Here’s the last New Year’s health resolution you might ever need: resolve to stop eating added sugar. While you might think you’re not eating much sugar, chances are you’re eating a lot more than you realize. Added sugar lurks in nearly 70 percent of packaged foods and is found in breads, health foods, snacks, yogurts,… Read More: Make 2020 the Year of Less Sugar »
(This 13th October story has been refiled to add dropped word to paragraph 1) FILE PHOTO: White sugar products are placed for sale at a supermarket in Beijing, China September 4, 2017. REUTERS/Jason Lee/File Photo By Maytaal Angel and Hallie Gu LONDON/BEIJING (Reuters) – A crackdown on sugar smuggling into China has left abundantly supplied… Read More: China’s crackdown on sugar smuggling leaves global storage headache –… »
Do you want to lose weight? If you do you are not alone. An estimated 160 million Americans, including males and females , are either obese or overweight . America has a severe obesity epidemic that has serious long term health implications. The cause of the obesity epidemic is the American lifestyle. This means… Read More: FIGHTING THE SUGAR MONSTER A never ending battle »
Type 2 diabetes can significantly increase the risk of heart disease and strokes happening, which can be life threatening. One way to prevent and reduce high blood glucose levels is to cut down on sugar. Sugar is an addictive substance. Every time we eat a food with a high sugar content our brain releases a… Read More: Type 2 diabetes: The best drink to lower blood sugar… »