Category Archives: Sugar

Refined Carbohydrates and Baboons

Posted on June 1, 2016 by Robert Barrington

Refined diets containing refined carbohydrates are increasingly being implicated in the development of Western lifestyle disease. Refined carbohydrates including fructose, sucrose and glucose, as well as starch, are implicated in the development of disease because they knock the metabolism of … Continue reading →

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Avoiding Foods with Added Sugar and Salt

Posted on May 18, 2016 by Robert Barrington
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High Fructose Corn Syrup and Obesity

Posted on April 30, 2016 by Robert Barrington
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Fructose and Fatty Liver

Posted on April 29, 2016 by Robert Barrington

Refined crystalline fructose has been compared to alcohol in terms of the metabolism it undergoes in the liver. In particular, both fructose and alcohol increase the synthesis and storage of fatty acids in the liver (steatosis). Excess alcohol can cause … Continue reading →

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Foods Associated With Weight Changes

Posted on April 16, 2016 by Robert Barrington
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High Carbohydrate Diets Increase Lipid Formation

Posted on March 23, 2016 by Robert Barrington

Insulin resistance is the pivotal factor in many Western lifestyle diseases. The metabolic changes that accompany insulin resistance leads to cellular dysfunction and this in turn leads to the diseases of the West, particularly obesity, cardiovascular disease and diabetes. One … Continue reading →

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Fructose: Liquid Versus Solid Food

Posted on March 20, 2016 by Robert Barrington
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The Cost of Good Food?

Posted on March 20, 2016 by Robert Barrington
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Which Foods Make Us Fat?

Posted on March 1, 2016 by Robert Barrington

Increasingly it is being evidenced that low quality foods are the cause of weight gain. High quality foods can be eaten ad libitum without changes in body weight, but lower quality foods do not share this property. When low quality … Continue reading →

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Is High Quality Food Cost Prohibitive?

Posted on February 18, 2016 by Robert Barrington

Diet quality is difficult to define. Traditional diets are considered high quality diets, yet they differ around the World and between populations. However, generally high quality diets are high in foods that have relatively lower energy densities such as whole … Continue reading →

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