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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Sugar; EN Gives You the Facts
By Sharon Salomon
Seems everyone’s got an opinion about sugar. It’s a safe bet that many people have resolved to give it up this year, because they think sugar negatively impacts their health. The relationship of sugar to health is an emotionally charged issue, with people taking sides for or against it with little, if any, scientific support for their beliefs. "Sugar has an undeserved bad reputation. This may be due, in part, to the fact that sugar is often used in combination with other ingredients, such as fat, which are known to have adverse health effects," says Richard Surwit, Ph.D., professor of psychiatry at Duke University Medical Center. Since confusion abounds on the subject of sugar, EN answers your most pressing questions about this sweet stuff.
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Paying the High Price of Food Waste
By Sharon Palmer, R.D.
"We waste enough food to fill the Rose Bowl every day," says Jonathan Bloom, M.A., who spoke at the American Dietetic Association Food and Nutrition Conference & Expo in Denver on October 20, 2009. As a result of researching food waste for the past five years, Bloom started the website, www.WastedFood.com, and is currently writing a book on food waste in America. If the size of the Rose Bowl is hard to fathom, here’s another shocking number: more than 40 percent of the food produced for consumption in the U.S. will never be eaten. In fact, food waste in America has increased by about 50 percent since 1974, reaching more than 1,400 calories per person per day. That’s almost half of the daily calorie requirement for the average person. These were the findings of researchers from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, published in November 2009 in the Public Library of Science (PLOS.)
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Cultivate a Nutrient-Rich Approach to Eating—for Life
The latest buzzword in healthful eating is not low-calorie, low-sodium or low-fat: It’s "nutrient-rich." What’s nutrient-rich eating? Just consider a 100 Calorie Pack of Hostess Twinkie Bites. Sure, they only contain 100 calories, 2.5 grams (g) fat, 1 g saturated fat and 160 milligrams of sodium in three tiny cakes, but what kind of nutritional reward do you get for that 100-calorie investment? Check out the ingredient list and you’ll find a string of processed, refined ingredients, cuing you to the fact that those 100 calories are basically empty ones.
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