candy, and the Sugar Research Foundation have been accused of trying to influence consumers and medical associations in the 1960s and 1970s by creating doubt about the potential health hazards of sucrose overconsumption, while promoting saturated fat as the main dietary risk factor in cardiovascular diseases. In 2016, the criticism led to recommendations that diet policymakers emphasize the need for high-quality research that accounts for multiple biomarkers on development of cardiovascular diseases. Gallery See also Barley sugar Holing cane List of unrefined sweeteners Rare sugar Sugar plantations in the Caribbean Glycomics References Further reading Frankopan, Peter, The Silk Roads: A New History of the World, 2016, Bloomsbury, Strong, Roy (2002), Feast: A History of Grand Eating, Jonathan Cape, External links Sugar at the National Health Service Carbohydrates Excipients Indian inventions