There is a bounty of emerging research and case studies that show the benefits of low-carb (and specifically keto) dieting when it comes to dealing with Type 2 diabetes (T2D). For years now, doctors around the world have…
The fight against big soda is slowly but surely making its way from U.S. cities to the states themselves. In Connecticut, the governor’s office is pushing to enact the first state-wide soda tax in the face of massive…
From Berkeley to Seattle to Philadelphia, sugar taxes on sodas and other sweetened beverages have been cropping up in cities around the country as municipalities struggle to improve public health. Local governments, beset by high rates of obesity…
It’s no secret that food and drink manufacturers have been at pains to develop sugar alternatives for decades now, responding to increasing global awareness about the dangers of too much sugar in our diets. From the packets of…
With significant changes to the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Nutrition Facts Label just around the corner, the federal response to the enormous quantities of added sugar in the food industry seems to be taking hold.1 As regulators…
Obesity is obviously a huge factor in any number of potentially fatal diseases, from Type 2 diabetes to heart disease to high blood pressure and a variety of cancers. But what about sugar itself? Because the overconsumption of…
Obesity itself is well known for its tendency to put people at risk for developing cardiovascular disease and other fatal conditions. But what about sugar, arguably the primary dietary cause of obesity? Most research has stopped short of…
The government of Malaysia, a small country with the highest rates of obesity in all of Asia, released its plans for a sugar tax during its 2019 budget announcement. Malaysia will join a growing number of countries and…
I’ve written quite a bit here about the fight against obesity and obesity-related diseases like diabetes, and about how government regulators and health experts around the world are cracking down on sugar consumption in an effort to address…
It’s impossible to argue: keto has taken off to become one of the world’s most popular diets. In 2018, keto took first place as the most-queried diet on Google Search. According to a survey of over 2,000 dietitians…