Others add so much sugar that the calorie content is ultimately not far off that which they were meant to replace.
When you talk about kids eating too much sugar, the usual suspects come to mind: breakfast cereals, sweet snacks, desserts, and candy.
And while this percentage translates into different amounts depending on the individual, Ayoob says that children are simply consuming too much sugar.
But he called on soft drinks companies to display clearer warnings on their beverages about the risks of too much sugar and caffeine.
Huong was not only the prettiest but also the best cook, depending less on sauces, whereas Lili used too much sugar and Nana deep-fried almost everything.
Saying how many calories and how much sugar is in a pack of Oreos is easier to convey than how and why a company is placing cookies on your computer.
Byetta is a class of drugs known as GLP-1 analog, which is one approach among many to the problem of getting the body of a diabetic to produce enough of its own insulin (and suppressing its tendency to produce too much sugar).
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For a couple of years, my daughter has been asking to make one of those kitschy Halloween food crafts you see in all the parenting magazines, and while normally I say no (too much work, too much sugar, I'm no fun), this time, I decided to be a cool mom and say yes.
Communities around the world are affected by the manufacturing of these products, not only because they are growing ever fatter as a result of so much sugar in their lives, but also because the use of water for sugar drinks means communities often go without clean drinking water (which Coke and other companies then sells to them as bottled water).
Surprisingly, chocolate is also a good delivery system, so chocolate products created specifically to deliver probiotics (instead of just throwing them in for marketing purposes) are a tasty and effective option, as long as they aren't loaded with too much sugar and fat. (Attune is a California company specializing in chocolate probiotic treats.) Fermented foods such as cheese, sauerkraut and kimchi are also a good source of probiotics.
While coconut water typically has less sugar than sports drinks, it also has much less sugar than regular sodas or fruit juices.
Birch sap overall has a much lower sugar content than maple syrup, however.
In my case, changes to my exercise patterns have much less impact on my sugar levels than how much I eat.
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Diabetes is caused when there is too much glucose or sugar in the body.
The National Institute of Nutrition and the World Health Organization both have set certain benchmarks of how much salt, sugar, carbohydrates and fats every individual can have on a daily basis to stay healthy.
By the 16th century when sugar was much more readily available, pastry casings were sweetened, made lighter, and most importantly, were made to be eaten along with the filling.
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The lactation consultant explained Reese was producing too much foremilk, which is full of sugar and can irritate a baby's delicate gut if she gets too much of it.
That has sparked a debate over how much of the bill the sugar companies should pay.
Of them, 135 were killed in accidents, giving a higher accidental death rate of one in 16, 000, even though the sugar harvest lasts much longer than that for any other crop.
Sanofi-Aventis ' (nyse: SNY - news - people ) drug, Acomplia, helped overweight patients lose an average of 19 pounds--about four times as much as dieters on a sugar pill.
Though they have lost control over much of Indian economic life, sugar is still theirs.
"Sugar is thought very much of as a treat, but it's given all the time as a treat, " she said.
Groningen is a pleasant place, with an old university, but its claims to fame do not extend to much beyond the industrial processing of sugar-beet and a glorious 15th-century tower.
But even with sugar there can be too much of a good thing, so it would be no surprise if the body were able to regulate the perception of sweetness as its nutritional needs vary.
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An experimental fence is guarding a field of sugar cane, which elephants like as much as alcohol.
Sugar production in Brazil has also been much better than expected, while China has generally had a good growing season, Mr Walton adds.
He admits that it is not simple to pull the sugars out of non-food material like pulp or wood waste, but says that even factoring in the extraction process, the final cost should be lower than using corn starch or sugar cane, both of which are much higher-priced commodities.
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India consumes 14m tonnes of sugar a year, but has twice that much processing capacity.
Sugar has doubled, vegetables prices got as much as 60% higher than last year, and the government is holding food and commodity reserves.
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