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56 Names for Sugar

You Should Know These 56 Names for Sugar

Added sugar is lurking in 74% of packaged foods, and we’re not just talking about cookies, cakes, and desserts. Many foods that we deem as “healthy”…
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Does Sugar Cause Diabetes?

Does eating too much sugar cause diabetes? It’s not entirely clear, but a population-based study published February 27 in the peer-reviewed, online journal PLoS One identifies a relevant correlation.
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More on Sugar

For those not yet convinced about the dangers of sugar, look no further than today’s New York Times op-ed page with Mark Bittman’s…
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The Trouble with Sugar

A few mornings ago, at Jamie’s third grade breakfast share, about half of the items had chocolate, or some other ingredient that in another context…
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I Gave Up Sugar

I stopped eating sugar only because the possible long term metabolic effects of the stuff were scary enough that I thought I'd run an experiment on myself...
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Sweet Tooth…Or Not

It’s no secret that when someone is diagnosed with diabetes, they’re told to limit the amount of dessert they eat. But the flip side of this is also true. At times, diabetics have to eat sweet foods when they don’t want to, i.e., when they have low blood sugar.
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