The Bad News About Sugar
Kimberly Allen R.N.Medical February 25, 2013
In the US, the average adult consumes 150 pounds of sugar every year. Now, if you compare that to the 71/2 pounds a year the average person consumed back in the 1700’s you can see why obesity is a problem…
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Kimberly Allen R.N.Medical January 24, 2013
A recent study by the American Diabetic Association indicated that there is a link between a bigger waist line and drinking diet soda. The study showed that over a ten year period people that drank diet soda on a daily basis had waist lines that expanded 70% more than people that did not drink diet soda…
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Diet July 23, 2012
The Scoop on HFCS and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Diet July 15, 2012
Breaking the addiction to toxic sugars
The News Wire April 2, 2012
Is sugar as toxic as chemicals? Are sweets as addictive as cocaine? Why does something that tastes so good have to be so bad for you? These are questions that were addressed in a recent interview on “60 Minutes” with Dr. Robert Lustig, a professor of clinical pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco and an expert on childhood obesity…
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Diet August 1, 2011