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The Denver City Council is considering a proposal �that would remove sugary drinks from kids meals�at restaurants. Parents could still buy sodas for their children for an additional cost, but the ...
by Walter Einenkel
 93 comments
on Mon Mar 11, 2024 at 01:02 PM PDT
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Pandemic Sugar
I have written frequently about candy consumption in the U.S. We eat a lot of sugar. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) reports that the ...
by side pocket
135 comments
on Sun Oct 03, 2021 at 05:30 PM PDT
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Welcome to the weekly weight loss update and sugar exposé series Road to 185! It is one of the cruelest ironies of our time that, in an effort to fight obesity in the late 70s and throughout the 80s, the stage was set for an explosion in obesity rates...
by Toro Blanco
224 comments
on Tue May 11, 2021 at 07:00 AM PDT
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Welcome to the weekly weight loss update and sugar exposé series Road to 185! Before we begin diving into the sickeningly sweet world that is the sugar and foodservice industries, it’s probably worthwhile to go over who the main players are in this...
by Toro Blanco
12 comments
on Tue May 04, 2021 at 06:52 AM PDT
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Insulin costs continue to rise in the country resulting in many Americans being unable to afford the much-needed hormonal drug. Even with insurance costs it can be so high that hundreds are spent for just a month supply. As the monthly cost of insulin...
by Aysha Qamar
178 comments
on Sun Dec 22, 2019 at 02:53 PM PST
with 147 Recommends
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America is in the middle of an obesity crisis:
According to the most recent National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), 18.5 percent of children and 39.6 percent of adults had ...
by Susan Grigsby
274 comments
on Sun Sep 15, 2019 at 04:40 PM PDT
with 154 Recommends
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Summary: We look at a couple of large recent studies that show excessive carbohydrate consumption, particularly of simple sugars, is associated with increased cardiovascular disease risk. Consumption of fats instead reduces cardiovascular risk. Next we...
by wilderness voice
74 comments
on Sun Jul 28, 2019 at 04:00 PM PDT
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Just Desserts
As many of you know, I do enjoy going out to restaurants. However, I almost never order dessert. I often request the dessert menu, however, and read it with enjoyment. The main ...
by side pocket
118 comments
on Sun Feb 10, 2019 at 05:30 PM PST
with 31 Recommends
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If you live in the far reaches of the Upper Midwest, especially in the Red River Valley areas of Minnesota and North Dakota, the fall means harvest time. Sugar beet harvest time. Pity the poor sugar beet. It is not the prettiest plant around. But...
by FlannelGuy
9 comments
on Fri Aug 24, 2018 at 11:06 AM PDT
with 17 Recommends
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One of the most pernicious myths about food is that somehow eating sugar causes diabetes. I even was watching a TV comedy where the character was going to dig into a cake, and another character says, "I'm getting diabetes (see Note 1) just by watching...
by SkepticalRaptor
65 comments
on Tue Jul 10, 2018 at 04:06 PM PDT
with 36 Recommends
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As you probably would guess, when I read articles in science, I tend to emphasize research on vaccines, cancer, and a few other related issues. There's so much information out there, one has to focus or there will not be enough time to watch college...
by SkepticalRaptor
56 comments
on Mon Dec 11, 2017 at 02:35 PM PST
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Like many food manufacturers in the UK, Kellogg is being forced by a combination of consumer pressure and government measures to reduce the amount of sugar and salt in its products. Kellogg is most associated with breakfast cereal which are subject to...
by Lib Dem FoP
6 comments
on Fri Dec 01, 2017 at 06:19 AM PST
with 4 Recommends
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Sugar is in so much of the food we eat every day. Often, it's in foods where it would make sense, such as soda, candy, cake, pie, cookies, donuts, etc. It can also be found in foods where it makes less sense like in ordinary bread, ketchup, BBQ sauce,...
by Observer343
30 comments
on Fri Sep 01, 2017 at 05:23 PM PDT
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“Do not be afraid” is the most frequently repeated phrase in the Bible. Depending on how precise you want the wording to be, and which translation you choose, the commandment not to fear occurs anywhere from 70 to 365 times. No other saying even comes...
by Jon Paul Sydnor
17 comments
on Fri Apr 14, 2017 at 08:35 PM PDT
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Jesus H. Christ eating finger sandwiches at Melania Voldemort’s International Women’s Day luncheon, can SOMEONE please tell Herr Orange to stop fucking shit up for us everyday joes and josephines? Because what the goddamned hell!
Mexico has...
by Colorado is the Shiznit
37 comments
on Wed Mar 08, 2017 at 11:52 AM PST
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I’ve written boatloads of articles about cancer, most of which say “this or that doesn’t cause cancer,” and that “there’s only a handful of good ways to prevent it.” To be honest, if I see any news report that makes a claim that something prevents or...
by SkepticalRaptor
164 comments
on Wed Feb 08, 2017 at 02:59 PM PST
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“It may happen in Camelot for Jack and Jacqueline,
But on the Che Guevara highway, filling up with gasoline,
Fidel Castro’s brother spies a rich lady who’s crying,
over luxuries disappointments, so he walks over,
and he’s trying to...
by JackHCassidy
1 comments
on Sat Nov 26, 2016 at 12:00 AM PST
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One of the primary causes of poverty in Haiti is deforestation. Only 2% of the Haitian side of the island is covered by forest, one of the lowest rates in the world and less than a fifth of the global average. Satellite images show a striking contrast...
by Karen Hedwig Backman
2 comments
on Tue Oct 11, 2016 at 02:39 PM PDT
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By Jamie Corey
The fossil-fuel industry isn’t the only sector that’s poured money into downplaying the effects of its product.
A newly published article in JMA Internal Medicine reveals that the sugar industry secretly funded research since...
by EXPOSEDbyCMD
11 comments
on Tue Oct 11, 2016 at 08:55 AM PDT
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This link: UCSF Study will take you to an article titled:
UCSF reveals how sugar industry influenced national conversation on heart disease written by Elizabeth Fernandez , UC San Francisco Monday, September 12, 2016
The article opens with the...
by enhydra lutris
23 comments
on Sun Sep 25, 2016 at 11:43 AM PDT
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