A diet high in fructose-containing sugars eaten during pregnancy or while breastfeeding can cause offspring to have a fatty liver, increasing their chances of developing obesity or type 2 diabetes. This is according to a ...
Apr 27, 2017
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Researchers led by Peter Carmeliet (VIB-KU Leuven) have found a novel way to normalize the dysfunctional blood vessels that are typical for tumors. Those vessels play a pivotal role in cancer metastasis, as their fragility ...
Nov 17, 2016
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What connection is there between food and drink with added sugar and coronary artery disease? Until recently, the question had been inadequately answered by research, but an extensive study from Lund University in Sweden ...
Nov 3, 2016
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A study conducted by researchers at LSU Health New Orleans suggests that age is an important factor in the association between cancer and sugar-sweetened beverages and recommends that intervention programs to reduce consumption ...
Oct 3, 2016
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Sugar has become the nutritional villain du jour, but just how bad is our addiction? The answer is tricky.
Sep 20, 2016
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Debates on a proposed tax for sugar sweetened beverages in South Africa have reached fever pitch with the local food and beverage industry squaring up against the proposed sugary drinks tax expected to be implemented in April ...
Aug 30, 2016
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Should we be warning consumers about over-consumption of meat as well as sugar?
Aug 1, 2016
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Could you image a world without sugar? A life without that spectacular sweet taste in your mouth?
Apr 20, 2016
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With obesity rates on the rise worldwide and excess sugar consumption considered a direct contributor, the search has been on for treatments to reverse the trend. Now a world-first study led by QUT may have the answer.
Apr 7, 2016
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Sugar has an important role in the development of obesity and diabetes. In July, the UK Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition reduced its recommendations for sugars to no more than 5% of daily calories. And earlier this ...
Oct 27, 2015
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