by Amie | Jul 11, 2017 | Immunity, Sugar is the Devil, Vitamin C, Wholistic Wellbeing
One of the easiest strategies to preserve immune function is to avoid refined sugar. Sugar has a significant disabling effect on our immune system which means, if you’re consuming it, you are more at risk of picking up what’s going around – and less able to...
by Amie | Dec 16, 2014 | Fast Food, Research, Sugar is the Devil
If you’ve been following my blog for any length of time you will know I am President of the ‘I Hate Sugar Club’ but, given we’re in the midst of the silly season of socialising, I thought this article on the hazards of sugar was timely. What am...
by Amie | Jul 10, 2014 | Research, Sugar is the Devil
A poor diet is not good for your body, or your brain. Added sugar is one of the single greatest dietary problems we face, not only because sugar is added to so many things but because it’s so addictive we can get hooked on it and actively seek it out! A new...
by Amie | May 16, 2013 | Fast Food, Sugar is the Devil
One sugar-sweetened soft drink a day can increase a person’s risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 22 percent, researchers in Britain say. Dr. Dora Romaguera of Imperial College London and researchers from the InterAct consortium analysed the consumption of...
by Amie | Sep 24, 2012 | Healthy Eating, Sugar is the Devil
The September 4, 2012 issue of the journal Neurology® published the finding of Australian researchers of an association between high normal plasma glucose levels and a decrease in brain volume in non-diabetic men and women. Although research has established an...
by Amie | Jul 26, 2012 | News, Sugar is the Devil
Sugary drinks lead to alterations in muscles similar to those in people with obesity problems and type 2 diabetes, researchers in Britain said. Dr. Hans-Peter Kubis of Bangor University in England said the research showed regularly drinking soft drinks changed the...
