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…
According to search engine giant Google, no diet received more searches in 2018 than keto.1 The diet’s popularity has exploded in the last few years as many consumers have questioned reliance on carbohydrate-heavy diets. Instead, they choose ways…
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…
You know the first response many people have to the keto diet: “Eat nothing but fats?? That sounds great!!” After all, who wouldn’t want an excuse to pig out on loads of bacon and thick, juicy hamburgers? Since…
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…