Study: Cutting Sugar From Diet Shows Immediate Health Benefits (wiley.com)

turp182 writes: As reported in TIME and other news sources, a recent study found that reducing sugar intake in obese children caused several biological health markers to improve over a short period of time (9 days). Summarizing the results: "Overall, their fasting blood sugar levels dropped by 53%, along with the amount of insulin their bodies produced since insulin is normally needed to break down carbohydrates and sugars. Their triglyceride and LDL levels also declined and, most importantly, they showed less fat in their liver." The full study is available online.

Comments

Re: Here come the anti-American twits

[Anonymous Coward]

Racist.

Re:Let me get this straight:

[swb]

The risks of dihydrogen monoxide are pretty well publicized.

http://www.dhmo.org/

Wow

[tomhath]

They must be *really* fat if they're taking up both 2nd and 3rd place.

Re:School Lunch

[codeAlDente]

I'm with you dude. Refined sugar is a drug and schools are the pushers. My kids school hands out sugary crap like candy, but they'd be pissed if I showed up and passed out similarly harmful drugs.

Re: Note if we can stop..

[Kohath]

Have you ever read the ingredients of prepackaged food? Hint: it doesn't contain just one ingredient.

I think one of those chemicals keeps people from being preachy know-it-all douchebags. People without that chemical in their system spend their time annoying everyone around them with a weird sort of self-focused food-related righteousness, as if you think you discovered eating itself and everyone else around you needs to know how superior you are at it.