By Anika Knüppel, UCL The thought of a cupcake, skillfully frosted with fluffy vanilla icing, may put a smile on your face, but research suggests that, in the long term, a sweet tooth may turn that smile into a frown – but not for…
By Francesco Leri, University of Guelph Could a diet high in refined sugars make children and adults more susceptible to opioid addiction and overdose? New research, from our laboratory of behavioral neuroscience at the University of Guelph, suggests it could. Approximately 20,000 people died of…
By Anna Hunt Ahhhh, the sweet sugar industry, willing to fudge any numbers to make suckers out of us. All puns aside, this is exactly what the sugar industry did back in the 1960s. Specifically, the Sugar Research Foundation (SRF) secretly funded research at Harvard…
By Dr. Alwyn Wong, DC High amounts of sugar in the blood can eat away at your vital organs, causing them to degenerate over time and lead to serious illnesses (not to mention rotten teeth!). Thankfully, controlling blood sugar levels naturally, without the use of medications,…
By Heather Callaghan, Editor You may have heard of the sugar industry’s attempt to get dietary fat blamed for heart disease when it manipulated results to cover up sugar’s role in cardiovascular illness. There is more to the story… Last year, three researchers turned heads everywhere when…
By Carey Wedler Every Halloween, warnings to parents sound the alarm on cannabis and other drugs ending up in their children’s candy. While these advisories rarely come to fruition, another dangerous substance is guaranteed to be in kids’ treats: sugar.Though the link between sugar consumption and…
By Dr. Nicole Avena Is sugar really a drug? Why do researchers now compare sugar to cocaine – what does it do to the brain? Do we develop a sugar tolerance, similar to a drug tolerance? All this and more in the following TED-Ed video. When…
By Heather Callaghan, Editor There’s too much crazy news in the world – but if you’re not crying, why not laugh? And by that I don’t mean laugh at ourselves, but laugh at the ridiculous antics of old timey ad execs. They were Mad Men indeed. We are…
Carolyn Hartz gave up eating processed sugar almost 30 years ago after years of being ‘addicted’ to sweets. Today she boasts a bikini body and glowing complexion that many people who are decades younger than her dream of having. But she believes that in order…
Grace Cooper is 2 and a half years old right now and she has never eaten a gram of processed sugar in her life! Shan, Grace’s mom, said publicly that when her daughter is old enough to understand what she likes and doesn’t like, she…
By Aaron Kesel, Natural Blaze How does soda and diet soda affect your body? You may be shocked to know the truth about what is actually going on inside your body every time you drink some cola and the effects it has on you both long…
By April McCarthy In a nine-day experiment, researchers from Touro University and UC San Francisco found that a diet with reduced sugar cut liver fat by more than 20 percent. Cutting out the sort of sugar commonly found in soft drinks, fruit juices and processed…
By Anna Hunt “Sweet food has been found to induce positive feelings in the short-term. People experiencing low mood may eat sugary foods in the hope of alleviating negative feelings. Our study suggests a high intake of sugary foods is more likely to have the…
By Brent Chittenden Our body does a lot of things that we may have never thought of. It processes the food that we eat, and turns the bits and pieces into fuel that we burn for energy. But what if you couldn’t process one of those…
By Karen Foster Fruit juice has been marketed (and in some cases, recommended by physicians) as a healthy, natural source of vitamins and calcium. Kids like the way it tastes — in fact, children and adolescents continue to be the highest consumers of fruit juice…
By Heather Callaghan, Editor Starbucks is always keen to cozy up to the millennial crowd, so it’s not surprising that they would grind up a Unicorn mess complete with “sparkles” on cloud whip. We’re just surprised they didn’t throw in some mermaid scales and bacon…
By HTN Medjool dates are fruits of the date palm tree. They have deep brown color and a caramel-like flavor and can be consumed fresh or dried. So why are the Medjool dates healthiest natural sweetener? Besides that they are delicious they are also rich…
By Brandon Turbeville A recent news story, no doubt designed to capture the attention of people wanting light and weird news, has accidentally revealed yet another disgusting and unpleasant fact about the American food system. The case took off when a Wisconsin Sheriff posted on…
By Ariana Marisol Everyone has a sweet tooth. But choosing the sweet option could be the difference between life and death. These important tips could save your life: Today, we are all urged to watch our sugar intake as much as possible. Women are told that…
By Sayer Ji, Founder Is sucralose (aka Splenda) really as safe a sugar alternative as its manufacturers and advertisers claim, or is it really a toxic chemical causing a wide range of health problems including thyroid suppression and weight gain? New research sheds light on this…
