Chiavaroli, L
Mirrahimi, A
Sievenpiper, J L
Jenkins, D J A
Darling, P B
Article History
Received: 25 June 2014
Revised: 11 September 2014
Accepted: 21 September 2014
First Online: 12 November 2014
Competing interests
: LC works as a casual Clinical Research Coordinator at GI Laboratories, Toronto, Canada. LC and AM have received research support from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). JLS has received research support from the CIHR, Calorie Control Council, The Coca-Cola Company (investigator initiated, unrestricted grant), Pulse Canada and The International Tree Nut Council Nutrition Research & Education Foundation. He has received travel funding, speaker fees and/or honoraria from the American Heart Association (AHA), American Society for Nutrition (ASN), National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Canadian Diabetes Association (CDA), Canadian Nutrition Society (CNS), Calorie Control Council, Diabetes and Nutrition Study Group (DNSG) of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) North America, International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) Brazil, Abbott Laboratories, Pulse Canada, Dr. Pepper Snapple Group and The Coca-Cola Company. He is on the Clinical Practice Guidelines Expert Committee for Nutrition Therapy of both the Canadian Diabetes Association (CDA) and European Association for the study of Diabetes (EASD), as well as being on the American Society for Nutrition (ASN) writing panel for a scientific statement on the metabolic and nutritional effects of fructose, sucrose and high-fructose corn syrup. He is an unpaid scientific advisor for the International Life Science Institute (ILSI) North America, Food, Nutrition and Safety Program (FNSP). His wife is an employee of Unilever Canada. DJAJ holds an unrestricted grant from the Coca-Cola Company and has served on the scientific advisory board for or received research support, consultant fees or honoraria from Barilla, Solae, Unilever, Hain Celestial, Loblaws Supermarkets, Sanitarium Company, Herbalife International, Pacific Health Laboratories Inc, Metagenics/MetaProteomics, Bayer Consumer Care, Oldways Preservation Trust, The International Tree Nut Council Nutrition Research & Education, The Peanut Institute, Procter and Gamble Technical Centre Limited, Griffin Hospital for the development of the NuVal System, Pepsi Company, Soy Advisory Board of Dean Foods, Alpro Soy Foundation, Nutritional Fundamentals for Health, Pacific Health Laboratories, Kellogg’s, Quaker Oats, The Coca-Cola Sugar Advisory Board, Agrifoods and Agriculture Canada (AAFC), Canadian Agriculture Policy Institute (CAPI), Abbott Laboratories, the Almond Board of California, the California Strawberry Commission, Orafti, the Canola and Flax Councils of Canada, Pulse Canada and the Saskatchewan Pulse Growers. DJAJ also holds additional grant support from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Canadian Foundation for Innovation, Ontario Research Fund and Advanced Foods and Material Network. DJAJ’s spouse is a vice president and director of research at GI Laboratories (Toronto, Ontario, Canada). PBD declares no conflict of interest.