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The Not So Sweet News About Sugar

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 04.09.2012

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David Katz, M.D.

Even if we were to isolate sugar as public health enemy number one, its regulation would draw us into challenging subtleties.

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Corn Sugar Lawsuit Moves Forward

AP | By ANDREW DALTON | Posted 12.23.2011

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LOS ANGELES -- A federal judge has ruled that a lawsuit seeking to stop the corn industry's use of the term "corn sugar" for high fructose corn syrup ...

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Is High Fructose Corn Syrup Really Dangerous?

Deepak Chopra | Posted 09.04.2011

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Deepak Chopra

In recent years, one particular processed food ingredient, known as high-fructose corn syrup, has been singled out as a possible health risk.

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The Politics Of Sugar

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 07.01.2011

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David Katz, M.D.

If there are multiple contenders for the single nutrient that is public health enemy #1, the logical conclusion is that none is.

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Are Weight Loss And Common Sense At War?

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 06.25.2011

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David Katz, M.D.

I am surprised, and even more so concerned, about how readily people with good common sense switch it off when it comes to weight control and the illusory promise of a quick fix.

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Fructose: What Is It?

Linda Larrowe Bergersen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Linda Larrowe Bergersen

Fructose is the natural sugar within all fruits and vegetables, and fructose is the dominant sugar in the extracted juice of any fruit. It's a good thing ... as long as it is accompanied by fiber, its natural partner.

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Whoops: Corn Sugar Already Taken

Marion Nestle at the Atlantic | Posted 05.25.2011

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Thanks to alert reader Glen for pointing out that the FDA already has a regulation for Corn Sugar in the Code of Federal Regulations, under food subst...

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Goodbye High Fructose Corn Syrup, Hello Corn Sugar (Signed, Corn Industry)

AP | EMILY FREDRIX | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — The makers of high fructose corn syrup want to sweeten its image with a new name: corn sugar. The Corn Refiners Association applied ...

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Fructose, Blood Pressure Link Found By American Researchers

msn.com | Posted 11.17.2011

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Eating a lot of foods and drinks sweetened with fructose significantly raises a person's risk of having high blood pressure, U.S. researchers said Thu...

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Cancer Cells Slurp Up Fructose, Study Finds

Reuters | Posted 11.17.2011

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Pancreatic tumor cells use fructose to divide and proliferate, U.S. researchers said on Monday in a study that challenges the common wisdom that all s...

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Sugar Hits the News, Thanks to Dr. Lustig's YouTube Video and Nightline (VIDEO)

Connie Bennett | Posted 11.17.2011

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Connie Bennett

Sugar and its dangers are in the news again, thanks to ABC's popular show, Nightline, which, last night, aired a compelling story spotlighting sugar's role in the obesity crisis.

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The New Policy Battlefield: All Eyes On Coca-Cola And Social Media PR

Martin Luz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Martin Luz

If you want to see how future national policy wars will be fought, keep your eye on Coca-Cola and the American Beverage Association. Over the next few years sugar will become the new tobacco.

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Debunking The Blue Agave Myth

Dr. Jonny Bowden | Posted 11.17.2011

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Dr. Jonny Bowden

Agave nectar syrup is a triumph of marketing over science.

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Speak Out Against Ill-Advised Coke-Doctors Partnership

Connie Bennett | Posted 11.17.2011

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Connie Bennett

For a doctors' group to take a six-figure sum from Coke is like accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars from Big Tobacco to create a physician-approved website claiming cigarettes are part of a healthy lifestyle.

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French Women Don't Get Fat? It's the Sugar!

Pamela Newton | Posted 05.25.2011

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Pamela Newton

I have taken the research to a new level, and have turned my own body into a test case for theories about European vs. American diets.

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