The Trouble with Sugar
This week we're tackling three big ideas about sugar: It causes hyperactivity in kids, it's as addictive as cocaine and it raises blood sugar in universal, predictably spiky ways.
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Links!
- Fat Talk: Parenting in the Age of Diet Culture by Virginia Sole Smith
- Sugar Rush: Science, Politics and the Demonisation of Fatness by Karen Throsby
- Is sugar really as addictive as cocaine? Scientists row over effect on body and brain
- Sugar Is Not the Enemy
- Dr. Benjamin F. Feingold, Controversial Pediatrician
- Is There Such a Thing as a ‘Sugar High’?
- Effects of Diets High in Sucrose or Aspartame on The Behavior and Cognitive Performance of Children
- Sugar and the Hyperactive Child
- Some popular diets are based on this carb-rating scale. Here’s why it could be misleading.
- Glycemic Index: History and Clinical Application
- Glycemic Index and Glycemic Load
- Low glycaemic index or low glycaemic load diets for overweight and obesity
- What is the glycaemic index
- Don't Play a Numbers Game, Experts Say, Just Eat Your Vegetables
- Sugar addiction: the state of the science
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