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Saturday, October 13, 2018
SODA
Two sugar-sweetened beverages per day associated with 43% greater risk of diabetes in women
Women who consumed two (2) or more servings of sugar-sweetened beverages per day were 43% more likely to develop diabetes during an average follow-up of 8.4 years compared to women who consumed less than one (1) serving per week according to the Women’s Health Initiative study.
Substituting one (1) serving of a sugar-sweetened beverages per day with water was associated with a 10% reduction in the risk of diabetes.
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Tuesday, May 15, 2018
SUGAR
As sugar intake increases, the risk of dying from heart attack or stroke increases
As sugar intake increases, the risk of dying from cardiovascular disease (heart attack or stroke) increases according to a recent analysis by researchers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
During an average follow-up of 14.6 years, compared to the one-fifth of people consuming the least amount of added sugar:
- the one-fifth consuming the next most amount of sugar were 7% more likely to die from cardiovascular disease
- the one-fifth consuming the third highest amount of sugar were 18% more likely to die from cardiovascular disease
- the one-fifth consuming the second highest amount of sugar were 38% more likely to die from cardiovascular disease
- the one-fifth consuming the most amount of sugar were 103% more likely to die from cardiovascular disease (2X as likely to die from CVD)
This was after adjusting for age, sex, race/ethnicity as well as sociodemographic, behavioral, and clinical characteristics.
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Thursday, February 22, 2018
ALZHEIMER’S & DIET
People with the highest percent sugar intake were 30% more likely to have dementia
The one-fourth of people with the highest percent intake of sugar (30% of calories) were 30% more likely to have mild cognitive impairment or dementia compare to the one-fourth of people with the lowest percent sugar intake (17% of calories) according to a study from researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
“A dietary pattern with relatively high caloric intake from carbohydrates and low caloric intake from fat and proteins may increase the risk of [mild cognitive impairment] or dementia in elderly persons,” the authors of the study concluded.
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Monday, December 26, 2016
SUGAR
People getting 25% of calories from sugar 2.8 times more likely to die from heart attack or stroke
People consuming 25% or more of calories from added sugar were 2.8 times more likely to die from cardiovascular disease (heart attack or stroke) compared to people getting less than 10% of their calories from added sugar according to a recent analysis by researchers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
This was after adjusting for age, sex, race/ethnicity as well as sociodemographic, behavioral, and clinical characteristics.
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People getting 10-25% of calories from sugar 1.3 times more likely to die from heart attack / stroke
People consuming 10% to 24.9% of calories from added sugar were 1.3 times more likely to die from cardiovascular disease (heart attack or stroke) compared to people getting less than 10% of their calories from added sugar according to a recent analysis by researchers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
This was after adjusting for age, sex, race/ethnicity as well as sociodemographic, behavioral, and clinical characteristics.
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Wednesday, August 19, 2015
SUGAR & DIABETES
Each serving of sugar-sweetened beverage per day raises Type 2 diabetes risk by 18%
“Higher consumption of sugar sweetened beverages was associated with a greater incidence of type 2 diabetes, by 18% per one serving/day… [and by] 13% [after adjusting for body fat] according to a new study.
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Friday, August 14, 2015
SUGAR-SWEETENED BEVERAGES
Sugar-sweetened beverages cause 184,000 deaths worldwide each year
Sugar-sweetened beverages cause 184,000 deaths worldwide each year according to a recent analysis:
- 133,000 deaths per year from diabetes.
- 45,000 deaths per year from cardiovascular disease.
- 6,450 deaths per year from cancer.
Saturday, March 29, 2014
SUGAR & CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
People consuming 10%-24.9% of calories from added sugar were 1.3 times more likely to die from CVD
People consuming 10% to 24.9% of calories from added sugar were 1.3 times more likely to die from cardiovascular disease during a follow-up of 14.6 years compared to people who consumed less than 10% of calories from added sugar according to a new study.
“We observed a significant relationship between added sugar consumption and increased risk for CVD mortality,” the researchers concluded.
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People consuming 25% or more of calories from added sugar were 2.8 times more likely to die from CVD
People consuming 25% or more of calories from added sugar were 2.75 times more likely to die from cardiovascular disease during a follow-up of 14.6 years compared to people who consumed less than 10% of calories from added sugar according to a new study.
“We observed a significant relationship between added sugar consumption and increased risk for CVD mortality,” the researchers concluded.
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Saturday, January 04, 2014
WORLDWIDE OBESITY
Consumption of sugar and sweeteners worldwide has risen by over 20% per person between 1961 and 2009
“An indicator of changing diets is the increasing consumption of sugar and sweeteners, which has risen by over 20% per person between 1961 and 2009,” according to a new report titled Future Diets published in January 2014 by Overseas Development Institute.
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Sunday, February 24, 2013
REGULAR SODA
Regular soda consumption increases risk of non-Hodgkin lymphomas 1.7-fold in men
Men from the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study who had a high consumption of regular sugar-sweetened soda were 1.66-times more likely to get non-Hodgkin lymphomas than men who did not consume regular soda according to a recent analysis.
Women consuming diet sodas did not show a significant increase.
(I have not seen a copy of the entire paper yet, so I don’t know what constitutes a “high consumption of regular sugar-sweetened soda”.)
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Monday, June 25, 2012
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Obesity is the result of biochemical forces which cannot be controlled notes Robert Lustig, MD
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Obesity is the result of biochemical forces which cannot be controlled notes Robert Lustig, MD
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When something like sugar which is toxic and abused, we need public policy notes Robert Lustig, MD
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
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Stress causes the same signals as famine and makes us crave dense calories notes Elissa Epel
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Stress makes us crave high-fat, high-sweet, high-salt foods notes Elissa Epel
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Reducing stress and reducing cortisol, reduced belly fat notes Elissa Epel
The program they followed is described below.
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Tuesday, June 19, 2012
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Stress is one of the most reliable predictors of early-onset obesity and early death, Elissa Epel
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Epidemic of obese 6-month-olds because of what their mothers ate when they were pregnant, Dr. Lustig
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Birth weights have been increasing worldwide over the past 25 years due to mother’s diet, Dr. Lustig
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Birth weights have been increasing worldwide over the past 25 years due to mother’s diet, Dr. Lustig
[Over the past hundred years or so, lifespan has been increasing by roughly one month for every year, or an increase of one year every 12 years.]
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Wednesday, June 13, 2012
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Sugar consumption leads to tolerance & addiction in the brain just like nicotine and heroin, Lustig
This causes you to develop a tolerance to feeling good when eating it, and then feelings of withdrawal when you stop eating it.
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Overexposure to food like McDonald’s can blunt reward systems in the brain notes Elissa Epel
"There is some evidence that becoming obese does blunt that reward system, so we do know that overexposure to [foods such as] McDonald's can cause those brain changes."
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‘Food can be just like a drug to certain people’ notes Elissa Epel
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No one chooses obesity; obesity chooses them notes Robert Lustig, MD
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Developing compulsive eating and food addiction reflects changes in the brain notes Elissa Epel
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Tuesday, June 12, 2012
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Sugar down-regulates receptors in the reward center in the brain, Robert Lustig, MD
This causes you to develop a tolerance to feeling good when eating it, and then feelings of withdrawal when you stop eating it.
Lustig notes that this takes about 3 weeks to occur.
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Monday, June 11, 2012
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Excess insulin blocks leptin in the brain, stores more fat and leads to weight gain, Lustig, MD
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Telling people to eat less and exercise more does not work notes Robert Lustig, MD
"That's why your doctor says, 'Eat less, exercise more,'... the problem is, it can't be done," says Lustig.
"It's not doable. There are reasons, biochemical reasons, why it's not doable that have to do with new hormones that have just been discovered."
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If a food contains more than 5 ingredients, there is probably not much real food in it, Elissa Epel
In other words, if you are struggling with your weight or interested in your health, avoid these foods.
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It is almost impossible to buy packaged foods without getting a lot of extra sugar, Elissa Epel
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‘We have created a toxic [food] environment,’ that damages mitochondria and makes you sick, Lustig
Wednesday, June 06, 2012
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When you add sugar to processed food, you kill it, and it’s killing us says Robert Lustig MD
"When you add sugar to processed food, you kill it, and it's killing us" says Robert Lustig, MD, pediatric endocrinoligist from the University of California, San Francisco in a 7-part video series called "The Skinny on Obesity" (Episode 2).
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The diseases of alcohol are the same as the diseases of sugar and obesity notes Robert Lustig MD
"If you look at the diseases of alcohol, and you look at the diseases of sugar and obesity, they are the same," notes Robert Lustig, MD, pediatric endocrinoligist from the University of California, San Francisco in a 7-part video series called "The Skinny on Obesity" (Episode 2).
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Fructose is a chronic, dose-dependent, liver toxin just like alcohol notes Robert Lustig MD
"Alcohol is metabolized to fat, and so is fructose, driving more liver fat then it can export, you get more insulin resistance, which drives the pancreas to make extra insulin, driving energy deposition into fat cells [increasing body fat], driving your weight gain, and the extra insulin is driving high blood pressure, driving heart disease, driving cell division which leads to cancer, driving changes in the brain that lead to dementia. Driving every single one of these diseases," notes Robert Lustig, MD, pediatric endocrinoligist from the University of California, San Francisco in a 7-part video series called "The Skinny on Obesity" (Episode 2).
"When the pancreas can't make enough insulin, and it burns out, it drives diabetes as well."
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Fructose is a chronic, dose-dependent, liver toxin just like alcohol notes Robert Lustig MD
"Fructose is a chronic, dose-dependent, liver toxin, which is just like alcohol," notes Robert Lustig, MD, pediatric endocrinoligist from the University of California, San Francisco in a 7-part video series called "The Skinny on Obesity" (Episode 2).
"In fact, fructose, the sweetheart of sugar, is more like alcohol than it is anything else."
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Glucose and fructose are very different, only the liver can metabolize fructose, Robert Lustig, MD
"Glucose and fructose are very different, " notes Robert Lustig, MD, pediatric endocrinoligist from the University of California, San Francisco in a 7-part video series called "The Skinny on Obesity" (Episode 2).
He notes that every organism on the planet can absorb and metabolize glucose, but only the liver can metabolize fructose, which, when we consume too much fructose, overloads the liver and causes numerous chronic diseases.
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Fructose, which is very sweet, is the thing in sugar we crave notes Robert Lustig, MD
"Sugar is made up of molecules, glucose, which is not very sweet and not very interesting, and fructose, which is very sweet and very interesting. Fructose is the thing that we crave," notes Robert Lustig, MD, pediatric endocrinoligist from the University of California, San Francisco in a 7-part video series called "The Skinny on Obesity" (Episode 2).
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When you put fat and carbohydrate together, they don’t work notes Robert Lustig, MD
"When we started putting fat and carbohydrate on the same plate in the 1700's, we became gourmets," notes Robert Lustig, MD, pediatric endocrinoligist from the University of California, San Francisco in a 7-part video series called "The Skinny on Obesity" (Episode 2).
"In the 20th century, when we started putting fat and carbohydrate in the same food, we became 'gourmands'."
"It's when you put fat and carbohydrate together, but they don't work."
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Global calorie intake increased 8% from 1985 to 2010, diabetes increased 7.3-fold, Robert Lustig MD
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