How Diabetes Drives Atherosclerosis Mar 18, 2008
Making matters worse, nearly 21 million Americans have diabetes, a disease where patients' cells cannot efficiently take in dietary sugar, causing it to build up in the blood. In part because diabetes increases atherosclerosis-related inflammation, diabetic patients are twice as likely to have a heart attack or stroke. (Science Daily)
Gene Therapy Could Save Kids From A Lifetime Of Eating Cornstarch Mar 15, 2008
Eating raw cornstarch, a slowly digested carbohydrate, and avoiding dietary sugar can help people with GSD-Ia maintain their glucose levels. However, even a special diet does not prevent the eventual liver damage that results from the absent enzyme, and many adults with the disease develop liver and kidney failure or liver cancer. (Science Daily)
Study confirms that low-calorie sweeteners are helpful in weight control Feb 9, 2008
Small Changes in Dietary Sugar and Physical Activity as an Approach to Preventing Excessive Weight Gain: The America on the Move Family Study. Pediatrics. (EurekAlert!)
Your Health: Holiday sweets can be health hazards Dec 28, 2007
While the liver s busy transforming dietary sugar into body fat, it s less able to manufacture a protein known as sex hormone binding globulin, or SHBG, which plays a key role in controlling the amount of available sex hormones in the body ... While the liver s busy transforming dietary sugar into body fat, it s less able to manufacture a protein known as sex hormone binding globulin, or SHBG, which plays a key role in controlling the amount of available sex hormones in the body. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
Fizzy drinks are linked to risk of Alzheimer's Dec 9, 2007
The team from the University of Alabama concluded: "These data underscore the potential role of dietary sugar in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease and suggest that controlling the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages may be an effective way to curtail the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease.". Post this story to. (Telegraph.co.uk)
