Sweeteners

A Bitter Sweetener in Baby Formula

Dr. Gary Ginsberg | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Toxic Chemicals, Rice, Arsenic, Diabetes, Sweeteners, Baby Formula, Arsenic Rice, Rice Arsenic, Green News

Taking a crop high in arsenic and concentrating it down into a syrup and then putting that into baby formula sounds like a terrorist plot on a TV drama. Unfortunately, it's actually happening.

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The Not So Sweet News About Sugar

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 04.09.2012

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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How Sweet It Is -- The ABCs of Sweeteners

Laura Kumin | Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: High Fructose Corn Syrup, Honey, Sweeteners, Agave, Sugar, Healthy Eating, Food, Natural Sweeteners, Artificial Sweetners, DC News

I love foods that are sweet-and-sour, sweet-and-salty, or just plain sweet. From sugar in baked goods to honey in my cranberry sauce and tea, sweeteners are an important part of my pantry.

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BEWARE: Liquid Calories That Add Up

Carrie Wiatt, M.S. | Posted 08.30.2011

Read More: Healthy Drinks, Healthy Living Body, Soft Drinks and Disease, Nutrition, Diet Soda, Soda, Artificial Sweeteners, Liquid Calories, Sweeteners, Healthy Living News

Ditching that regular soda and switching to a diet version may not be the perfect fix-it healthy solution. Research shows that both versions may lead to disease.

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Is Sugar Toxic?

The New York Times | Posted 06.18.2011

Read More: Corn Syrup, Robert Lustig, Food Health, Sugar Toxicity, Health, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Diabetes, Fda, Sweeteners, Sugar: The Bitter Truth, Sugar, Childhood Obesity, Food News

On May 26, 2009, Robert Lustig gave a lecture called "Sugar: The Bitter Truth," which was posted on YouTube the following July. Since then, it has bee...

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The Deadly Neurotoxin Nearly EVERYONE Uses Daily (VIDEO)

Dr. Joseph Mercola | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Sweeteners, Huffington Post Aspartame, Articial Sweeteners, Table Sugar, Living News, Fructose Blood Pressure, Aspartame Sweet, Aspartame Health, Aspartame Facts, Aspartame Sweetener, Artificial Sweetener, Aspartame, Health, Video, Healthy Living News

Concerned scientists and researchers fought and were successful in keeping aspartame out of the food supply for over 10 years, and many of those still alive continue to speak out against it today.

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Sugar or Sweetener? Your Body Knows What's Right

Susan B. Dopart, M.S., R.D., C.D.E. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Sweeteners, Sweetness, Artificial Sweeteners Health, Artificial Sweetener, Sweetener Facts, Fructose Sweetener, Artificial Sugar, Aspartame Health, Slidepollajax, Healthy Living News

Many clients I see in my practice have come to believe that artificial sweeteners are a healthier way to satisfy their cravings for sweet. Unfortunately, they're not.

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America's Deadliest Sweetener Betrays Millions, Then Hoodwinks You With Name Change

Dr. Joseph Mercola | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Aspartame, Aspartame Facts, Articial Sweeteners, Aspartame Sweet, Artificial Sweetener, Health, Sweeteners, Aspartame Sweetener, Aspartame Health, Fructose Blood Pressure, Table Sugar, America's Deadliest Sweetener Betrays Millions, Then Hoodwinks You With Name Change, America's Deadliest Sweetener, Huffington Post Aspartame, Healthy Living News

It's hard to believe such a hazardous chemical would be allowed into the food supply, but it was, and it has been wreaking silent havoc with people's health for the past 30 years.

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Navigating the Business of Sugar

Derek Beres | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dr. Marion Nestle, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Food, NY Times, Sugar, Sugars, Sweets, Sucrose, Sweeteners, Hfcs, Food News

Sugar need not be the devil in the food industry; there is a good reason our bodies crave it. But when we saturate ourselves with anything, physically or mentally, we become dependent on it.

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Can Stevia Solve Our Obsession With Sweetness?

Pooja R. Mottl | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Artificial Sweeteners, Health, Sweet Substitute, Sweetener, Sweet Substitutes, Sweeteners, Sweetners Stevia, Stevia Sweetener, Stevia, Reb A, Healthy Living News

As obesity continues to top news stories and consumers become more conscious about the source of our food, these two ideas seem to be a marketing dream scenario: a miracle ingredient!

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Corn Syrup Sales Sour As Americans Try To Eat Healthier

AP | DAVID MERCER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Corn Syrup, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Corn Syrup Sales, Sugar, Sweeteners, Obesity, Hunt's, Snapple, Gatorade, Starbucks, Food, Food News

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Fans of natural foods have tried for years to push the ubiquitous sweetener high fructose corn syrup off Americans' dinner tab...

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

Martin Luz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sweet Surprise, Sugar-Tax, Glover Park Group, Corn-Refiners-Association, Social Media Pr, Lobbying, Americans Against Food Taxes, American Beverage Association, Sucrose, Sweeteners, Coke, Obesity, Fructose, Social Media Marketing, Sugar, The Coca Cola Company, Social Media, Coca-Cola, Robert Lustig, Metabolic Syndrome, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Glucose, Alan Aragon, Grocery Manufacturers Association, Business News

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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The War of the Sweeteners

Dan Dorfman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wall Street, Sweeteners, Pepsi, Business News

Michael McCarthy, a former linebacker, and current chief executive of NXT Nutritional Holdings is used to taking hits. But now he is trying his luck in a much riskier arena: Wall Street.

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A Dangerous Spin On The Cancer Risks Of Sugar-Free Sweeteners

Samuel S. Epstein | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Aspartame, Cancer Prevention, Crystal Light, Weight Loss, Cancer, Sweeteners, Nutrasweet, Sugar, Health, Healthy Living News

In 1975, a FDA Task Force conducted a comprehensive review of the scientific literature on the toxicity of aspartame, revealing suppressed evidence on the toxic and carcinogenic effects of aspartame.

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Why Is It Easier To Buy A Gun Than High-Fructose Corn Syrup?

Sophie Brickman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: High-Fructose Corn Syrup, Dining, Food, The Omnivore's Dilemma, Eating, Sweeteners, Culinary School, Sugar, Style News

Is high fructose corn syrup a drug? Will people soon figure this out and start producing manipulated corn syrup in their bathtubs under the cover of night?

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