Happy Halloween! The highlight for kids on Halloween night is the candy they get from going door to door, and if you’re like most parents, you’re going to try and limit the amount of candy they eat tonight and in the coming days. Sugar highs and sugar crashes are real things that you want to […]
Renewed Efforts To Cut Sugar Around The World
Efforts to cut back on sugar consumption and increase overall health appear to be working in other countries, and the United States may want to take note. Sugar South of the Border Mexico added a peso-per-liter tax on sugary drinks back in January of 2014, and two years later the country has seen a modest […]
Think You Know Sugar? Take the Sugar Quiz
We’ve written about the negative health effects of sugar in the past, but many people assume that as long as they avoid candy bars and Pixie Stix’s they won’t go over their daily sugar recommendation (between 20g-40g). Unfortunately, that’s not always the case. Some of our favorite foods that we believe are healthy are actually […]
Excess Sugar Intake Leads to Early Death in Mice
Mice that consumed a diet consisting of excess sugar were found to die earlier, mate less, and be bullied more by other mice. For their study, researchers divided the mice into two groups. The control group received a healthy, whole grain-based diet, while the test group received a diet that was 25% sugar, and 75% […]
Diabetes Risk Increases Significantly When Soda is Consumed Daily
Researchers in England discovered that one extra can of soda a day significantly increases a person’s likelihood of developing diabetes in their lifetime. According to their findings, consuming an additional 12 ounces of sugar-sweetened soda a day was associated with a 22% increased risk for developing diabetes, and artificially sweetened soft drinks were even more […]