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Sugar and Its Health Effects

Alzheimer’s Disease

• “High Fat Diet May Increase Alzheimer’s Risk” by Rachael Rettner, LiveScience

• ”How Sugar Harms Your Brain Health and Drives Alzheimer’s Epidemic” by Joseph M. Mercola, Mercola.com

• “High Blood Sugar Linked to Dementia” by Paula Span, The New York Times

• “Study: High blood sugar makes Alzheimer’s plaque more toxic to the brain” by Keith Brannon, Tulane University

• “Alzheimer’s and High Blood Sugar” by Emily Deans, Psychology Today

• “Alzheimer's risk raised by high blood sugar, even for those without diabetes: study” by Marilyn Marchionne, National Post

• “The Brain Preservation Diet: Eating to Save Brain Cells” by Kristine Crane, U.S. News & World Report

• “Research Confirms Link between Alzheimer’s and Diabetes” n.a., University of Wisconsin-Madison

• “High-Carb Diet is Linked to Early Alzheimer’s” by Janice Lloyd, USA Today

 

Heart Disease/Blood Pressure

• “Added Sugars Add to Your Risk of Dying from Heart Disease” n.a., the American Heart Association
• “Sugar and Cardiovascular Disease” by Barbara V. Howard and Judith Wylie-Rosett, the American Heart Association
• “Eating Too Much Added Sugar Increases the Risk of Dying with Heart Disease” by Julie Corliss, Harvard Medical School
• “Too Much Sugar Linked to Fatal Heart Disease, Even in Those Who Are Not Obese” n.a., CBS News
• “Excess Sugar May Double Heart Disease Risk, Study Finds” by Nicole Ostrow, Bloomberg Business
• “Too Much Sugar Can Stress Your Heart” by the Heart and Vascular Team, Cleveland Clinic
• “Eating Too Much Added Sugar May Be Killing You” by Nanci Hellmich, USA Today
• “U.S. Kids Diets Put Them on the Road to Heart Disease” by Maggie Fox, NBC News
• “Risks: Sugary Drinks Linked to Heart Disease” by Nicholas Bakalar, The New York Times
• “Sugar Goes Straight to Your Blood Pressure” by Alexandra Sifferlin, Time
• “Sugar, Not Just Salt, Linked to High Blood Pressure” by Amanda Gardner, CNN

Diabetes

• “Quantity of sugar in food supply linked to diabetes, researcher states” by Erin Digitale, Stanford Medicine

• “Sugar Linked to Type 2 Diabetes Rates, Study Finds” by Meredith Melnick, Huffington Post

• “Does Sugar Cause Diabetes?” by Marianne Wait, Reader’s Digest

• "As Food Prices Rise, So Can Diabetics’ Blood Sugar" by Brenda Goodman, from Health Media Ventures

• “Diabetes Can Be Caused by High Sugar Intake Alone, New Study Finds” by Timi Gustafson, from Seattlepi.com

• “Sugar’s Role in Diabetes Gets Clearer” by Eliza Barclay, NPR

• “This Is the No. 1 Driver of Diabetes and Obesity” by Alexandra Sifferlin, Time

• “It’s the Sugar, Folks” Mark Bittman The New York Times

• “Artificial Sweeteners May Be Worse than Sugar for Diabetics” by Joseph M. Mercola, Mercola.com

• “Sugar Intake, Diabetes and Kids: Q & A with a pediatric obesity expert” by Erin Digitale, Stanford Medicine

• “Study: Countries that Use More High Fructose Corn Syrup Have More Diabetes” Lindsay Abrams, The Atlantic

• “Added Fructose Is a Principal Driver of Type 2 Diabetes, Experts Argue” n.a., ScienceDaily

• “Is Sugar Making the World Fat, Diabetic, and Hypertensive?” by Ayala Laufer-Cahana, The Huffington Post

 

Cancer

• “Is Sugar Toxic?” by 60 Minutes, CBS News

• “Sugar and Cancer Cells” n.a., from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

• ”Does Sugar ‘Feed’ Cancer?”, n.a., from Cancer Treatment of America

• ”Myth: Sugar Causes Cancer”, n.a., from the Mayo Clinic

• “Does Sugar Feed Cancer Cells” by Adelina Espat, MD Anderson Cancer Center at The University of Texas

• “Is Sugar Toxic?” by Gary Taubes, The New York Times Magazine

• “Does Sugar Feed Cancer? New Research Sheds Light on Old Saying” n.a., The University of Utah

• “Sugar Free, Cancer Free” Andrea P. Myers and Lews C. Cantley, Nutrition

 

Sugar and Obesity

Teenage Obesity

• “Child Obesity and Sugar Drinks” by  Roderick D. McKinlay, from the Obesity Action Coalition

• “Kids on Sweets: Are we raising a generation of sugar addicts?” by Dr David Sack

• “Childhood Obesity: The Links to Drinks” by Dr. Rodrick D. McKinlay

• “Maintaining a Healthy Weight: Eating Right” by Teen Health and Wellness

• “Mental and Physical Effects of Obesity” by Teen Health and Wellness

• “Obese Children’s Brains More Responsive to Sugar” by Science Daily

Adult Obesity

• “Reduced Consumption of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Can Reduce Total Caloric Intake” by The Obesity Society

• “Sugary Drinks and Obesity Fact Sheet” by The Harvard School of Public Health.

• “Why Low-Income and Food Insecure People are Vulnerable to Overweight and Obesity” from the Food Research and Action Center

• CDC’s Obesity and Socioeconomic Status in Adults: United States,  2005-2008

Obesity as an American Health Issue

• “Is Sugar Toxic?” by Gary Taubes, The New York Times Magazine

• “Is Sugar Toxic?” by 60 Minutes, CBS News

• “Cutting Sugar Consumptions Helps Keep Extra Weight Off” by Nancy Shute, NPR

• “Too Much Can Make Us Sick” n.a., from Sugar Science

• “Sugar is Poison, Says USCF Obesity Expert” by Jeffrey Norris, from The University of South Florida

• Sugar and Weight Gain/Health effects, by Richard J Johnson, Mark S Segal, Yuri Sautin, Takahiko Nakagawa, Daniel I Feig, Duk-Hee Kang, Michael S Gersch, Steven Benner, and Laura G Sa´nchez-Lozada, from the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition  

• ”Exploring the relationship between sugars and obesity” by Winsome Parnell, Noela Wilson, Donnell Alexander, Mark Wohlers, Micalla Williden, Joel Mann and Andrew Gray,  from Public Health Nutrition”

• “This Is the No. 1 Driver of Diabetes and Obesity” by Alexandra Sifferlin, Time

• “Sugary Drinks and the Obesity Epidemic” n.a., Harvard University School of Public Health

• “Is Sugar Making the World Fat, Diabetic, and Hypertensive?” by Ayala Laufer-Cahana, The Huffington Post

• “Slash Sugar Intake to Fight Obesity, Tooth Decay” by Reuters Staff, Scientific American

• “A Sweet Problem: Princeton Researchers Find that High Fructose Corn Syrup Prompts Considerably More Weight Gain” by Hilary Parker, Princeton University

 

Sugar Substitutes

Artificial Sweeteners & Harmful Effects on the Body

• ”Artificial sweeteners and other sugar substitutes,” by Mayo Clinic Staff, from the Mayo Clinic

• "Sugar substitutes: Health controversy over perceived benefits" by Kirtida R. Tandel  from the Journal of Pharmacology & Pharmacotherapeutics

• ”Artificial Sweeteners: Sugar-Free, But at What Cost?” by Holly Strawbridge, from Harvard Health

• “Artificial Sweeteners May Be Worse than Sugar for Diabetics” by Joseph M. Mercola, Mercola.com

• “Gain Weight by ‘Going Diet?’ Artificial Sweeteners and the Neurobiology of Sugar Cravings” by Qing Yang, Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine

The Corn Syrup Debate

• “Study: Countries that Use More High Fructose Corn Syrup Have More Diabetes” Lindsay Abrams, The Atlantic

• “Sugar and High Fructose Corn Syrup: Not Such a Sweet Deal” by Rebecca Cooper, The Huffington Post

• “High Time for a High-Fructose Detox” by Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff, The Huffington Post

• “High Fructose Corn Syrup: If This Doesn’t Convince You, Nothing Will” n.a., The Sustainable Table

• “A Sweet Problem: Princeton Researchers Find that High Fructose Corn Syrup Prompts Considerably More Weight Gain” by Hilary Parker, Princeton University

• “Glucose-Fructose Syrup FAQs” n.a., European Food Information Council

• “High Fructose Corn Syrup: Questions and Answers,” n.a., Food and Drug Administration

The Best Sugar Substitute

• “Safe Sugar Substitutes for People with Diabetes” by Dennis Thompson, Jr., Everyday Health Media, LLC.

• “The Quest for a Natural Sugar Substitute” by Daniel Engber, The New York Times Magazine

• "Sugar substitutes: Health controversy over perceived benefits" by Kirtida R. Tandel from the Journal of Pharmacology & Pharmacotherapeutics

• "The Advantages & Disadvantages Associated With Sugar Alternatives", by Lisa Coffman

• "Healthy and Natural Sugar Substitutes" n.a. by Family Education  

• “Artificial Sweeteners and Other Sugar Substitutes” by Mayo Clinic Staff, Mayo Clinic

• “Sugar Substitutes--Are They Safe?” by Arizona Cooperative Extension, The University of Arizona

• “How Sweet It Is: All about Sugar Substitutes” n.a., Food and Drug Administration

• “The Complete Guide to Sugar and Sugar Substitutes” by Jennifer Nelson, Mother Nature Network

• “Choosing a Sugar Substitute” by Kenneth Chang, The New York Times

• “How Sugar Substitutes Stack Up” by Pam Anderson, National Geographic

• “How to Determine the Best Alternative Natural Sweetener” by JJ Virgin, The Huffington Post

• “Is Honey Better than Sugar?” by Laura Johannas, The Wall Street Journal