Because of their faster metabolisms, it also appeared they had less chance of developing diabetes because they processed sugar more quickly.

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I've found that I need a small meal with as little processed sugar as possible about one to two hours before I work out.

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She also eliminated bread and pasta and reduced her intake of sugar, salt and processed foods.

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Corn syrup is now more common in processed foods, but sugar remains a perennial favorite.

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What these and other studies strongly suggest is that most of us are seriously damaging ourselves with processed foods high in added sugar, and the damage begins with our brains.

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The less money you have in the U.S., the more likely you are to eat processed foods full of starch and sugar.

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It begins with the sugarcane pulp, which is processed into various forms: from the liquid sugar used to make soft drinks, to the more syrupy sugar used to make hard candy, VHP sugar for exportation, refined and granulated sugar.

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They skip meals, eat processed foods at their computers, binge on Starbucks and crash from sugar and caffeine highs.

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The Liberal Democrats have occasionally mooted things like a sugar tax, and people have talked about taxing the saturated fat content of processed foods.

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The sun is replaced by sugar, essentially, which is fed to the algae, which then produces different types of oil that can be processed into a variety of fuels, suitable for cars and planes.

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