A Princeton University research team has demonstrated that all sweeteners are not equal when it comes to weight gain: Rats with access to high-fructose corn syrup gained significantly more weight than those with access to table sugar, even when their overall caloric intake was the same. In addition to causing …
A new study attributed the significant rise of diabetes cases to the growing consumption of refined carbohydrates. The study also supported evidence that the advice from public health regarding limiting their intake of sugary foods and lowering their fat intake might have backfired. Over the past 40 years, the number …
A recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism(JCEM) found that adults who consumed high fructose corn syrup for two weeks as 25 percent of their daily calorie requirement had increased blood levels of cholesterol and triglycerides, which have been shown to be indicators …
A new study has found that regular consumption of soda and other sugar-sweetened beverages is associated with a clear and consistently greater risk of metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes. According to the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers, the study provides empirical evidence that intake of sugary beverages …
Over 460,000 people per year are now dying of a disorder called of sudden cardiac death according to CDC statistics. This is a condition striking otherwise healthy people, who have experienced no obvious symptoms of heart disease prior to their deaths. An alarming number of these deaths are occurring in …
1964: The development of new pharmaceuticals was the focus of research at the international pharmaceutical company, G.D. Searle and Company (Farber 1989, page 29). A group working on an ulcer drug was formed including Dr. Robert Mazer, James Schlatter, Arthur Goldkemp and Imperial Chemical. In particular, they were looking for …
The horrendous toxicity of Aspartame has been well documented ever since its inception. Sudden deaths logically arise from several of its many toxicities. For example, Christina Onassis, Patty Crane, and Carol Hamm are amongst those that I know of who were using Aspartame and were addicted to it, and visibly deteriorating under …
Sugar is a key factor in most degenerative disease, and in order for us as a society to get control over our health, we must stop consuming it. On some level most of us know that sugar is not healthy, but I don’t think the majority of us have any …
Syndrome X — 60 to 75 million Americans have it. According to Dr. Gerald Reaven, who discovered Syndrome X, it is the number one predictor of heart disease. And that good diet prescribed by your cardiologist can be deadly. If you have Syndrome X, carefully dieting to lower your total …
A study of rats links low doses of aspartame — the sweetener in NutraSweet, Equal, and thousands of consumer products — to leukemia and lymphoma. But food industry officials point out that many other studies have found no link between aspartame and cancer. The rats in the study were fed …
Dear Betty, My review of the first Ramazzini Study concluded that the study was one of the best designed, comprehensive and conclusive studies done to date on the multipotent carcinogenic potential of aspartame. This second study is even more conclusive, in that it shows a dose-dependent statistically significant increase in …
Want to lose weight? It might help to pour that diet soda down the drain. Researchers have laboratory evidence that the widespread use of no-calorie sweeteners may actually make it harder for people to control their intake and body weight. Psychologists at Purdue University’s Ingestive Behavior Research Center reported that …
Even if you aren’t a full-blown diabetic, you can still have blood sugar issues that keep you from feeling your best. If you find that you experience wide fluctuations in blood sugar levels throughout the day, going from high’s to low’s in a matter of minutes, it’s no doubt that …
Sugar is empty calories that raise the insulin level as soon as we eat it. Too much sugar into the bloodstream upsets the body’s blood-sugar balance, triggering the release of insulin. Insulin is a hormone with extensive effects on both metabolism and several other body systems (e.g., vascular compliance). When …
Health issues associated with the consumption of sugar are numerous. Since refined sugar and high fructose corn syrup are two simple sugars that are the most common additives in food, it is helpful to know just how many health conditions one is risking by over-consuming sugar. Naturally, one of the big health issues related to the consumption of sugar is obesity. Refinedsugar, and sugars …