Tag: diabetes (Page 5 of 8)

Sugar To Be A Regulated Substance?

February 1, 2012 / Staff

Should we regulate sugar the way we regulate alcohol and tobacco?

Some say yes and they have some pretty good arguments for doing so.

If you have ever come in contact with a sugar cane then you know that it takes a whole lot of effort and chewing to extract a bit of sweetness.

Nature has a way of packaging calorie dense foods very well!

And for good reason. We all know what happens when you get too much of a good thing.

In this video below, Dr. Lustig offers some great reasons why we need to cut back on the sugar!

Nutrition, Quality Control

diabetes diabetes type 2 Dr. Lustig High fructose corn syrup obesity obesity epidemic Sugar sugar the bitter truth sugar-sweetened beverages The Bitter Truth type 2 diabetes

Paula Deen Has Diabetes

January 21, 2012 / Staff

Paula Deen announces she has diabetes and has no plans to change her cooking.

Deen, who is famous for her use of copious amounts of fat, butter and sugar, encourages moderation in her defense.

Deen has also signed on as a paid spokesperson for Novo Nordisk proving that she is more interested in being part of the problem than a part of the solution to the diabetes epidemic.

While Deen’s recipes — which promote prodigious amounts of butter and fried foods — may not specifically cause diabetes, eating that kind of high fat and high sugar food regularly can make it very difficult to maintain a healthy weight.
And for people who did inherit a susceptibility, lifestyle can make a difference. That means they may stave off diabetes by maintaining a healthy weight and exercising regularly.

Nutrition, Quality Control, Resources, Wellness

diabetes diabetes epidemic Novo Nordisk obesity Paula Dean diabetes Paula Deen type 2 diabetes

Death By Soda?

January 16, 2012 / Staff

Could more than 2,600 deaths a year be prevented by taxing soda?

Some analysts think, yes.

In general, they assume that if the price of soda rises, people will buy less of it. “We assume that 40 percent of the calories saved by forgoing a sugary drink are replaced with other calories,” she says, meaning either calories from drinks such as milk or fruit juice or from food. “So for every 100 calories in soda avoided, only 60 calories are actually lost in the diet.”
This is not the first study to predict that a soda tax would be effective in reducing consumption. Yale University researchers concluded in this report that taxing sugary drinks would lead to economic benefits as well.

Using the funds that come from taxing unhealthy foods could be the answer to a host of health cost issues.

Nutrition, Quality Control, Resources, Wellness

diabetes healthcare costs High fructose corn syrup obesity obesity epidemic soda Sugar taxing soda type 2 diabetes

The Price Society Pays for Diabetes

January 11, 2012 / Staff

The overall cost of diabetes on society is greater than the dollars and cents spent to treat and care for patients.

A new study from researchers at Yale suggests that the disease, which currently affects nearly 8 percent of the U.S. population, could have significant nonmedical costs to society as well.
The study, which appears in the January issue of the policy journal Health Affairs, suggests that young people diagnosed with the disease are more likely to drop out of high school and to forgo or fail to finish college. As a result, they’re likely to earn less than those without diabetes.

Nutrition, Quality Control, Research, Resources, Wellness

childhood diabetes diabetes diabetes epidemic diabetes prevention Tackling diabetes type 2 diabetes

Chinese Eating Habits Change with the Times

December 31, 2011 / Staff

The Chinese are faced with more food choices as they become more affluent.

More Western style eating habits including a taste for more sugar, salt and fizzy drinks are taking a toll on the health of the Chinese people.

Public-health experts in China say obesity has become a serious problem: Twenty-five percent of adults are overweight or obese, according to a 2008 study published in Health Affairs. But Cai Meqin, a nutritionist at Shanghai Jiaotong University, says all the overeating is partly a reaction to the food shortages under Chairman Mao a generation ago.
“At that time, Chinese people [did] not have much food to eat, so they [were] very slim, but right now we have much, much more food, so they eat more [and are] overweight,” says Cai.

Nutrition, Research, Wellness

Chinese Chinese eating habits Chinese people diabetes diet fat salt Sugar Western food in China