Tag: sugar
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Scientific American Article Focuses on “Food Addiction”
A recent article detailing the history of food addiction studies has claimed that foods dense in fat and sugar can override our appetite suppressing hormones, activate our neurological reward systems and prompt us to continue eating past the point of satiety. Paul Kenny, “Is obesity an addiction?,” Scientific American, September 2013. According to author Paul Kenny,…
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Credit Suisse Issues Report on Sugar Consumption
Credit Suisse’s Research Institute has issued a September 2013 report titled Sugar Consumption at a Crossroads that examines the world sweetener market as well as the latest research on the health effects of sugar and high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS). Noting that soft drinks have drawn the most attention from legislators, regulators and consumer groups, the report…
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National Geographic Highlights History of Sugar Consumption
“It seems like every time I study an illness and trace a path to the first cause, I find my way back to sugar,” opines University of Colorado-Denver nephrologist Richard Johnson in an August 2013 National Geographic special feature examining the history of sugar consumption. Titled “Sugar Love: A Not So Sweet Story,” the article authored by Rich Cohen…
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CSPI Criticizes Retired Basketball Star’s Soft Drink Pitch
Former basketball star Shaquille O’Neal reportedly plans to endorse a new line of “low calorie sodas” that critics say promote obesity and other health problems. The Soda Shaq line is manufactured by AriZona beverages and will be distributed by convenience retailer 7-Eleven at stores nationwide. A press release announcing the product states that Soda Shaq…
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Atlantic Article Questions “Regulating Sugar Like Alcohol”
Recapitulating the neuroendocrinologist Robert Lustig’s arguments for regulating sugar based on its alleged ubiquity, toxicity, addictiveness and “negative impact on society,” a recent article in The Atlantic considers whether the sweetener meets these four criteria for government intervention. According to staff writer Megan Garber, Lustig in a June 29, 2013, interview at the Aspen Ideas…
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Putative Class Challenges Fruit Juice Labeling
A California resident has filed consumer fraud claims on behalf of a putative statewide class against a company that makes fruit juices with “No Sugar Added” statements on the product labels and without a statement that the juice is not a “low calorie” or “calorie reduced” product allegedly in violation of federal regulatory requirements. Cuzakis…
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NYC Health Department Expands Campaign to All Sweetened Beverages
The New York City (NYC) Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has reportedly launched an ad campaign targeting beverages with added sugars, such as sports drinks, teas and energy drinks. Part of a four-year “Pouring on the Pounds” campaign that has compared sweetened soft drinks to sugar packets and fat globs, the new TV ads…
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FDA Issues Notice on Study of Consumer Responses to Nutrition Labels
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a notice about a collection of information titled “Experimental Study on Consumer Responses to Nutrition Facts Labels with Various Footnote Formats and Declaration of Amount of Added Sugars” that the agency has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget for review. FDA reported that it plans…