8 Insane Vintage Ads That Make Sugar Seem Like A Health Food

Today we know that sugar is not a health food and that too much of it can spark weight gain and leave people saddled with chronic diabetes, obesity, and other problems. But it wasn't always like this. In John Oliver's recent takedown of the sugar industry, he pointed to the staple sweetener's checkered past. He points out that the now $5 billion sugar industry "fought for decades to project their products' health benefits," once even touting sugar as a diet aid: Here's another ad from the same c...