Evidence is mounting on the dangers of sugar consumption, linking the sweet stuff beyond obesity to heart disease and cancer. The catch: Our fate can be prevented if we seriously cut back on sugar. Is America headed toward a great political sugar debate?
Like any dependable public health crisis, the sugar debate is making its yearly rounds. On April 1, the TV show 60 Minutes devoted a segment to resurrecting the question that makes the sugar industry nervous: Is sugar toxic? Just one year ago, The New York Times published an article of the same name.
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According to Andrew Weil MD, director of the center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona ”Fatty acids are part of the brain’s building blocks” “If you’re not getting enough in your diet, the architecture of the brain becomes weak and brain function, including memory, suffers. The balance of Omega 3’s to Omega 6’s also plays a part, “The more omega 6’s you eat, the more omega-3’s you need to balance your levels.”
No, that’s not a misprint. Analyzing new research, renowned cardiologist Arthur Agatson, M.D., warns that women of normal weight can share many of the same heart risks as those who are obese.
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Incidences of heart attacks fell 36% in communities after they institued public and workplace smoking bans,reports new research published in the journal Circulation.
