Miriam E Tucker January 07, 2016 Establishment of a policy whereby manufacturers slowly and imperceptibly reduce the amount of sugar in sweetened beverages over a 5-year period — without the addition of artificial sweeteners — could dramatically cut the prevalence of overweight, obesity, and type 2 diabetes in the population, a new modeling study from […]
By Nick Tate Wednesday, 11 Nov 2015 This week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration proposed new dietary guidelines that, for the first time, recommend placing a cap on average Americans’ consumption of added sugar. The recommendations are part of new 2015 Dietary Guidelines, due to be finalized next month, and based on the latest […]
Findings for two servings or more daily in men TUESDAY, Nov. 3, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Regular consumption of soda or sweetened fruit drinks may increase risk for heart failure in men, according to research published online Nov. 2 in Heart.Using national registry data, researchers tracked the health of 42,400 men living in two counties […]
Study Indicates That Calories Are Not Created Equal; Sugar and Fructose Are Dangerous By Juliana Bunim on October 27, 2015 Reducing consumption of added sugar, even without reducing calories or losing weight, has the power to reverse a cluster of chronic metabolic diseases in children, including high cholesterol and blood pressure in as little as 10 […]
Associations of sugar and artificially sweetened soda with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis QJM: An International Journal of Medicine, 10/01/2015 Wijarnpreecha K, et al. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the major concern of public health worldwide. The risk of NAFLD in subjects who regularly drink soda is controversial. The aim […]
Added sugars raise risk of myocardial infarction, cardiovascular disease, and stroke TUESDAY, Sept. 29, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Soft drinks and other sugar-sweetened beverages can seriously damage cardiovascular health, a new review finds. The report was published in the Oct. 6 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. The added sugar in […]
Open Heart 2015;2: doi:10.1136/openhrt-2015-000273 Editorial It is time to stop counting calories, and time instead to promote dietary changes that substantially and rapidly reduce cardiovascular morbidity and mortality Aseem Malhotra1, James J DiNicolantonio3and Simon Capewell Most heart attacks and ischaemic strokes are caused by complicated atheroma usually compounded by thrombosis suddenly reducing blood flow in […]
Date: September 1, 2015 Source: European Society of Cardiology Summary: Carbonated beverages are associated with out-of-hospital cardiac arrests of cardiac origin, according to new results. The study in nearly 800,000 patients suggests that limiting consumption of carbonated beverages may be beneficial for health. Carbonated beverages are associated with out-of-hospital cardiac arrests of cardiac origin, according […]
Expert Opinion / Commentary · August 04, 2015 Written by Wahida Karmally DrPH, RD, CDE, CLS, FNLA Sugar is on the FDA “generally recognized as safe” list despite the growing body of evidence that sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) consumption is detrimental to health and has been associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease mortality,1 hypertension,2,3 liver […]
Diana Phillips June 11, 2015 Regular consumption of sugared beverages is associated with a greater prevalence of fatty liver disease, even after adjusting for body mass index, according to a large observational study. Specifically, adults who drank more than one sugar-sweetened drink per day were 55% (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.03 – 2.35) more likely […]
A daily sugar-sweetened beverage habit may increase the risk for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), researchers from the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (USDA HRNCA) at Tufts University report in the Journal of Hepatology. The researchers analyzed 2,634 self-reported dietary questionnaires from mostly Caucasian middle-aged men and women enrolled in the National […]
FRIDAY, May 1, 2015 (HealthDay News) — Exchanging one sugar-sweetened beverage for water or unsweetened coffee or tea daily could lower diabetes risk by up to 25 percent, according to research reported online April 30 in Diabetologia. Nita Forouhi, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, and colleagues based their findings on […]
Veronica Hackethal, MD March 24, 2015 Most US children start life with optimal cardiovascular health (CVH), but it declines substantially over time, suggests a study published online March 18 in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. “Our findings indicate that, in general, children start with pretty good blood pressure. But if they have a horrible diet, it will drive a worsening […]
1/27/2015 Girls who frequently consume sugary drinks tend to start their menstrual periods earlier than girls who do not, according to new research published online Jan 28 in Human Reproduction. In the first study to look at the relation between sugar-sweetened drinks and the age at which girls have their first period, researchers followed 5583 […]
European Journal of Nutrition December 2014 Date: 21 Dec 2014 Consumption of soft drinks and juices and risk of liver and biliary tract cancers in a European cohort Magdalena Stepien
Does the Movie Fed Up Make Sense? Posted by Harriet Hall on October 14, 2014 The 2014 film Fed Up is an advocacy documentary. Its message: There is a worldwide epidemic of obesity. It is endangering our children. Increased sugar consumption is responsible. The food industry is responsible for our increased sugar consumption because it puts hidden […]
Eur J Cancer Prev. 2014 Sep;23(5):481-90. doi: 10.1097/CEJ.0000000000000015. Sweetened carbonated beverage consumption and cancer risk: meta-analysis and review. Boyle P1, Koechlin A, Autier P. Abstract There is speculation on an association between sweetened, carbonated beverage consumption and cancer risk. This study aimed to examine this issue. Over 50 independent estimates of risk were available, 11 […]
The Journal of Nutrition, 04/21/2014 Clinical Article Larsson SC, et al. – The consumption of sweetened beverages such as soft drinks has been associated with adverse effects on markers of cardiovascular risk. These findings suggest that sweetened beverage consumption is positively associated with the risk of stroke. Methods The authors examined the hypothesis that high consumption of […]
Huang C Atherosclerosis. 2014 May;234(1):11-6. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2014.01.037. Epub 2014 Feb 15. PubMed Reference Abstract OBJECTIVE: To summarize the evidence with respect to sugar sweetened beverages (SSBs) consumption and risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) and to recommend field standards for future analysis on this topic. METHODS: We searched for articles published up to February 2013 […]