Sweet Tooth? News That's Hard to Live With
Miriam Vos, MD, MSPH, finds that a no-sugar diet changes cholesterol and reduces the risk of heart disease in the kids she treats at...
Sugar is a DRUG
Is Sugar Toxic?
Kimber Stanhope, PhD, RD, a nutrition scientist, shows in her study that it is possible to increase risk factors for cardiovascular disease in healthy...
Big Sugar's Sweet Little Lies
A growing body of research suggests that sugar and its nearly chemically identical cousin, high-fructose corn syrup, may very well cause diseases that kill...
It’s the Sugar, Folks
Rob Lustig, MD, MSL, discusses his work on diabetes. Sugar may not be the only problem with the Standard American Diet, but it’s fast...
Sugar not only makes you fat, it may make you sick
In recent years, sugar – more so than fat – has been receiving the bulk of the blame for our deteriorating health. Most of...
Mobilizing Youth to Speak Out on Sugar and Diabetes
The UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations helps combat the rising epidemic of Type 2 Diabetes by empowering youth to change the conversation about the...
Website Explores Sugar’s Effects on Health
Most people know that too much sugar can be bad for you. But now a dozen scientists at three universities have started a new...
UCSF researchers uncover tainted decades-old studies on tooth decay
Researchers at UC San Francisco recently exposed a conflict of interest between the private sector and federal government on the effect of sugar on...
Audio: The Bitter Battle over Sugar Labeling
A lot of unlikely food products include more sugar than occurs naturally — including deli meats, bread and trail mix. Now the FDA wants...
Ask the Expert: Sugar & Diabetes
With 115 million American adults (around 40%) suffering from either prediabetes or type 2 diabetes chancer are you know someone affected. That’s why two...