“Sugar is linked to ADHD in infants and conditions like dementia, Alzheimer’s, glaucoma, skin aging, insomnia, and diabetes in adults. Excess sugar may also contribute to cancer.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 9 Feb 2024.
FACTLY rated thisMISLEADING
What FACTLY found
Overconsumption of sugar may cause insomnia, ageing, and cavities. However, these posts oversimplify the connection between sugar and diseases, wrongly suggesting that sugar directly causes conditions like cancer, ADHD, glaucoma, and Alzheimer’s
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 9 February 2024. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 29 February 2024, 20 days later. Its rating was “MISLEADING”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/onyenma.ugochukwu/posts/pfbid0C77B7wmVYvUScX48PhwFQbhBSnCA5Xu5Hj…
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