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Sugar Shock! Blog
http://www.SugarShockBlog.com
Your lively, informative, thought-provoking, inspirational, online blog for raves, rants, insights, musings, news, commentary, and current research about sweeteners (all sugars and artificial sweeteners, including sucrose, high fructose corn syrup, honey, barley malt, aspartame, and more). That means you'll get updates about the movement to kick junk food out of the schools, new research about the impact of sugars on our health and moods, updated studies exploring the connection between sugar consumption and developing such diseases or conditions as diabetes, hypoglycemia, insulin resistance, heart disease, cancer, etc. SugarShockBlog.com was founded by experienced journalist and former sugar addict Connie Bennett, author of the upcoming book, SUGAR SHOCK! Connie -- who jokingly calls herself a "Sugar Shrew No More!" -- now coaches people to help them break free of their sugar and simple-carb habit. For women and men aged 16 to 86, who are fed up with their sugar addiction.
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Veggies Roll Through Low-Income Neighborhoods
Note from Connie: As it is, I'm relishing the amazing, low-priced kale, squash, baby greens, apricots, plums and other fresh produce (from being a member of a CSA), so it's thrilling to hear that now low-income communities have the same opportunity f...
TV & Food Don't Mix: Kids Eat More While Watching TV, Study Finds
We've heard much anecdotal evidence about how watching TV isn't conducive to being fit and trim, but now a new Canadian study -- hailed as "the first study of its kind" -- suggests that eating in front of the boob tube can cause kids to consume more....
Internet & Weight Gain: Teen Girls on the Web Gain Weight, Study Finds
Note from Connie: Watch out how much time you or your teenagers are on the Internet! That's because an intriguing new study in the July issue of The Journal of Pediatrics found that spending too much time on the internet can cause teenage girls to ga...
Salt: Too Much, Too Little Can Lead to Problems Galore
We all know too much sugar can cause problems galore. We also know that there's no such thing as too little sugar. But not so with another white substance. Apparently, while most people overdose on salt, some under-use the stuff. And that also can tr...
Study Finds Link Between Maternal Diabetes and Obesity and Diabetes in Their Kids
From Jennifer Moore Young people with type 2 diabetes were more likely to have been exposed to diabetes or obesity in utero than their non-diabetic counterparts, a Diabetes Care study finds. Using 79 diabetic youngsters aged 10 to 22 and a control gr...
