The Vipeholm Experiments
Why were patients fed dangerous amounts of sugar?
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50 mins
Discover the disturbing history of the Vipeholm experiments conducted in Sweden during the 1940s and 1950s. Explore how institutionalized patients were deliberately given large amounts of sugary foods to study tooth decay.
Ep 1:
The Sugar That Broke Sweden
A Swedish dental crisis and a hospital full of forgotten, intellectually disabled patients collide, setting the stage for one of history's cruelest scientific experiments.
Ep 2:
Toffee Engineered to Destroy
Government and candy manufacturers unite behind a fluoride-fed 'healthy' phase, then pivot to engineering the most tooth-destroying toffee imaginable and force-feeding it daily.
Discussions (5)
Kevin
Level 8 · 3 mo agoNuremberg code literally wasn't international law
Emmett
Level 4 · 3 mo agoCandy companies funding the study to make a toffee that destroys teeth and hiding the data is supervillain shit
Seth
Level 5 · 3 mo agoFunding a study to rot teeth just to protect your product is classic market manipulation. Bullish on fluoride and shorting Swedish toffee 😆
