Tag: eating too much sugar
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New Study Warns About the Impact of Sugar in Packaged Foods
A new study by a team of researchers reveals how sugar in packaged foods contributes to disease. Findings showed that reducing the sugar in packaged foods and beverages by 20 and 40%, respectively, could prevent 2.48 million cardiovascular disease events. These include strokes, heart attacks, and cardiac arrests. Furthermore, cutting back on sugar in processed…
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15 Reasons to Sweeten With Monk Fruit Instead of Sugar
(Editor’s Note 8/13/2023): Article has been clarified to remove talking points on monk fruit and metabolism and body composition, and to show that while there is evidence from multiple animal studies to suggest that monk fruit consumption may help to improve aspects of health listed in this article, more clinical human trials are needed to…
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Researchers Reveal Sugar Impairs Brain Development
A new study from the University of Georgia found that sugar negatively impacts brain development in children. Kids consume sugar more than any other age group, despite warnings about high-sugar diets leading to health problems like obesity. Food companies directly target children in their ads and create sugary products to entice them. While parents could…
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10 Behaviors Reveal A Carb Addiction (And How to Stop)
Are you a carb addict? Do you have a compulsive eating problem that makes you seek snack foods and sugar? Since a carb addiction usually comes with obesity, it’s no wonder that more than 42 percent of adults over the age of 20 are overweight. The CDC states that the number of people obese in…
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15 Behaviors That Reveal a Sugar Addict
Are you a sugar addict? Can you go one day without a sweet treat? Did you know that sugar is eight times more addictive than cocaine, heroin, or LSD? Yet, you can buy it at every grocery store, gas station, or vending machine across this country. The more sugar you eat, the more it will…