A new study from Wall Street bank Credit Suisse exposes the “dietary impact of ‘sugar and sweeteners’ and their role in the ongoing health debate surrounding obesity and diabetes.”
The Credit Suisse video — “Sugar: Sweet With a Bitter Aftertaste” — visualises the sorry state of sugar consumption.
The harrowing effect of sugar consumption on American waistlines isn’t necessarily new news, but ...
Sugar has been connected to plenty of diseases, including diabetes, cancers, and heart disease, and is known to be a primary cause of tooth decay. Yet even though we know how bad sugar is, it’s a fact that people eat three times the amount of sugar today than our parents and grandparents did 50 years ago. Have you noticed how some races look slimmer and healthier than us in western countries...
Stevia vs Splenda
Low sugar or ‘sugar free’ diets are becoming more prevalent as the health industry becomes more aware of the ill-health effects of sugar, and particularly as the amount of added sugars in pre-prepared foods has more than doubled in the last thirty years.
The head of Amsterdam’s health authority, Paul van der Velpen, has labelled sugar as addictive and points to the links betw...
Diets that are high in sugar have long been linked to various diseases, such as heart problems, dementia, macular degeneration (a particularly nasty eye problem that can lead to blindness), and, of course, tooth decay. More recently, the direct link between sugar and obesity has been asserted by Dr Robert Lustig, who says, "We need to wean ourselves off. We need to de-sweeten our lives. We need...
Five Sugar Traps to Avoid
So you don’t take sugar in tea or coffee. You eat your breakfast cereal plain with just a little milk, and you don’t eat sweets or ice cream. You can’t be a sugar junkie and eat no sugar, can you? Well, actually you can. You see, food manufacturers have secretly doubled the amount of sugar in food over the last thirty years. And not only the foods that you would expect...
The team at Wellbeing Magazine (www.wellbeing.com.au) have produced this excellent special health report entitled "Sweet Nightmare", which we believe everyone should read.
This article, and many more, are available in the latest edition (No 146) of Wellbeing magazine.
Click the link below to access the report:
WBG146_062-070 Special report
A recent study conducted by the University of Edinburgh has found that a diet high in meats, fats and sugars could potentially increase the risk of colorectal - or as it is more commonly known - bowel cancer, as we age. While more studies will need to be conducted, this connection between sugars, fats and colorectal cancer could lead to an eventual reduction of the disease if awareness about it...
We’ve all heard about sugar addiction… but is it just an easy excuse for people who don’t want to give up sugar and make the switch to healthier alternatives, or it is a scientifically proven phenomenon?
New research by Princeton University suggests that sugar addiction is indeed real, which explains why eliminating this source of sweetness from our diets can initially be very difficult.
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Ever wonder why you crave sugary sweets and other snacks more in winter than in summer? It’s possible you have SAD, or Seasonal Affective Disorder.
If you’ve ever felt depressed during the colder winter months, you’re not alone. Many people suffer from the “winter blues”, also known as Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), and it is this depression that creates an unconscious need for us to seek ...
We’ve all followed the orders given by our sweet tooth. No matter what we tell ourselves before we enter the supermarket, we end up coming out with things we said we wouldn’t buy. If this is the case for you, don’t worry… Beating sugar addiction is by no means an easy task – but these tips should help.
Tip #1: Get Enough Sleep
Getting enough sleep is not just key to living a healthy life, it’s...