its corrupt governmental control. Although largely disregarded in their day, both Yudkin and Wiley and their work is appreciated today. Wiley is credited with establishing the Good Housekeeping seal of approval, rejecting more than a million dollars in magazine advertising for unhealthy foods, and is commemorated at the Harvey W. Wiley Federal Building, the FDA's headquarters. While Yudkin's sugar findings are being used by individuals around the nutritional community, not to mention, the U.S.' scaling back of sugar intake guidelines for the first time. To conclude, both John Yudkin and Harvey Wiley had their struggles in their professional careers but both stuck by their beliefs and are remembered for their hard work and accomplishments today.
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