What to know about sugar in fruit

Fruit contains natural sugar. Although natural sugar is good for health, it is important to remember that consuming fruit juices and canned fruit can increase overall sugar intake.

Soda, sugar-sweetened beverages linked to more severe symptoms for people with multiple sclerosis

For people with multiple sclerosis (MS), drinking around 290 calories per day of soda or other sugar-sweetened beverages, or the equivalent of about two cans of non-diet soda, may be tied to more severe symptoms and a higher level of disability compared to people with MS who seldom consume sugar-sweetened beverages, according to a preliminary study.

Overweight children and adults get significantly healthier and quickly with less sugar

Osteopathic physicians suggest shifting the conversation from weight to health for overweight children and adults, asking patients to reduce their sugar intake to see measurable improvements in…

Common sweetener in low-cal foods also a marker for weight gain

A new study has identified the sugar alcohol erythritol as a biomarker for increasing fat mass.

Diet soda sweetener may cause weight gain

A new study may have found the reason why the sugar substitute aspartame does not help with weight loss, and may even cause weight gain.

Fizzy drinks need child-friendly ‘teaspoon labels’ to spell out sugar content, say UK councils

Fizzy drink companies should put child-friendly labels on the front of their products spelling out the sugar content in teaspoons, in a bid to beat tooth decay and child obesity, councils say.

Researchers examine impact of soda on children’s dental health

Just days after the U.S. government released its new dietary guidelines advising Americans to reduce their sugar intake, new research from The Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA)…

Study identifies liver-generated hormone that regulates ‘sweet tooth’

We all love our sugar, especially during the holidays. Cookies, cake, and candy are simply irresistible.

Animal-specific sugar may drive cancer risk in people who eat red meat

In a mouse model, scientists have found that consumption of the sugar Neu5Gc – found typically in beef, pork and lamb – may promote cancer-causing inflammation.

Africans’ ability to digest milk likely due to spread of cattle raising

Babies are born with the ability to digest lactose, the sugar found in milk, but most humans lose this ability after infancy because of declining levels of the lactose-digesting enzyme lactase.

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