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2012 Articles
ATLANTA (Feb. 24, 2012) -- A new study shows that using diet soda can help shed pounds. For the study, conducted at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, researchers randomly assigned 318 overweight adults to one of three groups: one that drank water; one that drank diet beverages; and...
BenefitsMonk fruit or lo han guo is grown in the valleys and foothills of sub-tropical Asia. The fruit grows on vines and is about the size of an orange or large lemon. The fruit extract, also generally referred to as monk fruit or lo han guo, is about 200 times sweeter than sugar...
ATLANTA (Feb. 2, 2012) - The article “The toxic truth about sugar”1 incorrectly uses the terms fructose and high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) interchangeably. Often confused with high fructose corn syrup (which contains nearly equal amounts of glucose and fructose and is handled by...
ATLANTA (Feb. 1, 2012) - Findings presented in a new study titled “Diet Soft Drink Consumption is Associated with an Increased Risk of Vascular Events in the Northern Manhattan Study” examining a possible link between diet soft drink consumption and risk of vascular events is...
ATLANTA (January 24, 2012) Super Bowl Sunday is the “Super Bowl” of snacking! Research by the Calorie Control Council (CCC) and Snack Food Association finds that Americans will eat 30 million pounds of snacks on the big game day. That breaks down to 11.2 million pounds of...
Benefits Advantame is a new ultrahigh potency sweetener and flavor enhancer developed by Ajinomoto. It is derived from aspartame and vanillin. Advantame is approximately 20,000 times sweeter than sugar and 100 times sweeter than aspartame. It has zero calories and a clean, sweet, sugar-like taste...
Dr. Oz: Dr. Oz claims that people can have an “addiction to artificial sweeteners.”What the Research Shows: There is no such thing as an addiction to low calorie or “artificial” sweeteners. No scientific studies have shown that using low calorie sweeteners...
2011 Articles
ATLANTA (January 9, 2012) – For many people, losing weight will become a high priority this January. Refrigerators will be stripped of holiday leftovers, gym memberships will increase and new weight loss goals will be made. Fortunately, more than 186 million American adults – or eight...
ATLANTA (Dec. 14, 2011) -- It's that time of year when extra calories lurk around every corner – baked goods at the office, cocktails and snacks at holiday parties, chocolates in stockings and holiday dinners that can average more than 4,500 calories and 220 grams of fat, according to...
Information in “Ask the doctor: Are artificial sweeteners a good alternative to sugar?” which appeared in the December 2011 edition of the Harvard Health Letter makes claims that are not substantiated by scientific research.The article stated that “artificial sweeteners are...
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