Category Archives: Sugar
While most readers would have a reasonable idea about what kind of food constitutes a Cafeteria-style diet, few would be aware that it is actually a fast-evolving scientific construct used for clinical research into common metabolic diseases. In fact, a lot of our current evidence-based research is founded on clinical trials involving lab-rats such as pedigree Wistar or Sprague Dawley rats, which are fed a variety of controlled pelletised diets called ‘rat chow’.
(more…)The modern industrial world presents us with many potential causes of malignancy and it is therefore surprising that this condition is not more common. The body, however, is resilient and it can take several sources of stress working in concert over a long period of time to ware down its protective mechanisms and regenerative power.
(more…)Dental problems are widespread among people who eat sugar and the more that is eaten, the worse the problem. Refined sugars such as sucrose and high-fructose corn syrup are staples in the urban diet so it is not surprising that untreated tooth decay affects 36% of the world’s population.1
(more…)A sugar-free diet may sound straightforward but it’s a little more difficult than it seems because avoiding sugar actually means avoiding all urban convenience foods—they all contain cane sugar and high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS).
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A recent headline in the business papers reported that the cannabis constituent cannabidiol (CBD) may soon be an ingredient in popular beverages, a hot subject for investors given that cannabinoids have anti-inflammatory, immunomodulatory, analgesic, anti-nausea and anti-seizure properties.1 This broad range of physiological effects is possible because plant cannabinoids resemble our own endogenous cannabinoids and act as chemical messengers to cell receptors all over the body. (more…)
If you happen to read an article published recently in the journal Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity, you would certainly form the impression that honey is a potent medicine, as it has been considered by physicians for thousands of years. That is if it is certified organic, a requirement that is apparently necessary in order to make sure that it has not been adulterated on its journey to your table with the kind of sugars that actually cause diabetes. (more…)
Patients with blood sugar irregularities are usually advised by the doctor to adopt a healthy diet and do some exercise. They resolve to take action, procrastinate and their blood sugar continues to rise along with their weight, blood pressure and other markers of metabolic syndrome. These patients progress to a lifetime regime of pharmaceutical medicines which contributes to the patient’s declining health with a barrage of side-effects. (more…)