sugar

Our sugar problem could be solved by counteracting it after we’ve eaten it, as stomach ‘sponges’ and fibre-making enzymes head to market https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/feb/24/sugar-elimination-stomach-sponge-fibre-enzymes-monch-monch The Observer Society Section article written by Zoe...

"Doctors have been warning of the health risks from sugar for almost 400 years. Here’s how we still ended up consuming so much of it..." - Author Pen Vogler...

I get the impression this is working to a limited degree but cannot help but feel it needs extending. We have a cafe selling milk shakes near us and a dedicated milk shake bar. Their concoctions though seem mighty unhealthy. Start with milk, added ice cream, add a Mars bar, whisk and top with...

hi, I’m a type 2 newbie trying to get my head around food labelling. In respect of carbs, if the ‘of which are sugar’ is low, does that mean the over all carbs per portion is ok?? By which I mean, is the ‘carbohydrates of which are sugar’ the important bit. Also are complex carbs better than...

Article. :rolleyes: It's the same old rubbish as always; honey is little more than liquid sugar plus a few flavours, but people believe that because it's "natural" it must be "healthy". Arsenic and deadly nightshade are natural.

I've just started [as of 2 days ago] using Stevia sweeteners. ingredients: Lactose(milk), sweetener(29%) (steviol glycosides), anti-caking agent (crosslinked sodium carboxymethyl cellulose), Cornstarch, L-leucine. Anyone else on these type sweeteners? I only use 1 in tea as was in process of...

Many yoghurts are full of sugar and the public should not be lulled into thinking they are eating healthy products, researchers say. The conclusion comes after a study of almost 900 yoghurts on sale in UK supermarkets. The Leeds University-led research found that organic yoghurts were among the...

Can someone explain to me the use of Lantus? Because it makes my sugars drop during the day I use nova rapid for the amount of carbs I eat and I've read online there's something in the medicine keeping you a patient which would make sense I can only find limited information about it and it's...

It actually says "for diabetic recipes see".

BBC Radio 4 You and Yours, on now. There was a piece about several, paid for running events not happing. You should be able to listen once the programme finishes. They're just talking about food in products. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qps9...

Is it okay to drink squash? Keep reading that you should avoid sugary drinks and I do drink a lot of squash in one day. Is that acceptable? With no added sugar or are the normal squashes, without any added sugar, okay? Are they just referring to coca cola etc..?

On Saturday I was on travels and out a lunch time. Visited a new place and ordered a salad with bacon. It came with cheese as standard. No worry about carbs there. I discovered when it arrived it also had apple in it. :eek::rolleyes:o_O

Because I have been suffering for the past two days from a bad stomach upset, and I suspect that this was caused by my re-use of a 250ml Tesco Diet Cola bottle which had previously been filled with 7-Up Cherry, which was then drank and the bottle left empty for several weeks/months; I have thus...

However, one of my fave websites dissects it here: http://arstechnica.co.uk/science/2016/12/the-food-industry-is-gaslighting-us-on-the-harms-of-sugar/ This kind of bastardisation of science is what's behind the 'doubt' behind Global Warming and other anti-scientific movements like...

What do people think of the use of the word natural. "It's natural sugar!" It's Sugar.

As was discussed in the "In the news" section of the forum in November, NHS England is consulting with patients and the public to have their about plans to cut sales of sugary drinks in hospitals. There are two proposals being put forward; A fee to be paid by vendors An outright ban It's about...

I have Type 2 I know I supposed to eat healthy and not over load on sugar but I just had lots and lots of chocolate and ice-cream I could not stop myself and now I am worried what will happen to me. I feel quite sick! and I have a headache which may or may not be linked?

Hi. I'm newly diagnosed. Cried at first as I'd previously had a negative result in july 2015 but now type 2. Been following a healthy eating plan and lost 9lbs since diagnosis 2.5 weeks ago. What I'm finding very confusing are yoghurts. Ive noticed that a lot of low fat ones claim 0.0 or 0.1%...

Article. :rolleyes: Of course, as usual the real question is, why is there so much emphasis on the red herring of "sugar", especially the "natural" vs. "added" sugar nonsense, when it's total carbohydrates (of which sugar is just one) that matter? :eek::rolleyes::confused:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/36054494/six-everyday-things-with-more-sugar-than-dolmio-lasagne-sauce Perhaps not surprisingly, it contains the usual nonsense: No, it isn't. As has often been pointed out on these forums, the human body makes no distinction between "natural" and "added"...