login
Become a member
Quick Registration
Full Registration Benefits -
Free Homepages for Doctors
Free Homepages for Hospitals
Free Homepages for Medical Conference
Free Homepages for NGO's
Personal Health Record Creation
Access to all Medical Slides
Access to all Jobs & Products Sale
The Bitter Truth About Sugar
Sugar makes people fat and also changes the body's metabolism, raises blood pressure, throws hormones off balance and harms the liver. Sugar consumption has tripled worldwide over the past 50 years. Sugary foods and drinks are responsible for illnesses including obesity, heart disease, cancer and liver problems which contributes to 35million deaths a year worldwide. This damage is similar to the effects of drinking too much alcohol- which is made from distilling sugar.
Lead author of the study Prof. Robert Lustig said, "Governments need to consider major shifts in policy, such as taxes, limiting sales of sweet food and drinks during school hours, or even stopping children from buying them below a certain age."
In their article published in the journal 'Nature', entitled 'The Toxic Truth About Sugar', the scientists said, "A little is not a problem but a lot kills- slowly."
Source-Medindia
|
|
More News on: Sugar: Time to Look beyond Its Sweetness
 Comment & Contribute
|
Medwonders Health Network
- Health News Index
- News Quick Links
 | News Central | | Health Watch | |
| Latest Health News | | Health In Focus | |
| News Category (500+) | | Breaking Health News | |
| Popular News | | Celebrating Life | |
| Health News and Press Release | | Medindia - Exclusive | |
| News Photo Gallery | | India Special | |
| News Video Gallery | | Lifestyle and Wellness | |
| News From Other Resources | |||
| News Categories: |
| » | Drug for Irregular Heartbeat Gets Green Signal |
| » | Schizophrenia Drug Differentiates Cancer Stem Cells into Less Threatening Cells |
| » | Docs Who Seldom Meet Drug Reps Continue to Prescribe Drugs With FDA “Black Box” Warnings |
| » | Revision in Quality Standards for Heparin |
| » | Acne Drug Users At High Risk of Developing Eye Infections |
| More Drug News | |
|
Diet & Nutrition Related News |
||||||||
| » | Compound Responsible for Yellow Color in Turmeric Boosts Immune System | » | Consuming Monkey Meat may be Invitation to New Disease | |||||
| » | Vegetarian Diet Could Help Improve Athlete's Performance | » | Research: Bright Colored Chips can Cut Consumption by Half | |||||
| » | Olympic Athlete's Body Via the 80-10-10 Raw Vegan Diet | » | Importance of Canned Foods To Help Tackle IOM Weight Of The Nation Recommendations, Highlights Study | |||||
| » | US Rules Pomegranate Juice Claims Deceptive | » | Reducing Entrée Size Could Increase Fruit and Vegetable Intake in Children | |||||
| Read More >> | ||||||||
