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Are We All Addicted to Sugar?
Most of us can remember the early 2000s low fat diet trend that stemmed from the 70s—where anything labeled as low fat was a green light to consume. Fat had been demonized by the American Medical Association (AMA) and other important medical groups because of its supposed negative impact on heart health, and these groups ...
Cravings For Fatty Foods Traced To Gut-Brain Connection
A dieter wrestling with cravings for fatty foods might be tempted to blame their tongue: the delicious taste of butter or ice cream is hard to resist. But new research investigating the source of our appetites has uncovered an entirely new connection between the gut and the brain that drives our desire for fat. At ...
Non-nutritive Sweeteners Affect Human Microbiomes and Can Alter Glycemic Responses
Since the late 1800s non-nutritive sweeteners have promised to deliver all the sweetness of sugar with none of the calories. They have long been believed to have no effect on the human body, but researchers challenge this notion by finding that these sugar substitutes are not inert, and, in fact, some can alter human consumers’ ...
Sugar Cravings and How You Can Beat Them
Why Do You Crave It? Sugar is addicting. Traditionally, addiction has been associated only with drugs, such as cocaine and heroin. Today, however, science has shown that people can become addicted to things other than drugs, including sugar. Sugar addiction has the same cycle as drug addiction: craving, binging/tolerance and feelings of withdrawal. Cravings can ...
Erythritol & Other Sugar Alcohols: A Common Ingredient With a Side Effect You Probably Didn’t Know About
Everyone, including the food industry, is looking to cut back on our sugar intake these days.1 You may have noticed that many products now include sugar alcohols, in place of, or in addition to sugar, in order to give sweet taste with fewer calories. There are several different sugar alcohols out there, including mannitol, sorbitol ...
Childhood Diet Has Lifelong Impact
Eating too much fat and sugar as a child can alter your microbiome for life, even if you later learn to eat healthier, a new study in mice suggests. The study by University of California, Riverside (UCR) researchers is one of the first to show a significant decrease in the total number and diversity of ...
Anti-inflammatory Diets
By Gene Bruno, MS, MHS, RH(AHG) Huntington College of Health Sciences Nutraceuticals such as curcumin and omega-3 fatty acids are commonly used as anti-inflammatory agents in the treatment of chronic inflammatory disorders such as arthritis, IBS (irritable bowel syndrome), etc. But keep in mind that another effective approach to the treatment of inflammation is diet. ...
Battling Blood Sugar
As metabolic syndrome becomes a larger problem in the U.S., practitioners are urging patients to make lifestyle changes. Blood sugar issues have become a major issue in the U.S. According to the American Diabetes Association, 29.1 million (9. 3 percent) of Americans had diabetes 2012. That number jumped from 25.8 million (8.3 percent) just two ...
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