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Health Tips: Keeping Your Bones Strong
May 1st, 2013We know foods high in sugar and unhealthy fats cause obesity and promote heart disease, but most people don’t realize that sugar and unhealthy fats also contribute to conditions like osteoporosis by weakening bones. If this trend continues, this overlooked “silent robber” will cripple large numbers of at-risk baby boomers.
Health Tips: Consumption of Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Linked to 180,000 Deaths Worldwide Each Year
May 1st, 2013Sugar-sweetened sodas, sports drinks, and fruit drinks may be associated with about 180,000 deaths around the world each year, according to new research. Sugar-sweetened beverages are consumed throughout the world and contribute to excess body weight, which increases the risk of developing diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and some cancers.
Health News: Fructose Stimulates Appetite
March 1st, 2013Fructose consumption leads to further hunger whereas glucose consumption promotes feelings of fullness, according to a study recently published in JAMA.
Don't Worry About Cholesterol!
July 1st, 2012I’m going to tell you a secret—something that the smartest, most cutting-edge health professionals already know and talk about amongst themselves. This information isn’t widely known or accepted yet, but it will be, at which point we will all shake our heads, look back, and say, “What were we thinking?”
Get ready to be shocked.
Get ready to be shocked: high cholesterol doesn't cause heart disease.Sweet Madness
April 1st, 2012Sugar is popular for a reason—it can make any food taste amazing. Sugar became a commodity in the early 1500s, yet there is evidence of people chewing sugarcane for its sweetness as early as 350 AD. While those who lived in ancient times didn’t know exactly what made sugarcane so sweet and delicious, they continued to use the sugarcane for the quick burst of energy it provided.
Sugar changed the world, but don't let it change you!
Taming Candida
September 1st, 2011Not feeling up to par lately? Can’t kick that sinus infection? Craving sugar multiple times during the day? Blurred vision? Abdominal discomfort accompanied by gas or bloating?
Sugar-driven yeast overgrowth can cause a variety of symptoms. Douse the fire with diet and supplements.Type 1 Sugar Addiction - The Coffee Fanatic
As I said in my first post, to beat sugar addiction, you need to figure out what type of sugar addict you are.
Sugar and Your Heart
Not only can eating too much sweet stuff increase your risk for obesity, diabetes, osteoporosis, and other diseases, a new study published in the Journal of American Medical Association discovered that consuming foods with added sugar–that is, any sugars that don’t occur naturally in food, such the sucros
Your Addiction to Sugar Could be Killing You
Are you a sugar addict? If you answered “yes,” you’re not alone. With 18 percent of calories in the American diet coming from added sugar, sugar addiction is becoming the rule rather than the exception.
So Long, Sugar!
June 1st, 2009Ousting the sweet stuff from your diet can temper a litany of health complaints, from high cholesterol to digestive woes. But don’t go cold turkey—that can lead to lethargy, headaches, and mood swings—especially if you have a serious sweet tooth. To help you go sugar free without the side effects:
