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 her medical center.
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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 young people simply by feeding them a diet heavy in added sugars for two weeks.
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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 hundreds of thousands of Americans every year, and that these chronic conditions would be far less prevalent if we significantly dialed back our consumption of added sugars.
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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 becoming clear that it’s the major one.
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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 us know we consume more sugar than we should. Let’s be honest, it’s hard not to.
Read MoreMobilizing 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 disease and work to change the social and environmental factors that have led to its spread.
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