Category Archives: Sugar

Strategies to Overcome Anxiety: Caffeine, Alcohol, Allergies and Sugar

Posted on March 7, 2017 by Robert Barrington

Medically, anxiety is an unpleasant sensation that results from emotional disturbance. This emotional disturbance can affect the physical realm leading to symptoms similar to a stress or fear response, which can include heart palpitations, sweating and increased alertness. Stabbing or … Continue reading →

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Five Reasons to Avoid Sugar

Posted on March 2, 2017 by Robert Barrington

Sugar is chemically called sucrose. It is a disaccharide sugar molecule, meaning it is made up of two other sugar molecules, fructose and glucose, joined by a glycosidic bond. In the gut the disaccharide is split and both glucose and … Continue reading →

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Bad Science Watch: Muddying the Water Over Dairy

Posted on February 10, 2017 by Robert Barrington

A large number of studies have shown that consuming dairy products is associated with improved sensitivity to the insulin system. This may relate to the calcium or conjugated linoleic acid content of dairy products, both of which have insulin sensitising … Continue reading →

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Sweet And Deadly

Posted on February 5, 2017 by Robert Barrington
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Replacing Soft Drinks with Fruit

Posted on January 29, 2017 by Robert Barrington
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Does Sucrose Accelerate Aging?

Posted on January 10, 2017 by Robert Barrington

As animals and humans age there is a slow deterioration in the efficiency of particular physiological systems. One such decline results in a decrease in the sensitivity of skeletal muscle for insulin. Insulin is the primary hormone in the body … Continue reading →

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Do We Become Habitualised to the Taste of Sugar?

Posted on January 9, 2017 by Robert Barrington
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Three Easy Ways to Improve Your Health

Posted on December 30, 2016 by Robert Barrington

It is becoming clear that the Western lifestyle is to blame for the Western lifestyle diseases. Cardiovascular disease, cancer, obesity, diabetes, arthritis and dementia have genetic components, but for the vast majority of individuals, it is lifestyle choices that are … Continue reading →

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Childhood Feeding Habits Die Hard

Posted on December 9, 2016 by Robert Barrington

Evidence suggests that what we eat as children determines what we eat as adults. Anecdotally, this is probably well known, but scientific evidence supports this contention. For example, researchers investigated the feeding habits of infants over a number of years … Continue reading →

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More On Sucrose and Insulin Resistance

Posted on December 3, 2016 by Robert Barrington
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