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Comments on: “The role of dietary sugars in health: molecular composition or just calories?”

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We read with interest the narrative review by Prinz [1] on the question whether dietary sugars per se have an unfavorable health effect, or if it is just the amount of calories that matters in the development of non-communicable diseases (NCD) and obesity. As the author is working for the German Sugar Association, his conclusion was to be expected: in his view, the scientific evidence does not support the conclusion that dietary sugars themselves are detrimental, but it is simply the excess amount of calories which is to blame [1].

Besides the fact, that narrative reviews should be in the opinion of these authors only be performed for novel topics for which evidence is just starting to arise, Prinz’ argumentation strategy has some gaps, we would like to bring the readers’ attention to.

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Perrar, I., Alexy, U. Comments on: “The role of dietary sugars in health: molecular composition or just calories?”. Eur J Clin Nutr 73, 1323–1324 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41430-019-0456-3

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