Gomme? Drimol? Mizuame? Treacle?
You probably don’t know what these words mean.
That’s the idea.
They are terms used on food labels to hide added sugar.
… Read MoreHow Big Sugar Tricked Us Into Worrying About Fat
Concealed payments… Corrupt scientists… A secret conspiracy labeled “Project 226”… A dogged lone researcher uncovering a diabolical plot.
It sounds like something from a Michael Crichton novel. But it’s not.
It’s all part of Big Sugar’s shameless effort to pay off nutrition researchers to cover up the deadly health effects of its products.1
In the late 1950s and early ‘60s, there were two competing medical theories about the sudden rise in heart disease in America.… Read More
Simple Ways to Lower Blood Sugar While at Your Desk
High blood sugar can damage your nerves, blood vessels, and organs. It can give you a heart attack, type 2 diabetes, stroke, kidney failure, or even make you blind.1,2
One of the worst things for blood sugar is to sit for hours on end. But the problem is that many of us have jobs that require us to sit at a desk for at least eight hours every weekday.… Read More
You’re Better Off Taking a Sugar Pill Than an Antidepressant
Overprescribing of antidepressant drugs is reaching new levels of insanity. A new study finds that doctors write almost half of antidepressant prescriptions for patients who aren’t even depressed.
Canadian researchers examined more than 100,000 prescriptions for antidepressant drugs. The study was recently published in JAMA. It found doctors were handing out the medications for everything from pain to insomnia.1
There is no clinical evidence that antidepressants are effective against these problems.… Read More
Beer Ingredient Fights Weight Gain, Blood Sugar, Cholesterol
Move over red wine. Research has found that an ingredient in beer has surprising health benefits.
A new study at Oregon State University found that a natural substance in hops lowers cholesterol, controls blood sugar, and reduces weight gain.1
Xanthohumol (XN) is a natural flavonoid found only in hops. Hops are the flowers of a perennial vine native to Europe.… Read More
The Sugar That Fights Diabetes
Sugar is just about the worst thing a diabetic can eat, right?
Not always.
In fact, there’s a type of high-fiber sugar that actually stops diabetes.
It’s a natural extract found in certain Asian mushrooms. The Chinese have used it as medicine for more than 6,000 years.1 And modern research confirms it controls blood sugar… Even after sugary meals.
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