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Has Health News Become Sensationalized?

Dr. Pamela Peeke | Posted 08.30.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Healthy Living Body, High-Fructose Corn Syrup, Personal Health, Media Sensationalism, 24-Hour News Cycle, Health Myths, Sucrose, Health News, Sensationalism in News, Healthy Living News
Dr. Pamela Peeke

I admit, I always check the customized Google alerts that are delivered right to my handheld device. But we all need to take a step back, especially when looking at the latest health news.

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The Politics Of Sugar

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 07.01.2011 | Home
Read More: Healthy, Sucrose, Obesity, Diet, Fructose, Sugar, Katz, Lustig, Health, Nutrition, Dr. David Katz, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Taubes, Dietary, Diabetes, News, Conditions, Insulin, Nutrients, Home News
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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Kosher Coke Is Almost the Real Thing

Mark Strausman | Posted 06.19.2011 | Home
Read More: Soda, Passover, Kitniyot, Kosher Foods, Observant Jews, Coke Sales, Chametz, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Kosher Drinks, Coca Cola, Mexican Coke, Sucrose, Passover Coke, Kosher Coke, Hfcs, Jewish Communities, Koshering Process, Home News
Mark Strausman

I would feel special that Coke would make a special beverage just for my people, but unfortunately this all comes down to money.

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Whoops: Corn Sugar Already Taken

Marion Nestle at the Atlantic | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Corn Industry, Corn, Hfcs, Corn Sugar, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Sucrose, Fructose, HFCS Name Change, Sugar, Home News

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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Navigating the Business of Sugar

Derek Beres | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Dr. Marion Nestle, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Food, NY Times, Sugar, Sugars, Sweets, Sucrose, Sweeteners, Hfcs, Home News
Derek Beres

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

Martin Luz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
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
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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French Women Don't Get Fat? It's the Sugar!

Pamela Newton | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
Read More: Germany, Food, Cane Juice, Weight Loss, Sucrose, Diet, French Women, Glucose, Fructose, Healthfood, Sugar, Style News
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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