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Switching to regular sugar isn’t necessarily the answer either. Oen-Hsiao notes that excess consumption of sugar can lead to diabetes, which also increases risk of cardiovascular events.
Sugar-sweetened beverages may increase your risk for heart disease and type 2 diabetes, new research finds. Sugary drinks were found to be linked to over 330,000 deaths a year. Experts explain the ...
The safety of sugar substitutes is once again being called into question. Researchers led by the Cleveland Clinic linked the low-calorie sugar substitute xylitol to an increased risk of heart ...
Other health problems compound the chronic complications of diabetes such as smoking, obesity, high blood pressure, elevated cholesterol levels, and lack of regular exercise. Complications of diabetes are a strong risk factor for severe COVID-19 illness.
Consuming foods that contain erythritol, a popular artificial sweetener and common ingredient in keto diet products, increases the risk of heart attack and stroke, a new Cleveland Clinic study warns.
The artificial sweetener aspartame has been the subject of several controversies since its initial approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 1974. The FDA approval of aspartame was highly contested, beginning with suspicions of its involvement in brain cancer, [1] alleging that the quality of the initial research supporting its safety was inadequate and flawed, and that ...
Pure, White and Deadly is a 1972 book by John Yudkin, a British nutritionist and former Chair of Nutrition at Queen Elizabeth College, London. [1] Published in New York, it was the first publication by a scientist to anticipate the adverse health effects, especially in relation to obesity and heart disease, of the public's increased sugar consumption.
4. Coconut sugar. Type: Natural sweetener. Potential benefits: Coconut sugar is typically always unrefined, so it retains all its vitamins and minerals, and it doesn’t cause fluctuations in ...