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Loving the sweet enemy
Foods rich in fats and carbohydrates stimulate the reward system in the brain particularly strongly French fries, cream cake, chips […]
Tag Archives: sugar
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Why zero-calorie sweeteners can still lead to diabetes, obesity
Common artificial sweeteners shown to change how the body processes fat and energy Increased awareness of the health consequences of […]
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Could sugar be responsible for the obesity and diabetes epidemics?
The idea that sugar could be a fundamental cause of the global diabetes and obesity epidemics, with deleterious effects on the […]
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The not so sweet side of Christmas
A video by the University of Warwick highlights a bitter side to our sugar consumption at Christmas. The short film […]
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Sugar industry withheld evidence of sucrose’s health effects nearly 50 years ago
A U.S. sugar industry trade group appears to have pulled the plug on a study that was producing animal evidence […]
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Different sugars, different risks to your liver
Studies in mice show that fructose plays a more damaging role than glucose in fatty liver disease and help to […]
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Is soda bad for your brain? (and is diet soda worse?)
Both sugary soda and diet drinks correlated with accelerated brain aging Americans love sugar. Together we consumed nearly 11 million […]
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How Much Candy Would Kill You?
Halloween is almost here, which means costumes, scary movies and lots of candy. Reactions tackles this spooky hypothetical question: How […]
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Drinking more water associated with numerous dietary benefits, study finds
For people who want to control their weight or reduce their intakes of sugar, sodium and saturated fat, tap water […]