Health
Ask the Pediatrician: Especially this time of year, all my kids want to eat is sweets. What should I do?
"Can I have a treat?"
Dec 12, 2022
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News tagged with dietary sugar
Health
Healthy plant-based diets better for the environment than less healthy plant-based diets
Healthier plant-based dietary patterns are associated with better environmental health, while less healthy plant-based dietary patterns, which are higher in foods like refined grains and sugar-sweetened beverages, require ...
Nov 10, 2022
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Dentistry
Should kids eat all Halloween candy at once, or spread it out? Dentists and nutritionists weigh in
The scariness of Halloween is supposed to come from ghosts and goblins, but some parents are more alarmed by what's left over: an avalanche of candy.
Oct 27, 2022
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Health
Study finds that reducing intake of simple sugars improves GERD
A reduction in dietary carbohydrates improved both symptoms and objective measurements of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) in a randomized controlled trial.
Oct 14, 2022
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Health
Globally, diets are not much healthier today than they were thirty years ago
On a scale from 0 to 100 of how well people stick to recommended diets, with 0 being a poor diet (think heavy consumption of sugar and processed meats), and 100 representing the recommended balance of fruits, vegetables, ...
Sep 19, 2022
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Health
Q and A: 10 nutrition myths debunked
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: As a woman in my 40s, I've experienced a wide variety of diet fads come and go. One week I read it's bad to eat carbs. The next week, it's full-fat dairy products. I've seen articles that say I should only ...
Aug 3, 2022
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Health
On Nutrition: Don't be embarrassed to put prunes into your grocery cart
Why is it that, real or not, we tend to reject things that associate us with being old? Case in point: A little over two decades ago, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a petition to allow prune producers to market ...
Apr 29, 2022
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Health
Experts propose evidence-based scoring system to assess the overall healthfulness of carb-containing foods
The dietary value of carbohydrate foods (CF) has come under increased scrutiny in recent years. While so-called good-carb/bad-carb designations are hotly contested, standardized methods for assessing CF health quality currently ...
Apr 11, 2022
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Diabetes
Low glycaemic diet shows meaningful improvements for people with diabetes
For people with diabetes, sticking to a low glycaemic diet results in small but important improvements in blood sugar levels, cholesterol, weight and other risk factors, finds a study published by The BMJ today.
Aug 4, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Sugar not so nice for your child's brain development
Sugar practically screams from the shelves of your grocery store, especially those products marketed to kids.
Mar 31, 2021
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