When our bodies have a lot of good microbes living in the digestive tract we’re able to digest and process what we eat without a problem.

Different types of food encourage different species to thrive, supporting natural diversity. This diversity allows people to adapt to different diets more easily.

The team compared fecal samples from 15 healthy children of the West African village Nanoro, with those of an equal number of subjects living in the city of Florence.

This particular African village was selected because of its isolation and the fact that the diet is very much like that of the Neolithic age – high in fiber, cereals, non animal protein and plants; the European children eat a more Western diet – high in animal protein, sugar and fat, but low in fiber.

All the study subjects were between 1 and 6 years old, and had taken no antibiotics or probiotics for the preceding six months. The information on diet came from parents. Not surprisingly the Italian subjects consumed more calories per day, 1512 vs. 996 among two to six year olds.

The study authors provided material that supports the idea that human’s digestive organisms changed quite a bit once agriculture took hold and the society was no longer nomadic… a scant 10,000 years ago.

Once the food supply changed, the number and types of bacteria changed too, perhaps bringing more diseases. Once antibiotics, vaccines and better hygiene took hold, some scientists believe that more changes in the organisms took place – coincidentally at the same time medicine was seeing an increased number of allergic and autoimmune diseases.

Researchers wonder if the bacteria that populate the small Western stomachs might predispose these subjects to obesity or allergies later in life. DNA analysis found that Italian children had more bacteria linked with obesity with fewer fatty acids that can cut down on inflammation. The populations of bacteria were less diverse in the Western diet eating subjects.

African children had more good bacteria, and even some unique strains that weren’t found in the other subjects. The work clearly verified the idea that there is a difference in colonization of digestive organisms associated with a low fat, low sugar, low prepared food diet.

The study raises the issue that diet might have just as much impact on the makeup of digestive organisms as do sanitation, climate and geography.

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This isn’t the first work to find that the Western diet might influence digestive organisms; an earlier work found that the mix of bacteria in a baby’s system might be able to predict whether that child will be overweight or obese later in life. Another study found that prescribing antibiotics to infants increases the chances the child might develop asthma.

The thing is, all of us eat too much cheap, convenient food according to Marianne Grant, registered dietitian and educator at Texas A&M Health Science Center Costal Bend Health Education Center. She contends that our bodies have not changed all that much since those hunter/gatherer days, and we should be eating more like our ancestors. Way more fruits and veggies and a lot of physical activity.

The work appears in the August 2-6, 2010 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The team hopes that the research might lead to new probiotics that help improve the ratio of good and bad stomach bacteria of those eating a Western diet. It also suggests, that minus the termites, this may be a way to feed young children, a diet more heavy in fiber but with the same amount of calories.

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Earlier research findings have been murky where coffee and cancer risk are concerned, though sugared sodas have been reliably linked to obesity and other health problems that are thought to increase the risk of colon cancer.

In this review, Dr. Xuehong Zhang and a team out of the Harvard School of Public Health evaluated 13 studies including more than 730,000 subjects from all over the world. The studies lasted from as few as 6 to as long as 20 years. Of the subjects, more than 5,600 were diagnosed with colon cancer.

Colon cancer rates vary widely between countries, and experts suspect that lifestyle factors may well play an important role

The team found that drinking more than 6, eight-ounce cups of coffee a day did not increase the risk of colon cancer. This supports earlier research into coffee drinking and cancer.

Nor did drinking more than 18 ounces a day of sugar filled sodas, though these beverages have been linked to increases in risk factors for colon cancer (such as being obese and having diabetes), but there’s been little direct research on the association.

The researchers note that the number of heavy soda drinkers in their work was small, only 2% of the total, and this may well have impacted the results.

Surprisingly, there was a small but respectable boost (28%) in colon cancer risk for heavy tea drinkers (more than 4, eight-ounce cups of non-herbal tea/day). This too, the researchers caution, requires further study as there were not large numbers of subjects who drank that much tea.

The relationship is unclear at the moment according to Zhang as tea is known to have antioxidants that are thought to help prevent cancer, but also polyamines that have been found to promote cancer.

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The team also noted that their findings on cancer risk were not affected all that much by other factors such as smoking status, alcohol consumption and gender of the subjects.

In a commentary that appeared with the review, experts from the Arizona Cancer Center point out that sugar sodas are the drinks of choice for children in many countries, unlike either coffee or tea.

Sweetened beverage intake is generally lower among older people. These differences in exposure suggest that the intake of sweetened drinks may call for earlier intervention by health care professionals in order to ward off later disease.

According to the American Cancer Society, colon cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer related death in the U.S., though the rate has been going down (thanks to better screening and treatments) over the last 15 years. This is why, as uncomfortable as they might make you, regular screening tests are one of the best ways to reduce your colon cancer risk. When caught early, patients can expect a complete cure.

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Some of Bowden’s suggestions are familiar, others might surprise you… but all ten foods do stand up as a natural source of some pretty impressive nutrients. The ten are:

1. Cherries: loaded with anti-inflammatory properties as well as having antioxidants thought to protect against the damage of free radicals and fight chronic diseases linked to getting older.

2. Blueberries: also a great source of antioxidants that promote a healthy heart, research in animals has found that blueberries promoted the loss of belly fat, linked to both diabetes and heart disease.

3. Grass fed beef: these cows nibble grass while avoiding hormones, steroids and antibiotics, so they become a healthy source of omega-3 fats that are an essential building block for many key compounds in the body. Beef’s bad rap, according to Bowden, is the result of highly processed varieties like fast food burgers and ballpark franks.

4. Wild salmon: also loaded with omega-3 fatty acids that have been linked to both heart and brain health as well as reducing blood pressure and triglycerides.

5. Coconuts: a much-misunderstood fruit that’s a natural source of good fat, called MCT, that’s not stored but used for energy, like a carb. This fruit is also high in lauric acid, a fatty acid that is known to kill pathogens. The oil of the coconut has a very high smoke point, so its great for cooking.

6. Kiwi: so loaded with vitamin C it delivers 115% of our daily requirement in a single serving.

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7. Whey powder: a run off of cheese making, the powder form is a fabulous source of protein according to Bowden. Whey has also been found to stimulate the immune system.

8. Flax seed: another great source of omega-3 fatty acids, this seed has also been found to have lignans, powerful anti cancer compounds. Flax is a fantastic source of fiber to support healthy digestion.

9. Kale: a veggie dubbed “royalty” by Bowden; Kale has indoles, a compound that’s been found to fight cancer, as well as being rich in antioxidants. Kale brings calcium, iron and vitamins A, C and K. It’s also full of sulforaphane, another cancer preventer. Two cups pack 3 grams of fiber.

10. Dark chocolate: is full of a phytochemical known as flavanol that has been found to improve cardiovascular health. Look for chocolate with at least 60% cocoa content.

Beyond these 10 best foods to eat, Bowden considers the Mediterranean style diet as one of the healthiest around. More of a lifestyle than an “eating plan”, meals include lots of fruits and veggies, whole grains, fish and plenty of olive and nut oils, along with a glass of red wine. It’s hard to ignore the fact that in study after study, the Mediterranean diet shows itself to be of real value to both body and mind, and that most (if not all) major scientific bodies encourage healthy people to eat as much like this as possible.

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So rather than putting off to “tomorrow” what you can do now, set a date on the calendar when you will begin your diet and mark it for all to see. By doing this you’ll be making your plans more specific, yourself more accountable so when the date arrives, you’ll be ready, and motivated, to get going.

Another important part of starting any diet plan is to see where you stand now. That’s right, get on the scale and look at the number… hard. Or, you might prefer to use one of the many BMI calculators on the internet to see where you fall. Then define where you want to be, understanding that in the end what you weigh is just a number, and your body can be perfectly healthy a few pounds over this number.

Recognizing the struggle getting underway can be, here are a few other helpful tips from the experts on how to get your diet plan underway.

- Know your goal: just how much do you want to lose? If you’ve got a lot, you’ll benefit best from a structured, supervised program according to Brian C. Jacobson, MD, MPH at Boston University Medical Center. If you’re only slightly or moderately overweight, think about controlling portion size, as this will cut calories. To get the latest on correct portion sizes, meet with a registered dietitian or review the new food pyramid.

- Know your weight loss personality: this has a role in our attitude to food according to Thomas R. Przybeck, PhD at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. He advises that you take the time to know your tendencies and create a weight loss plan that fights any unproductive inclinations you might have. Types to choose include Impulsive, Oblivious, Uptight, Tenacious and Sociable.

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- Do both diet and exercise: a combination of the two is most likely to lead to weight loss according to Lauren Gerson, MD, MSc, director of the Esophageal and Small Bowel Disorders Center at Stanford University School of Medicine.

- Make a commitment: but first, ask yourself some hard questions… Are you ready to do this? Is your motivation coming from inside yourself? Can you deal with occasional setbacks or a lack of progress? Can you fully focus on weight loss? You need to be losing weight for yourself, understand this may be a long term process and have the resources to focus all your efforts on your goal.

With some planning and careful preparation, the best way to lose weight is to make this diet your last diet. Once you get your momentum going, it will get easier to stay on track. You’ll be rewarded for your efforts by looking, and feeling, better. This in turn will have you making healthier decisions going forward.

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Fortunately many fast food chains, as well as more traditional restaurants, are getting the message and offering foods that look more like what we’d cook at home, if we had the time. There are now soups and salads as well as veggies and fruits. Fast food icon McDonald’s even offers a surprisingly tasty yogurt and granola parfait.

If fast food places are an unavoidable part of your routine, here are five smart ways to make healthier, less diet defeating choices when you pull up to the window.

1) Keep portion sizes in line - always get the smallest size of a sandwich or side you can and you’ll save calories and fat. Often single portions in these restaurants are enough for two meals.

2) Choose a healthy side – now more than ever, there are healthy options on those fast food menus. Opt for a side salad with low fat dressing, a baked potato, apple or orange slices, corn on the cob, steamed rice or baked potato chips.

3) Add greens - get a salad for the entrée and add grilled chicken, shrimp or veggies and have the dressing on the side. Consider McDonald’s Southwest Salad, Burger King’s Chicken Garden Salad and Wendy’s Chicken Caesar Salad. Avoid breaded or fried toppings, as well as extras like bacon bits, croutons or cheese.

4) Go for grilled – fried and breaded foods are loaded with calories and fat. Avoid anything labeled deep-fried, pan-fried, basted, batter-dipped, breaded, creamy, crispy, scalloped, Alfredo, au gratin or in cream sauce. Your best bets are turkey or chicken breast, lean ham or roast beef.

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5) Choose drinks wisely - a surprising source of calories, the beverage you choose to go with your meal can make a difference. Regular soda is loaded with calories, while diet soda, unsweetened ice tea, sparkling or mineral water are low calorie, thirst quenching choices. Skip the shakes, as you can imagine, they’re loaded with calories and your saturated fat allotment for an entire day.

Keep in mind that you don’t need to settle for what’s regularly offered with a sandwich. Ask for alternatives like low fat mayo or mustard, dressing served on the side or salsa instead of cheesy, calorie-laden sauce. Or order your sandwich without its usual toppings and add your own ketchup or mustard instead.

In the end, if you know you’ll be tempted after a late meeting or on the way home from soccer practice make sure you chose healthy fast food choices and that what you eat before and after is super healthy. It won’t hurt on days like this to make an extra effort to get your workout in as well.

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Today 26.6 million (12%) of American adults have heart disease. There’s usually a gradual progression of symptoms over time, until they come so frequently or so severely that you must seek medical attention. Stroke is the third leading cause of death in this country and is the leading cause of serious, lasting disability. On average every 40 seconds someone in the U.S. has a stroke.

The latest research involved more than 37,000 people in the Netherlands who were followed for 13 years, making this one of the largest, and longest, studies to examine the impact of coffee and tea drinking on the health of the heart. The team used a questionnaire to get an idea of how much coffee or tea a subject drank, and at the end of the study they found that:

- Drinking 3-6 cups of tea a day brought a 45% lower risk of death from heart disease.

- Drinking more than 6 cups of tea a day was linked to a 36% lower risk of heart disease.

- Drinking as few as 2 but no more than 4 cups of coffee a day had a 20% lower risk of heart disease.

- Moderate coffee drinking was associated with a slight, but still not statistically significant, drop in death from heart disease.

- Neither coffee nor tea affected stroke risk.

While the amount of tea drunk sounds like a lot, a large glass of iced tea may have two to three cups of liquid. Try not to load up on the sugar, instead see if you can acquire a taste for the beverage in its natural state, or with a bit of lemon.

In case you’re wondering what type of tea… this is the first work to find benefits to drinking black tea, the variety more popular in the United States as well as in the Netherlands where the work was conducted.

Even more interesting, the association between tea and coffee drinking held up even when the researchers accounted for other factors usually tied to heart disease, things like smoking and lack of exercise. So if you’re healthy, and you enjoy tea or coffee, this study suggests drinking them brings no harm and might possibly do you some good.

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Experts believe that the powerful antioxidants and flavonoids in both back tea and coffee may be the reason for the protective effect of these beverages. Other foods that have flavonoids include red grapes, red wine, dark chocolate, blueberries and red beans.

Since the study used only healthy volunteers, no one can say for sure if drinking these beverages will help existing disease. Relying on self reported data, and not getting specifics on which type of tea the subjects drank are all limitations of the work. You can read more about the study in the August 2010 online issue of Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, a publication of the American Heart Association.

If you’re interested in preventing heart disease or reducing stroke risk, do everything you can to help yourself. Don’t smoke. Control any symptoms, like high blood pressure or high cholesterol that you have. Work closely with your doctor. Follow your treatment plan. Be as active as is safe for you and eat a healthy diet, and enjoy a guilt free cup or two of coffee or tea anytime you like.

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Regular exercise is a critical part of keeping your body healthy, your mind sharp. Those who are active not only live longer, but they feel better.

Exercising regularly has been known to delay (or even prevent) diabetes, some cancers and problems with your heart. Most of us need 30 minutes of moderately intense exercise, at least five day a week to stay fit and healthy.

It’s just that if the workout isn’t fun, you’re not likely to stick with it, no matter how good you know it is for you. Here are ten tips to put some much-needed fun into getting active and eating better.

1) Banish the word “exercise” from your vocabulary, think “activity” instead. Find something you really like to do and go for it. Hiking, biking, urban walks, playing outdoor sports or games are all great ways to have fun and be active too.

2) Choose the right intensity level right from the start. If you’re overweight, out of shape and have been doing nothing for a good while now, even moderate level intensities will make you feel bad. Instead start by walking at your own pace suggests Dave Williams, PhD at Brown Medical School and the Miriam Hospital in Rhode Island. More research is underway on self-paced exercise, it’s a good bet that anyone will feel better afterward.

3) Use music as this makes the workout more enjoyable and more tolerable. In a recent study at Brunei University in London, music enhanced endurance by 15% and helped the exercisers enjoy it more to boot. Best of all, the kind of music doesn’t matter – choose whatever makes you want to get up and move.

4) Find a friend for support and this is likely to make your workout more fun and more regular. A friend, a spouse, a group… all that’s needed is for the people to be ones you like to spend time with, and you’re good to go.

5) Aim for a little bit every day instead of an “all or nothing” approach, try not to get hung up on the length of each session, instead keep yourself active most days of the week, especially at the start. Make a deal with yourself, that no matter how little you feel like being active, give it five minutes, and if you still feel bad then you can stop.

6) Double up on your goals so that if you start out thinking you’ll just get fit; try to put some effort into losing weight or eating better as well. There is some research that suggests it’s easier to make whole scale changes in your behavior rather than one or two small ones.

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7) Try cutting the fat content of your meals according to Victor J. Stevens, PhD, at the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, but do so gradually. Enjoy your favorite recipes but slowly reduce the fat you use… less butter, fat free milk instead of 2%, healthier oils. Watch total salt and sugar, too. You’ll be surprised at how little the taste changes, and how quickly you become adapted to the new, lighter flavor of your favorites.

Plan meals as a family allowing your spouse and children to make suggestions for healthier meals. Make a game of it and let everyone get a chance to pick favorite foods or dishes. Make the preparation less about the food and more of an activity you can all share.

9) Watch portion sizes if you start out with what you consider a typical size portion, then take away 5-10% of it and go with that. Eat slowly, enjoy the company and conversation and drink plenty of fluids with your meal. Teach your family, and yourself, how to eyeball portions according to the American Dietetic Association guidelines.

10) Appoint your kids as assistants and let them help you read labels and choose foods. Maybe it’s a healthy foods treasure hunt. Be sure to read labels on all you buy so you are able to spot hidden fats or sugars.

You see, getting healthy can be enjoyable with fun ways to exercise – it’s all in how you look at it. The good news is that once you start getting fit; you tend to want to eat better, to take better care of yourself. Eating better also helps your body make the most of the activity it’s getting. It’s a win-win.

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Yet the latest work, just published in the Journal of Nutrition, found a clear benefit to eating healthy and reduced risk. Almost 147,000 new cases of colorectal cancer were identified last year in the United States, and this disease is the third leading cause of cancer in men, the fourth in women.

Paige Miller, PhD, a researcher at Pennsylvania State University, found that eating a healthy, plant based diet cut the risk of colon cancer by 65% in women and 62% in men. By any standards, this type of reduction is pretty impressive. Fish was part of the protective effect for men, while low fat dairy seems especially helpful for women, though the reason for this remains unclear.

The researchers looked at the diets of 431 men and women who had colorectal cancer alongside the eating habits of 716 healthy control subjects.

They categorized subjects into two eating styles; fruits and veggies diet pattern and a meat and potatoes, refined grains pattern. In men there was a third pattern, a diet that included lots of alcohol and sweetened drinks.

The diet pattern associated with higher cancer risk had more red and processed meats, poultry, fried and white potatoes, high fat dairy, refined grains, butter, gravy and mayonnaise, as well as the things we clearly expect to be bad, sweets and salty snacks.

Besides the reduction in colorectal cancer risk for those eating the fruits and veggie heavy diets, Miller found that more closely the subjects stuck to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans and the MyPyramid recommendations, the lower the cancer risk – as much as 44% for men and 56% for women.

Nutritionists and experts like Miller will tell you not to focus on a single food, nutrient or something else in the diet. Instead, try to eat an overall plant-based diet that has lots of fruits, veggies, whole grains, nuts, seeds and vegetable oil. Experts think that these foods move waste through the colon more rapidly, which means any troublesome substance has less time to stick around.

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The take home message for anyone, concerned about colorectal cancer or not, is to adopt a diet that’s good for you, balanced and a way of eating you adopt for life.

Diet is only one part of the colon cancer picture…

A history of ulcerative colitis also increases your risk, as does a family history of the disease. Colon polyps are the sites where most colorectal cancers develop; so removing these polyps can prevent cancer from getting started.

There are other risks that you can affect. Stop smoking, take control of your weight and don’t drink to excess as these have all been linked to a higher colon cancer risk. It’s also important to get annual exams and screenings, as colon cancer can have no symptoms. Healthy food choices, early detection and treatment can, and does, save lives.

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We assume these items are lower in calories, so it’s fine to indulge. Exercise is also seen as less necessary after eating a so-called “organic” desert. The disturbing study appears in the journal Judgment and Decision Making.

These findings follow through on earlier work that shows food labels do spur misperceptions.

Calling a food “low fat” on the label makes buyers think it has fewer calories. Those items labeled as “low cholesterol” are often judged as having less fat. American’s as a whole have a strong tendency to associate “organic” with healthiness according to experts.

Researchers Jonathon P. Schuldt and professor Norbert Schwarz of the University of Michigan conducted two experiments to see if “organic” labels translated into “fewer calories” in the mind of the consumer.

The first, involving 114 college students who were asked to read nutrition labels on cookies – they were described as either “Oreo cookies” or “Oreo cookies made with organic flour and sugar.” Both had 160 calories but participants were asked to rate whether they thought the cookies had fewer calories or more calories than other brands on a scale of 1 (fewest calories) and 7 (most calories).

Not surprisingly, the cookies described as “organic” were rated as having fewer calories than conventional cookies. The “organic” cookies got a rating of 3.9; the traditional ones got an average rating of 5.17. Participants also thought the “organic” cookies could be eaten more than the non organic ones. The impact on calorie judgments was largest for those who held pro environment views, or those who valued organic methods in the first place.

The second of the two studies involved 215 college students who read a story about a character who wanted to lose weight but wanted to skip her after dinner run.

Participants read that she’d eaten either an organic or regular, non organic desert, then they responded whether it was okay for her to skip the run. Readers were more lenient to the character if she’d eaten the organic desert instead of the regular one.

Both studies suggest that “organic” claims might not just foster lower calorie estimates, and have us eating more than we should of this food, but they may also have us thinking that we’ve already made progress toward losing weight, when in truth nothing has changed.

It’s important to keep in mind that the word “organic” on a food label refers to how the food is processed, not to how much fat or calories it has.

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A food that calls itself organic must be free of food additives, processed with fewer artificial methods, materials and conditions (chemical ripening, food irradiation, genetically modified ingredients). Pesticides are allowed as long as they’re not synthetic.

Yet experts have found that if people think a food is better… has fewer calories and fat, you’re likely to eat all that much more of it. Often people have the feeling that by eating healthy they don’t have to do other things… like exercise.

Organic food sales in the United Sates have grown rapidly over the past twenty years, from $1 billion in 1990 to a staggering $25 billion just last year. Eating organic food diet items generally cost from 10-40% more than their conventionally produced counterparts. If you do decide to (or continue to) buy “organic” know that it isn’t a free pass to eat all you want.

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Obese kids and teens face a host of struggles… beyond being at higher risk of asthma, hepatic steatosis and sleep apnea, they’re also at increased risk for other dangerous health conditions usually only seen in adults.

More likely to be obese when they reach adulthood, these kids are also the targets of an early, systematic and relentless social discrimination, leading to an understandable lack of self-esteem that is likely to be with them the rest of their lives.

Presented at the Endocrine Society’s annual meeting, this new research is just the latest argument in the raging sugar vs. high fructose corn syrup debate.

On one side critics claim it contributes to obesity and tricks the body into wanting to eat more. And then there are the health conscious who balk at putting any kind of toxic, man-made concoction into the body. The industry, predictably, says high fructose corn syrup is just fine… perfectly safe… the same as sugar.

You’ve probably seen the TV commercials the Corn Refiners Association has been running, despite questions on the objectivity of the quoted research raised by reports of funding for the studies being supplied by companies with a financial stake in the outcome.

The research on fructose and childhood obesity involved a team extracting preadipocytes, cells that will eventually turn into fat cells, from 32 normal weight children who had yet to go through puberty. The cells were of both types, subcutaneous or just below the skin, and visceral, deeper in the abdominal cavity. The cells were soaked in normal level glucose, high level glucose or high fructose solutions and allowed to grow.

Upon examination the visceral fat cells, the cells that were in fructose divided and multiplied more than those soaked in glucose. Both the subcutaneous and visceral cells exposed to glucose showed increased insulin resistance, known to be a risk factor for diabetes.

High fructose corn syrup is used more often in American foods than sucrose. It’s made from milling corn, processing that starch into syrup and adding enzymes to change it into fructose. Glucose syrup is added to create a mixture that’s 45% glucose; 55% fructose. The industry says that high fructose corn syrup helps prolong the shelf life of products, keeps moisture in and, probably most important, is cheaper than sugar.

The worrisome thing for medicine is that doctors are seeing more type 2 diabetes today than ever before, and claim this is due to kids being overweight.

Our children may be unknowingly increasing their risks for other adults-only conditions, like cardiovascular disease. Experts have seen a rise in cholesterol numbers and blood pressure readings in overweight children… just as they would in the grown up population.

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Dr. James Rippe, cardiologist and consultant to the Corn Refiners Association points out that high fructose corn syrup is not the same as fructose. High fructose corn syrup is half fructose and half glucose. A minor point considering we’re still talking about sugar and how it is often an unavoidable part of the foods and drinks around us.

When it comes to high fructose corn syrup, one expert, Margot G. Wootan, director of Nutritional Policy at the Center for Science in the Public Interest suggests that the thinking be “it’s just as bad as sugar”. While trace amounts of high fructose corn syrup are probably not going to hurt you, too much of any kind of sugar in the diet will.

Another important point. The study, while using actual human cells, was conducted in the lab, so you should look on the results with some measure of caution. Experiments in human subjects would be needed to confirm the findings of the effect of sugar in food. This is an important point according to the spokeswoman of the American Dietetic Association, Keri Gans. Still Gans echoes the fear of a growing number in the medical community – that this will be the first generation of children who may not outlive their parents.

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