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Hold the diet soda? Sweetened drinks linked to depression, coffee tied to lower risk

New research suggests that drinking sweetened beverages, especially diet drinks, is associated with an increased risk of depression in adults while drinking coffee was tied to a slightly lower risk. The study ...

Health created Jan 08, 2013 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (10) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Sugar makes you stupid: Study shows high-fructose diet sabotages learning, memory

Attention, college students cramming between midterms and finals: Binging on soda and sweets for as little as six weeks may make you stupid.

Health created May 15, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (43) | comments 26 | with audio podcast

Study unravels health impact, interplay of diet soft drinks and overall diet

Are diet sodas good or bad for you? The jury is still out, but a new study sheds light on the impact that zero-calorie beverages may have on health, especially in the context of a person's overall dietary habits.

Health created Mar 28, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Two studies point to the illusion of the artificial sweeteners

In the constant battle to lose inches or at least stay the same, we reach for the diet soda. Two studies presented June 25 and 27 at the American Diabetes Association's Scientific Sessions in San Diego suggest this might ...

Health created Jun 27, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Black students drink more soda when available at school

The availability of sugar-sweetened or diet soda in schools does not appear to be related to students' overall consumption, except for African-American students, who drink more soda when it's available at ...

Health created May 15, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Younger men biggest consumers of added sugars, CDC says

(HealthDay)—Young U.S. adults are consuming more added sugars in their food and drinks than older—and apparently wiser—folks, according to a new government report.

Health created May 01, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New rules aim to get rid of junk foods in schools

Almost all candy, high-calorie drinks and greasy meals could soon be on a food blacklist in the nation's schools.

Health created Feb 02, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Does no-calorie mean no-worry when it comes to sodas? Not necessarily

In Laura West's household, a 24-pack of Diet Coke lasts about a week. She drinks two or three a day, her 15-year-old-son Michael at least that many.

Health created Dec 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NYC bans big, sugary drinks at restaurants

(AP)—New York City cracked down on the sale of supersized sodas and other sugary drinks Thursday in what was celebrated by some as a groundbreaking attempt to curb obesity but condemned by others as a blatant ...

Health created Sep 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Christopher Gardner on non-nutritive sweeteners

It sounds like a no-brainer: To cut your sugar intake, just switch to foods and drinks with no-calorie, artificial sweeteners. That way, you’ll still satisfy your sweet tooth without packing on the extra ...

Health created Jul 10, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Major medical groups back sweeteners as diet aid

(HealthDay) -- Non-nutritive sweeteners like Splenda, Equal and Sweet'N Low may have a role to play in maintaining or even losing weight, as long as people don't use them as an excuse to treat themselves later ...

Health created Jul 09, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Diet soda linked to increase in glucagon-like peptide 1 levels

(HealthDay) -- Drinking a diet soda before a glucose load is associated with increased glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) secretion in individuals with type 1 diabetes and healthy controls, but not in those with ...

Diabetes created Mar 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Diet soda doesn't make you fat -- it's the extra food

You are making a healthier choice when opting for a diet soda instead of a calorie-laden drink, but beware that you don’t sabotage your good behavior by indulging in extra-calorie foods, said an obesity specialist at ...

Health created Jul 04, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mexico City tries to get salt shakers off tables

(AP)—Salt and lime with tequila. Salt with your iced "michelada" beer. Salt and chili on fruit and even candy. Mexicans love salt, so much so that some estimates show them eating nearly three times the ...

Health created Apr 11, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Coca-Cola puts new sweetener in U.K. Sprite

It's about to get difficult finding a can of regular Sprite in the United Kingdom.

Health created Mar 06, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0