it is clear that yudkin has no theoretical basis or experimental evidence to support his claim for a major influence of dietary sucrose in the etiology of chd; his claim that men who have chd are excessive sugar eaters is nowhere confirmed but is disproved by many studies superior in methodology and/or magnitude to his own; and his "evidence" from population statistics and time trends will not bear up under the most elementary critical examination. but the propaganda keeps on reverberating ...