Tag: sugar
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How to quit sugar
‘That chocolate bar is calling my name!’ How many times have you reached for it, even though you were not hungry? Why is it so hard to resist sugar and sugary snacks, especially around mid-afternoon breaks? Apart from giving us a rush of quick energy and delicious experience it is also highly addictive: according to…
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Sugar alternative
One of the most common questions I get asked is about sugar and whether natural alternatives are more healthy. With so much marketing, hype and excitement around new fads it’s really difficult to know if something is healthy or not. This together with the rise of health “gurus” selling gorgeous cookery books using some of…
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The dangers of sugar
Sugar consumption is having a ‘devastating’ effect on all of our dental health. Important changes need to be made at the highest level to urgently address the UK’s deteriorating dental health from sugar consumption, an oral health charity says. The British Dental Health Foundation is fully supporting new proposals made by one of the most…