All Stories Tagged With: "sugar"
Cancer-Feeding Fructose Consumption may be New ‘Alcoholism’
America is hooked on fructose, particularly mercury-containing high-fructose corn syrup. With consumption rates continually rising in the United States, researchers have examined the similarities between fructose and its fermentation byproduct ethanol.
Teens Who Drink Soda More Likely to Carry Weapons and Become Violent
Scientists have recently uncovered a link between soft drink consumption and aggressive behavior, with teens who drink more than 5 cans of soda significantly more likely to carry a weapon and become violent with peers, family, and dates.
Cancer Feeds on Fructose, America’s Number One Source of Calories
High-fructose corn syrup is the primary source of calories in the United States. In addition to containing mercury, a known carcinogen, cancer cells actually feed on high-fructose corn syrup after it is metabolized by the liver.
4 Ways to Improve Mental Health and Clarity
Of course the antipsychotic or anti-depressant drugs that the doctor prescribes can ultimately lead to suicidal thoughts, type 2 diabetes, and an overall shortened lifespan. In addition, new research has shown that your mental health is actually determined by your gut health.
Natural Sweetener Stevia May Reverse and Prevent Diabetes
Stevia is a favorable alternative to sugar for many health-conscious individuals, but new research has indicated that it may also help to prevent reverse diabetes.
366 Million Worldwide Have Diabetes
In a shocking new report, health officials have announced that an estimated 366 million people worldwide currently suffer from diabetes. In addition, 1 person dies as a result of diabetes every 7 seconds.
Sugary Drinks | Over Consumed and Health Threatening
New research released by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) shows that half of the US population above age 2 consumes sugary drinks daily. These sugary drinks are soda, sweetened bottled water, sports and energy drinks, and fruit drinks (excluding 100 percent juice).
7 Fat Habits that Keep You Fat
The most integral part of any fat loss plan is a nutritional plan free of artificial sweeteners, low on sugar, and high in protein and essential fats. Aside from a solid nutritional program, there are a number of subconscious factors that play a role in fat gain.
Experts Agree – Sugar is a Health Destroyer
With many sugar-related stories recently leaking into the mainstream media, the negative effects of sugar have been a subject of intense debate. Adding proverbial fuel to the biological fire, a video lecture by a prominent California doctor entitled “Sugar: The Bitter Truth,” has been generating over 50,000 views per month. As the sugar debate garners even more media attention, prominent health experts are voicing their opposition to excess sugar consumption.
Food Type, Not Calorie Content, Matters More in Weight Gain
In the game of life and long-term weight maintenance, calories count, but the types of foods might matter more, according to a study by Harvard researchers published last week in the New England Journal of Medicine. Diets that include potatoes, white bread, sugar-sweetened beverages and meats — well, all that defines modern America — were associated with the greatest weight gain over the 20-year study period.
Aspartame-Filled ‘Diet’ Soda Leads to Weight Gain
Where I work there is a canteen serving espresso coffee and cold drinks. You probably have the same thing. You can buy espressos, lattes, cappucinos and there are a couple of glass-fronted fridges containing neat, gleaming rows of canned drinks. Many of these are caffeinated, sugar-free “energy drinks” such as Relentless (made by Coca-Cola). They’re tremendously popular and you often see people coming back to their desks carrying a can of Diet Coke or the variant in black and red livery that’s marketed to men, Coca-Cola Zero.
Study: How ‘Diet’ Products & Fake Fats Make You Fat
“Diet” snacks usually contain some sort of fake fat or sugar — a synthetic substitute that helps make the food taste as sweet or as rich as the real thing, but without the calories. The thinking is that eating fake fats will help dieters lose weight. Apparently not, at least if you’re rat. Researchers from Purdue University conducted an experiment [PDF] in which they divided rats into two groups: one was fed a diet of high-fat rat pellets and the other standard low-fat chow.
CDC: 1 in 4 High Schoolers Drink Soda Every Day
A new study shows one in four high school students drink soda every day — a sign fewer teens are downing the sugary drinks. The study also found teens drink water, milk and fruit juices most often — a pleasant surprise, because researchers weren’t certain that was the case. “We were very pleased to see that,” said the study’s lead author, Nancy Bener of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Sugary Drinks Make You Crave More Calories, Study Shows
An apple a day keeps the doctor away, and just two sugary drinks can have the opposite effect. According to the Guardian, UK researchers are suggesting that two sugary drinks a day can dull your taste buds, which leads to a “dulled sensitivity to sweet tastes.” This, in turn, can cause people to seek out high-calorie, sweet snacks. “As the sweet ‘treat’ becomes less rewarding, so people tend to look for more sweet food to drink, and a vicious circle of eating sweet and calorie-laden food is established,” a press release describing the study explained.
This Drink is Just as Dangerous as Soda
Most of us know about the health dangers associated with consuming soda. From empty calories to actually compromising the body’s ability to stay healthy and fight off disease, soda is a well known health culprit. But there’s another drink on the market that many of us unknowingly not only consume, but give abundantly to our kids! So what is this dangerous drink that the average American child consumes more than forty liters of annually?
Experts Say Sugar is Dangerous & Bad for your Health
Health experts recommend we eat no more than eight teaspoons of sugar day. But on average, Americans consume four times that much. That’s raising questions about whether our growing sweet tooth could be making us sick. On You Tube, a video about the dangers of sugar is steadily picking up steam, “High fructose corn syrup and sucrose are exactly the same. They’re both equally bad.” Now more than a million views, for a 2-year-old lecture on the dangers of sugar in which Dr. Robert Lustig calls it “toxic.”
The ‘Other’ Sweetener That’s Made from Sugar, but is Closer to DDT
Researchers recently investigated sucralose (Splenda) to see if it could reduce hunger and keep blood sugar steady. They found that it could not. The researchers hoped to find that sucralose could cause the intestine to produce a hormone that reduces blood sugar and decreases appetite, which prior study had indicated might be a possibility. But the effect did not occur when it was ingested orally — hunger remained the same and the blood sugar remained the same.
