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...
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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...
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...
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...
Seven Healthy Foods with High Levels of Sugar
Cakes, chocolates and soft drinks are well known for containing large amounts of sugar, but there is a whole range of other products often...
How Worried Should We Be About Sugar?
Sugar is a major culprit in diseases such as obesity, diabetes and dementia—and because it’s in almost everything we consume, Dr. Robert Lustig says...
Sugar content of fizzy drinks alarmingly high
The sugar content in carbonated sugar-sweetened beverages was found to be up to 52.8 grams per 330 mL can, or 12 teaspoons, according to...