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

Posted by Soulskill on from the sweet-science dept.

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.

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  1. Re:Causes cancer by fwarren · · Score: 5, Informative

    The Warburg Effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

    Cancer loves sugar. Cancer cells consume sugar at 8 times the rate of normal cells. Warburg won the Nobel prize for this discovery.

    Yes both sugar and flour are bad for you. There is thing called "Diseases of Western Civilization" and they come along when sugar and flour start showing up in your diet.

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    vi + /etc over regedit any day of the week.
  2. Thanks for the Diabetes. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Can confirm. Have dropped 90 percent of sugar & carbohydrates (Grains, Rice, Potatoes) from my diet, as a result of having been diagnosed with Type II Diabetes. Too late to recover Pancreas, however attendant diseases (Eye damage, kidney damage, Gout & arthritis are no longer giving me grief. I am down to one cold or less per Canadian winter, and my weight drops about a kg (2.2 lb) per month. Almost down to normal BMI.

    Yes, it is also a genetic predisposition, but if I had known what not to eat 40 years ago, I might still have a pancreas.

    Time to revise the food guide. Grain & Cane are not food for people.