Public Release: 24-May-2016 The study suggests that the bacteria in the gut may be able to break down artificial sweeteners, resulting in negative health effects York University TORONTO, May 24, 2016 — Artificial sweeteners help individuals with obesity to… Read More ›
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Artificially sweetened beverages consumed in pregnancy linked to increased infant BMI
Public Release: 9-May-2016 The JAMA Network Journals Daily consumption of artificially sweetened beverages by women during pregnancy may be associated with increased infant body mass index (BMI) and may be associated with an increased risk of being overweight in… Read More ›
High-fructose diet during pregnancy may harm placenta, restrict fetal growth
Public Release: 4-May-2016 Drug prescribed to treat gout, kidney stones may negate the sugar’s ill effects Washington University in St. Louis Consuming a high-fructose diet during pregnancy may cause defects in the placenta and restrict fetal growth, potentially increasing… Read More ›
Fructose alters hundreds of brain genes, which can lead to a wide range of diseases
Public Release: 22-Apr-2016 UCLA scientists report that diet rich in omega-3 fatty acids can reverse the damage University of California – Los Angeles A range of diseases — from diabetes to cardiovascular disease, and from Alzheimer’s disease to attention… Read More ›
Consuming too much fructose during pregnancy raises the child’s risk for heart disease
Public Release: 20-Apr-2016 The study could have worldwide implications for people because a large proportion of processed foods and carbonated beverages contain high-fructose syrup and other fructose-based sweeteners University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston The negative health… Read More ›
High Fructose Diet in Pregnancy Leads to Fetal Programming of Hypertension, Insulin Resistance and Obesity in Adult Offspring
Public Release: 4-Feb-2016 Impact of high fructose on health of offspring Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine ATLANTA (Feb. 4, 2016)–In a study to be presented on Feb. 5 in the oral session at 1:15 p.m. EST, at the Society for Maternal-Fetal… Read More ›
Processed Fructose bad for the Brain TBI
Processed Fructose from corn ( as in HFCS) – The sweetener interfered with the ability of neurons to communicate with each other, rewire connections after injury, record memories and produce enough energy to fuel basic functions. We review the study… Read More ›
High-fructose diet slows recovery from brain injury
Public Release: 2-Oct-2015 High-fructose diet slows recovery from brain injury UCLA study finds diet may predict ability to recover from mental deficits after head trauma University of California – Los Angeles Health Sciences A diet high in processed fructose sabotages… Read More ›
New research exposes the health risks of fructose and sugary drinks
Public Release: 28-Sep-2015 as high as a 26 percent greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes, a 35 percent greater risk of heart attack or fatal heart disease, and a 16 percent increased risk of stroke Researchers call for more… Read More ›
Fructose produces less rewarding sensations in the brain
Public Release: 25-Jun-2015 University of Basel Caption The MRI image clearly shows how the brain’s reward, or limbic, system behaves differently when administered a placebo (top) or one of two types of sugar, glucose (center) and fructose (bottom). Credit:… Read More ›
High Fructose Sweetener can lead to fatal heart failure
Fructose powers a vicious circle ETH Zurich ‘Walk through any supermarket and take a look at the labels on food products, and you’ll see that many of them contain fructose, often in the form of sucrose (table sugar)’ — that’s… Read More ›
High Fructose decreases physical activity and increases body fat signifigantly over glucose
Public Release: 1-Jun-2015 “Fructose decreases physical activity and increases body fat without affecting hippocampal neurogenesis and learning relative to an isocaloric glucose diet,” Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology In the last 40 years, fructose, a simple carbohydrate derived… Read More ›
New report links frequency of diet soda use to waist increases
Public Release: 6-Apr-2015 University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio SAN ANTONIO, Texas, U.S.A. (April 6, 2015) — Those who drink diet soda thinking it will help them shed unwanted belly fat may see their waistlines expand instead…. Read More ›
Diet soda linked to increases in belly fat in older adults
Public Release: 17-Mar-2015 Wiley A new study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society shows that increasing diet soda intake is directly linked to greater abdominal obesity in adults 65 years of age and older. Findings raise concerns… Read More ›
Drug found to halt High Fructose and Fat, induced liver scarring
Public Release: 17-Feb-2015 In lab research, SLU team halts NASH liver damage Drug stops fatty liver disease from causing inflammation, scarring ST. LOUIS — Doctors believe that up to 30 percent of the U.S. population may have fat accumulation in… Read More ›
Added fructose is a principal driver of type 2 diabetes
Public Release: 29-Jan-2015 Clinical experts reporting in Mayo Clinic Proceedings urge drastic reductions in the consumption of foods and beverages containing added sugars, particularly added fructose Rochester, MN, January 29, 2015 – Recent studies have shown that added sugars,… Read More ›
High Fructose Corn Syrup found to kill animals almost twice as fast as table sugar
High Fructose Corn Syrup found to kill animals almost twice as fast as table sugar – SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 5, 2015 – When University of Utah biologists fed mice sugar in doses proportional to what many people eat, the… Read More ›
High-fructose corn syrup more toxic than table sugar in mice
Sensitive toxicity test used sugars in doses proportional to what we eat University of Utah SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 5, 2015 – When University of Utah biologists fed mice sugar in doses proportional to what many people eat, the fructose-glucose… Read More ›
Sugar is toxic to mice in ‘safe’ doses
New test hints 3 sodas daily hurt lifespan, reproduction SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 13, 2013 – When mice ate a diet of 25 percent extra sugar – the mouse equivalent of a healthy human diet plus three cans of… Read More ›
The dark side of artificial sweeteners
15 JUL 2013 More and more Americans are consuming artificial sweeteners as an alternative to sugar, but whether this translates into better health has been heavily debated. An opinion article published by Cell Press on July 10th in the journal… Read More ›
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