A Guide to Making Sense of Sugars
December 1, 2016
Click Here to Download the Fact Sheet Few topics in nutrition have received more attention in recent years than sugars and added sugars. The role of sugars in food, how…
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Fast Take: Added Sugars Consumption for Children
August 25, 2016
Few topics in nutrition get more attention these days than added sugars. As much or more than any other dietary component or lifestyle factor, sugars have been studied for their…
Fast Take: Can Low-Calorie Sweeteners Increase Your Appetite?
July 14, 2016
Let’s make sure to keep perspective on what one recent finding may report versus the totality of science supporting low-calorie sweeteners.
News Bite: Low-Calorie Sweeteners: A Sweet Solution to Lowering Your Calorie Intake?
May 31, 2016
Imagine sitting down for breakfast at a diner on a lazy Sunday morning. Sounds relaxing, right? Sure, until you are faced with the decision of what kind of sweetener to…
Why the Study Linking High Infant BMI and Low Calorie Sweeteners is Misleading
May 12, 2016
Another day, another study on low-calorie sweeteners. This latest study looked at associations between women who reported drinking beverages containing low-calorie sweeteners while pregnant and the body mass index of their…
The Science on Low-Calorie Sweeteners [VIDEO]
April 21, 2016
The taste of sweets is a basic biological adaptation that evolved to allow humans to find hard-to-find, energy-rich foods, specifically fruit. Once hard to get, fruit rots quickly after it…
News Bite: Some Are Sour on New Sweetener Study
March 18, 2016
A new study about the low-calorie sweetener sucralose (sold under brand names such as Splenda, Sukrana, SucraPlus, Nevella and Cukren) has been generating a lot of controversy in the news…
The 5 Best Food Insight Blogs of 2015
December 23, 2015
We’re almost at the year’s end, but we went back and found our favorite Food Insight blog posts of 2015. 1. 4 Nutrients to Eat for Better Skin & Hair…
New Dietary Guidelines: What Changed & What Stayed the Same
December 11, 2015
Let me take you back to 1980. Pac-Man was king, the Post-It was brand new, and Blondie topped the charts. It was also the debut of the Dietary Guidelines for…
War on Food Science: Part 3 – Low-Calorie Sweeteners
March 19, 2015
This month’s issue of National Geographic arrived in mailboxes (yes, those still exist) covering a pretty heated topic: The War on Science. You can dig into their feature online, which covers…