Chocolate – A Health Food?

by | Dec 26, 2016 | Uncategorized

Two interesting medical studies published in 2016 involve one of our favorite subjects: chocolate! Coming in at number one in Medical News Today’s “Most Popular News Articles for 2016” are the results of a study published in the British Journal of...

Connecting The Dots

by | Jan 6, 2016 | Uncategorized

Yesterday we reviewed different types of sugar substitutes — natural sweeteners, artificial sweeteners, sugar alcohols, and novel sweeteners — and concluded that, at least for adults, they appear to be safe to use in moderation. Regarding the extensive...

Sugar-Sweetened Beverages

by | Sep 25, 2012 | Uncategorized

This week’s issue of The New England Journal of Medicine is devoted to the the role of sugar/high fructose corn syrup (HFCS)- sweetened beverages as a major cause of childhood obesity. The first two paragraphs in Sonia Caprio, M.D.’s editorial are...