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Sugar Vocabulary Guide

Sugars have been in the news a lot lately, but sometimes the terms we use for them can be confusing. Lucky for you, this post has the answers…

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Fact Sheet: Honey

What do you know about honey? Get the results of the latest scientific research and find out whether honey really is a miracle food...

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The Unique Adverse Metabolic Effects of Fructose

While there is little credible scientific evidence implicating HFCS as being far worse metabolically than other concentrated sweeteners, it does appear that all of these sweeteners may have some unique metabolic effects due to their high fructose content.

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Fruit and Diabetes

People with diabetes shouldn?t be afraid of fruit! Fruit is packed with vitamins and minerals, including antioxidants. It also contains dietary fiber, which fills you up and helps with blood sugar control. Fruit?s sweet taste makes it a natural and healthful dessert too.

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Are Artificial Sweeteners Fattening?

Whether or not nonnutritive sweeteners have an impact on calorie intake and body weight has been debated for many years.

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The Skinny on Sugar

Research synonyms for sugar and you find ?sweet? and ?dearest.? But ask most fad diet enthusiasts, and they will associate sugar with ?evil,? ?toxin,? and even ?poison.? Too much of anything is no good, but vilifying this carbohydrate without distinguishing between natural sugar and refined sugar has gone too far. Here?s the real skinny on sugar.

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Energy Myths

Everyone is talking about energy these days ? where we get it, how we use it, etc. Let?s take some time to delve into the world of energy, starting with these common energy myths.

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11 Tips to Reduce Sugar Intake

The 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee recently recommended reducing added sugar consumption from the current 16% of calories to 10% of total calorie intake. This would help reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, tooth decay, and obesity. Use these 11 tips to reduce your added sugar intake.

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Introduction to High-Intensity Sweeteners

Whether you call them sugar substitutes, non-nutritive sweeteners or high-intensity sweeteners, you?re looking at substances that impart a sweet taste to foods and beverages. They do this either without calories or with only a few calories, and they have little to no impact on blood glucose levels.