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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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 website called SugarScience.ucsf.edu to educate the public on precisely how too much sugar can make people sick.
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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 teeth. The researchers found documents from the 1960s and ’70s that showed a coordinated effort to cover up findings showing how reduced sugar consumption would prevent tooth decay.
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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 labels to specify how much sugar is added — and that has the food industry up in arms. Why doesn’t it want consumers to know?
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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 artists are taking a road trip to bring awareness to the disease.
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