A study by the University of California San Francisco shows that the sugar industry pulled the plug and buried research almost 50 years ago in order to conceal its negative health effects.

Newly discovered documents have revealed a decades-long effort by the sugar industry to hide the detrimental effects of the commodity on the health of the public.

In the study published on Tuesday in the journal PLOS Biology, scientists from the UCSF claim the industry manipulated science, influenced regulations and even shut down its own research when it indicated a link between sugar and heart disease.

Lead author Cristin E. Kearns, who discovered the documents, told UCSF :“The Sugar Association proved to itself that calories from sugar had different metabolic effects than calories from starch…This is in stark contrast to its public position, then and now, that all calories are created equal.”

RT reports: The study claims that…