Sugary drinks including fruit juice once again implicated in increased risk of overall cancer and breast cancer in a study published in British medical journal. Of note, this correlation persisted with even a small amount of sugary drink consumed – 100 ml or 1/3rd of a can of soda a day. So far, I have…
Category: sugar
deeply personal
My maternal grandfather was my father figure. We affectionately called him “Dhomdada” after a character he used to play in the local theater. He grew up poor, “stone soup” was a reality for them, not just a story. He didn’t finish high school since his family had very little money and he needed to start…
last nail in the coffin
SSB – Sugar sweetened beverages ASB- Artificially sweetened beverages Study and editorial published in Circulation last week: 2 large studies – 37 716 men from the Health Professional’s Follow-up study and 80647 women from the Nurses’ Health study who were free from chronic diseases at baseline. 3.7 million person-years of follow up. SSB showed higher…
one down, one more to go
Salt Institute Sugar Association Until these lobbyists are allowed to help craft the US government’s “Dietary Guidelines for Americans”, health will continue to take a back seat.
diet soda kills
Soda kills. Diet soda kills just as many. (And so do artificial sweeteners in other products.) There have been a series of artificial sweeteners – saccharin, cyclamate, aspartame, acesulfame, sucralose, agave nectar, stevia. They make a unique promise – you can have your cake and eat it too. But as has been proven again and…
soda kills
(and so does anything with added sugar) We all know intuitively that sugary drinks are not good for you. We have also seen videos over the years that explain why. A paper in the journal Circulation to be published tomorrow provides proof. Sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) are the single largest source of added sugar in the…
low carb diet and AFIB
Low carb diets are associated with an increased incidence of AFIB according to an ARIC substudy. Low carb diets may include high intake of animal protein and low intake of fruits, vegetables and grains which together may promote inflammation – an evolving risk factor for atrial fibrillation.
sugar, the bitter truth
This is an interesting talk by Dr. Robert Lustig, endocrinologist at UCSF If you don’t want to sit through a 90 minute video, here is a condensed 30 minute version: