Sugar

Sugar: The Unhealthy Side Of Chocolate Milk

Hemi Weingarten | Posted 11.09.2009 | Living


Hemi Weingarten

Children are consuming too many calories from sugar. The additional sugar in flavored milk can add up to an extra 5 pounds of body weight over a school year.

Coke Bribes Family Physicians Association for Cheap

Hemi Weingarten | Posted 11.06.2009 | Living


Hemi Weingarten

What exact role do sugar laden beverages such as Coca Cola, Vitamin Water, and others play in a healthy lifestyle? None. You don't need an educational program to figure that one out.

Speak Out Against Ill-Advised Coke-Doctors Partnership

Connie Bennett | Posted 11.06.2009 | Living


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.

Don't Tax Soda, Tax Fat Soda Drinkers

Steven R. Gundry | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics


Steven R. Gundry

There are two ways to slow obesity: One, limit where and when simple carbohydrates can be used (it worked in World War II). Or two, tax the consequences of their overuse.

Americans Get Failing Grade On Diabetes Awareness

forbes.com | Posted 11.02.2009 | Living


Though someone is diagnosed with diabetes every 20 seconds, many Americans lack basic knowledge about the potentially life-threatening disease, accord...

Stop Sugar Shock on Halloween: Power Up With PFFW

Connie Bennett | Posted 10.29.2009 | Living


Connie Bennett

Even if parents develop clever schemes to limit the number of candies their children eat, kids -- and many adults -- will often overdose on sweets, in secret if need be.

Holiday Health: 10 Tips to Conquer Your Cravings for Candies, Cookies Or Cakes

Connie Bennett | Posted 11.02.2009 | Living


Connie Bennett

Even though sugary temptations abound, make sure to focus often on your goal of weight loss, health, happiness and freedom.

10 Things the FDA Can Do to Improve Nutrition Labeling

Hemi Weingarten | Posted 10.29.2009 | Green


Hemi Weingarten

Wouldn't it be nice if the FDA cleaned up the mess originally created when it brought us the nutrition facts label as we know it today?

Halloween: Sales Of Empty-Calorie, Sugar-Filled Candies Soar

Connie Bennett | Posted 10.29.2009 | Living


Connie Bennett

It's only fitting that I begin as a Huffington Post blogger soon before Halloween, a spooky holiday, when many of our country's adults feel that it's un-American NOT to give out sugar-loaded candies.

A Sweet (and Green) Way to Remove Hair

Victoria Namkung | Posted 10.20.2009 | Style


Victoria Namkung

Sugaring, a technique that dates back to the days of Cleopatra, began as an indulgent pampering treatment for young Egyptians. A pliable sugar paste is applied to the skin and flicked off by a technician.

Sweet Scam Group Hits Back At New York Health Initiatives (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | David Weiner | Posted 09.30.2009 | New York


In light of all of Mayor Bloomberg's recent health initiatives, the non-profit Center for Consumer Freedom is asking, "When did the Big Apple become B...

Judge Rejects U.S. Approval of Genetically Modified Sugar Beets

nytimes.com | ANDREW POLLACK | Posted 09.23.2009 | Green


A federal judge has ruled that the government failed to adequately assess the environmental impacts of genetically engineered sugar beets before appro...

Sugar, Sugar.

Fred Hahn | Posted 09.21.2009 | Living


Fred Hahn

I am calling for a three-month moratorium on sugar and grain based carbohydrates. Rather than all join hands and walk for the cure, let's instead join minds and eat for it.

Sugar Consumption Limits Urged by Heart Association

wsj.com | RON WINSLOW and SHIRLEY S. WANG | Posted 09.25.2009 | Living


The American Heart Association is taking aim at the nation's sweet tooth, urging consumers to significantly cut back on the amount of sugar they get f...

Stephen Colbert Panics Over The US Sugar Shortage, Pours Sugar All Over Himself (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Katherine Goldstein | Posted 09.20.2009 | Green


Last night on the Colbert Report, Stephen got news of the sugar shortage. He screamed, poured sugar on himself, declared sugar "Jesus' dandruff" and t...

Detoxing And Cleansing With Gwyneth

One For The Table | Posted 09.19.2009 | Living


One For The Table

The food was so satisfying, that before I knew it, I had eliminated dairy, sugar, caffeine and wheat from my diet. Completely!

Why It's So Hard Not To Be Fat

Christina Pirello | Posted 09.19.2009 | Living


Christina Pirello

Fat, sugar and salt; the triple threat to our waistlines... and health. Mere decades ago, the food industry made a conscious choice to seduce the Amer...

Gimme Some Sugar, Mr. President

Leighann Lord | Posted 09.18.2009 | Comedy


Leighann Lord

President Obama, I know you're busy with Iran, North Korea, Health Care, Blue Dog Democrats, and The Economy, but this is serious. I can't do without sugar.

Wheaties - Breakfast of Champions or Just Sea Monkeys?

Fred Hahn | Posted 08.26.2009 | Living


Fred Hahn

The real breakfast of champions would consist of real foods - meat, eggs, fish, vegetables and fruit - foods that actually exist in real life.

Recipe Passed on to the Next Generation

Mary Ann West | Posted 08.06.2009 | Living


Mary Ann West

The Strawberry Rite of Passage, now transcribed for future generations, is more than just making great tasting jam, it's the experience of doing it for oneself and knowing where your food comes from, supporting local farmers and recapturing one of the lost home arts.

11 Common Health Myths, Busted

nytimes.com | Tara Parker | Posted 07.31.2009 | Living


Myths, half-truths and wives' tales persist in medicine. Sometimes doctors and nurses even believe things that aren't true or at least are unproven. T...

Is Sugar Addictive?

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 07.19.2009 | Living


Irene Rubaum-Keller

French doctor, Serge Ahmed, of Bordeaux, has been working with rats and giving them the choice between cocaine and sugar. Guess what wins, time and again? That's right, sugar.

Why Snickers Really Satisfies

Dr. Eric Braverman | Posted 07.11.2009 | Living


Dr. Eric Braverman

Lots of people notice that eating candy bars or other sweets gives them a quick pickup, but what they don't know is the long term damage that this type of eating is doing to your brain.

Is Your Fat, Your Fault?

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 06.29.2009 | Living


Irene Rubaum-Keller

Comparing the brains of obese vs. lean individuals gets interesting results.

Why Are We Americans So Fat? (Part Three)

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 06.18.2009 | Living


Irene Rubaum-Keller

Not only do bulimics get the dopamine high, they also avoid the inevitable weight gain their high calorie binges would produce if they didn't purge.