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16 Mayıs 2017 Salı

US teenager dies after succession of caffeine drinks in two hours

A teenager in the US died because he consumed too many high-caffeine drinks in a short space of time, a coroner has said.

Davis Allen Cripe died last month, about an hour after collapsing in his high school near Columbia, South Carolina. The 16-year-old had consumed a latte from McDonald’s, a large Mountain Dew drink and a highly caffeinated energy drink in just under two hours, Richland county coroner Gary Watts said.

Doctors said Davis died from a “caffeine-induced cardiac event causing a probable arrhythmia”, according to Watts.

He added that the teenager was considered healthy and the autopsy showed no sign of an existing undiagnosed heart condition.

“This is not a caffeine overdose,” said Watts. “We’re not saying that it was the total amount of caffeine in the system, it was just the way that it was ingested over that short period of time.”

Davis weighed about 90kg but would not have been considered morbidly obese, according to Watts, who added that he would have been unharmed by the same amount of caffeine on another day.

“We’re not trying to speak out totally against caffeine,” said Watts. “We believe people need to pay attention to their caffeine intake and how they do it, just as they do with alcohol or cigarettes.”

The particular energy drink Davis drank was not known but a witness said it was from a container the size of a large soft drink.

According to caffeineinformer.com, a McDonald’s latte has 142 milligrams of caffeine, a 20-ounce Mountain Dew has 90 mg, and a 16-ounce energy drink can have as much as 240 mg.

The US Food and Drug Administration and European Food Safety Authority both say that caffeine consumption of up to 400mg a day – about four or five coffees – is believed to be safe for adults. The EFSA says 200mg a day is safe for women who are pregnant or breastfeeding and that single doses of up to 200mg do not give rise to safety concerns. The American Academy of Pediatrics discourages the consumption of caffeine and other stimulants by children and teenagers.

Caffeine has been linked to previous deaths, although the cases are few and far between and the link not always clear-cut. In 2011, 14-year-old US schoolgirl Anais Fournier, who had a pre-existing heart condition, died after drinking two cans of Monster energy drink, containing a total of 480mg of caffeine. The company denied any responsibility.

In 2015, two students at Northumbria University, were were left fighting for their lives after they were accidentally given the equivalent of 300 cups of coffee in a botched experiment. They eventually made a full physical recovery.

Tony Heagerty, professor of medicine at Manchester University, said it was likely that Davis had a genetic heart condition, which may not have revealed itself in the autopsy, and that the caffeine put stress on his heart.

“I think the caffeine must have interacted with something wrong with this heart,” he said. “If you are an unfortunate person with a pre-existing condition and put yourself in a stressful situation by drinking too much caffeine you are in danger.”

But he said the levels consumed by Davis would not be harmful to the overwhelming majority of people, except for making them feel strange.

Mike Knapton, associate medical director at the British Heart Foundation, said: “It is well known that caffeine increases a person’s heart rate but it can also trigger more serious effects, including heart palpitations, in those who are more sensitive to caffeine.

“People with cardiac abnormalities, including inherited heart conditions, and those who drink toxic amounts of caffeine are more susceptible to the side-effects of caffeine. Tragic accidents like this are rare but, with increasingly strong coffees and caffeinated drinks on the market, moderation is key to monitoring your caffeine intake.”

Caffeine – what are the dangers?

The World Health Organisation recognises caffeine use disorder and caffeine dependence as illnesses.

Drinking large amounts of coffee can lead to unpleasant side-effects such as irritability, problems sleeping, restlessness, according to the NHS.

It can also result in babies having a low birth weight, which can increase the risk of health problems in later life, or miscarriage.

Caffeine constricts the coronary arteries, leading to a temporary rise in blood pressure. If drunk in sufficient quantities it causes calcium to be discharged from inside cells and causes the heart to beat faster. In the most extreme cases – caffeine toxicity – it causes major organs to shut down.

Symptoms of a caffeine overdose include dizziness, nausea, vomiting, convulsions and a high heart rate.

US teenager dies after succession of caffeine drinks in two hours

12 Mayıs 2017 Cuma

Sugar tax must apply to sweets as well as drinks, say campaigners

The sugar tax should be extended to cover sweets, not just soft drinks, according to public health campaigners. The charity Action on Sugar said it wanted ministers to get tough on childhood obesity by forcing confectionery manufacturers to reduce the sugar in their products.

Chocolates and sweet confectionery account for 9% of all the sugar eaten by children aged between four and 10 and for 11% by those aged between 11 and 18.

The levy, which is due to come into force in the UK affecting heavily sugared fizzy drinks from next year, should also be applied to sweet treats sold in coffee shops and restaurants because those often contained a lot of sugar and calories, the campaign group said.

Under the new rules, producers or importers of soft drinks will have to pay a sugar tax of 18p per litre on drinks containing five grams or more of sugar per 100 millilitres and 24p per litre more if their products contain eight grams or more per 100 millilitres. The Treasury expects the levy to raise £520m a year.

“Action on Sugar is urging the next government to implement a mandatory sugar levy on all confectionery products that contain high levels of sugar to ensure maximum impact to help tackle the obesity and type 2 diabetes crisis,” said Graham McGregor, Action on Sugar’s chairman, who is professor of cardiovascular medicine at Queen Mary University of London.

“The levy should be structured by the Treasury as per the soft drinks industry levy, whereby it is aimed at manufacturers to encourage them to reduce sugar in their overall product ranges. The next government needs to bring in tough measures to ensure compliance and put public health before the profits of the food industry.”

Dentists in Britain backed the move as a way of tackling tooth decay. “When the sugar levy is already showing that progress is possible, it makes no sense to draw an arbitrary line and ignore the likes of sweets or energy drinks that are so aggressively marketed at children,” said Mick Armstrong, chair of the British Dental Association. “Ministers keep giving the impression that it’s ‘mission accomplished’ on sugar controls. Dentists are confronting an epidemic of tooth decay and government must show it is prepared to go further on advertising, reformulation targets and through the tax system.”

A sugar tax on sweets had to be mandatory because “voluntary sugar reduction vis reformulation alone will not combat obesity”, said McGregor.

Conservative sources said they would not be extending the sugar tax. “Reducing childhood obesity is vital, and we’re pleased that Public Health England says that our plan to address it is the most ambitious in the world,” a source said.

The Food and Drink Federation, which represents manufacturers, recently warned that the 20% cut in sugar content of most types of foodstuffs being sought by Public Health England by 2020 was highly unlikely to happen because it would not be “technically possible, or acceptable to UK consumers”.

Sugar tax must apply to sweets as well as drinks, say campaigners

20 Nisan 2017 Perşembe

Stroke and dementia risk linked to low-sugar drinks, study finds

Consuming a can a day of low- or no-sugar soft drink is associated with a much higher risk of having a stroke or developing dementia, researchers claim.

Their findings have prompted renewed questions about whether drinks flavoured with artificial sweeteners can increase the risk of serious illness, as heavily sugared drinks have already been shown to do.

“Drinking at least one artificially sweetened beverage daily was associated with almost three times the risk of developing stroke or dementia compared to those who drank artificially sweetened beverages less than once a week,” according to the American researchers who carried out a study published in Stroke, the journal of the American Heart Association.

“After adjustments for age, sex, education (for analysis of dementia), calorific intake, diet quality, physical activity and smoking, higher recent and higher cumulative intake of artificially sweetened soft drinks were associated with an increased risk of ischaemic stroke, all-cause dementia and Alzheimer’s disease dementia,” the co-authors write.

Those consuming at least a can of so-called diet drinks every day were 2.96 times more likely to suffer an ischaemic stroke and 2.89 times more likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease than those who drank them less than once a week, they found.

Ischaemic strokes occur when blood cannot get to the brain because of a blockage, often one caused by a blood clot forming in either an artery leading to the brain or inside a vein in the brain itself. They comprise the large majority of the 152,0000 strokes a year which occur.

Surprisingly, though, the research also contradicted previous studies by finding that sugared drinks did not raise the risk of either serious outcome. It is based on data for more than 4,300 participants in the Framingham Heart Study, a long-term medical research project in the United States.

“To our knowledge, our study is the first to report an association between daily intake of artificially sweetened soft drink and increased risk of both all-cause dementia and dementia because of Alzheimer’s disease,” the co-authors added.

However, they admitted that they cannot prove a causal link between intake of diet drinks and development of either medical condition because their study was merely observational and based on details people provided in questionnaires logging their food and drink habits.

Matthew Pase, a senior fellow in the department of neurology at Boston University’s school of medicine who was one of the co-authors, said that despite no evidence of a causal link, the apparent connection between sweetened drinks and the two conditions “does identify an intriguing trend that will need to be explored in other studies”.

This is not the first time that sweetened drinks have been implicated in the development of serious ill-health. The paper quotes the Northern Manhattan study as having found that “daily consumption of artificially sweetened soft drink was associated with a higher risk of combined vascular events but not stroke”. It also cites the conclusion of the Nurses Health study and Health Professionals follow-up study that “greater consumption of sugar and artificially sweetened soft drinks was each independently associated with a higher risk of incident stroke over 28 years of follow-up for women and 22 years of follow-up for men”.

Sales of diet versions of soft drinks have boomed in recent years as sales of fully sugared ones have declined sharply.

Defra’s Family Food Survey, published last month, found that sales of regular soft drinks fell by 34.6% between 2010 and 2014, while low-calorie drinks purchases increased by 35.8%. Now just 38% of all soft drinks consumed are fully sugared, it said.

However, experts and health charities warned against reading too much into the new findings reported in Stroke.

“This research does not show that artificially sweetened drinks cause dementia. But it does highlight a worrying association that requires further investigation,” said Dr James Pickett, head of research at Alzheimer’s Society.

Naveed Sattar, professor of metabolic medicine at Glasgow University, said: “This is an interesting paper, but I would strongly caution against the conclusion that artificially sweetened drinks may increase the risk of stroke and Alzheimer’s. There is little other strong evidence to support a link between artificially sweetened drinks and adverse health outcomes.”

The results could have been skewed by people who had already become ill switching to low- or no-sugar drinks, Sattar added.

Dr Mary Hannon-Fletcher, head of health sciences at Ulster University, said: “These data are sound as far as they go. However it is important to note ‘the associations between recent and higher cumulative intake of artificially sweetened soft drinks and dementia were no longer significant after additional adjustment for vascular risk factors and diabetes mellitus’ – as the editor also pointed out. So are the conclusions sound? Perhaps not.”

Gavin Partington, director general of the British Soft Drinks Association, said: “Despite their claims, the authors of this observational study admit they found no cause and effect and provide no science-based evidence whatsoever to support their theories.

“In fact, based on the evidence, Public Health England is actively encouraging food and drink companies to use low-calorie sweeteners as an alternative to sugar and help people manage their weight.”

However, Tam Fry, a spokesman for the National Obesity Forum, warned consumers not to see low- or no-sugar drinks as healthy. “Don’t be fooled by the use of the word diet. Diet drinks were dreamed up as a description by an industry wanting to lull you into believing that it was a healthy thirst-quencher. Whether you’re thin or fat and thirsty, and not near a good old-fashioned tap, buy yourself bottled water,” Fry said.

Stroke and dementia risk linked to low-sugar drinks, study finds

28 Ocak 2017 Cumartesi

Plain packaging and graphic warnings will ‘crush’ craft drinks, says gin master

It’s enough to make Jared Brown spill his drink. The co-founder and master distiller behind Sipsmith, the micro-distillery in the vanguard of the craft gin movement in the UK, is contemplating the possibility of graphic warning photographs and plain packaging appearing on bottles of alcohol, akin to the restrictions on tobacco that assume full force in May.

“Are they considering similar labels for bacon? Fish and chips? Crisps?” he demands. “It’s an absurdity. It will crush the craft side of the industry. It will shift the business back to the industrial producers, who will be very happy to move people back to mass-produced drinks. If something like this comes through we won’t be able to weather it.”

In December, a report from the government advisory body Public Health England suggested that bottles of alcohol could be sold in plain packaging and carry larger health warnings, including photographic warning labels. This month, public health groups called for a ban on all alcohol advertising in the UK and a study published last week by the University of Liverpool recommended placing warning labels on the front of bottles and using plain packaging to emphasise the risks associated with excessive drinking.

Under current arrangements, there are no mandatory requirements for alcohol labelling, although a voluntary “responsibility deal” requires the drinks industry to include warning labels indicating the unit alcohol content, the chief medical officer’s alcohol guidelines and a pregnancy warning. For some campaigners and health professionals, self-regulation and the use of labels with questionable effectiveness is not enough.

‘If you remove branding and packaging, people will trade down in terms of quality,’ says craft spirit branding specialist Michael Vachon. Photograph: Alamy Stock Photo

27 Ocak 2017 Cuma

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3 Ocak 2017 Salı

No evidence sugar-free soft drinks aid weight loss – study

Soft drinks made with artificial sweeteners, such as diet colas, do not help people lose weight and may be as big a part of the obesity problem as the full-sugar versions, academics have said.

A paper by researchers at Imperial College London and two universities in Brazil contends that artificially sweetened beverages, often called diet drinks, are just as big a problem as those containing sugar. There is no evidence they help people lose weight, they say, possibly because people assume they can eat more because their drinks are low in sugar.

The report says the combined factors of what goes into artificially sweetened drinks, how they are consumed, and their environmental impact mean that “far from helping to solve the global obesity crisis [they are] a potential risk factor for highly prevalent chronic diseases”.

Sugar-sweetened drinks, including sports beverages, have been identified as one of the major causes of obesity. Many countries, including Mexico and France, have introduced sugar taxes to try to reduce consumption, and the UK plans to do so next year.

Many manufacturers are looking to boost sales of drinks containing artificial sweeteners in order to escape the levy. Such products already account for 25% of the global soft drinks market.

Prof Christopher Millett, senior investigator at Imperial’s School of Public Health, said: “A common perception, which may be influenced by industry marketing, is that because ‘diet’ drinks have no sugar they must be healthier and aid weight loss when used as a substitute for full-sugar versions. However, we found no solid evidence to support this.”

The paper, published in the journal PLoS Medicine, is a commentary on the research done so far into artificially sweetened beverages promoted as healthier alternatives and the impact on weight.

It says the evidence does not suggest they help with weight loss, although they probably do not cause people to put on weight. Some studies show no weight loss; others show a small loss, but those studies were not always well done and were often funded by the soft drinks industry, the authors say.

Maria Carolina Borges, the first author of the study, from the Federal University of Pelotas, in Brazil, said: “The lack of solid evidence on the health effects of ASBs [artificially sweetened beverages] and the potential influence of bias from industry-funded studies should be taken seriously when discussing whether ASBs are adequate alternatives to SSBs [sugar-sweetened beverages].”

The paper argues that “given their negligible nutritional benefits and potential detrimental health impacts”, the environmental impact of manufacturing artificially sweetened drinks should be taken into account. It takes 150-300 litres of water to make one litre of drink, it says, and there is considerable solid waste and cumulative chemical pollution.

Prof Carlos Monteiro, a co-author, from the University of São Paulo, said: “Taxes and regulation on SSBs and not ASBs will ultimately promote the consumption of diet drinks rather than plain water, the desirable source of hydration for everyone.”

The British Soft Drinks Association dismissed the paper. Its director general, Gavin Partington, said: “Contrary to the claims made in this article, scientific research shows that low-calorie sweeteners, such as those found in diet drinks, help consumers manage their weight as part of a calorie-controlled diet.

“At a time when we are trying to encourage people to reduce their overall calorie intake it is extremely unhelpful that products that contain no sugar, let alone calories, are demonised without evidence.”

He added: “It’s worth bearing in mind that the UK soft drinks sector is the only category in which sugar is consistently falling year on year – over 17% since 2012.”

Global beverage companies have been investing in soft drinks, flavoured water, juices and ready-to-drink tea and coffee containing artificial sweeteners in response to the obesity crisis and the outcry over sugar. The World Health Organisation has said sugar should not be more than 10% of people’s energy intake, and preferably lower than 5%.

On Tuesday the supermarket chain Sainsbury’s announced a 13% cut in the sugar content of its own-brand cereals.

The government has asked food manufacturers to reduce the sugar content of their products by 5% by the end of this year. Sainsbury’s said it had also removed all illustrated characters from its cereal boxes as part of a commitment to responsible marketing to children.

No evidence sugar-free soft drinks aid weight loss – study

22 Kasım 2016 Salı

Bathtub of sugary drinks a year: cancer warning over teenage intake

British teenagers drink almost a bathtub full of sugary drinks each year, Cancer Research UK has said, urging the government to do more to improve children’s diets.

Children aged 11 to 18 consumed on average 234 cans of sugar-sweetened soft drinks each year, CRUK said.

It amounts to almost a bath full and is more than double the figure for children aged between four and 10, whose average annual intake is 110 cans.

The data stems from a report carried out by the government’s health department and the Food Standards Agency charting the population’s diet and nutrition.

The study found a drop in the amount of sugar-sweetened soft drinks consumed by children, with a more significant fall recorded in the under-10s than teenagers.

Despite the improving figures, CRUK said there was an urgent need to further reduce children’s intake of sugary drinks and threw its support behind government proposals to introduce a sugar tax.

“The ripple effect of a small tax on sugary drinks is enormous, and it will give soft drinks companies a clear incentive to reduce the amount of sugar in drinks,” said Alison Cox, director of prevention at CRUK.

“But the government can do more to give the next generation a better chance.

“The UK has an epidemic on its hands and needs to act now.”

Theresa May revealed plans in August to introduce a sugar tax aimed at tackling childhood obesity, tooth decay and type 2 diabetes.

The sugar levy was first unveiled in March by the previous prime minister, David Cameron.

The tax on drinks with more than five grams of sugar per 100 millilitres will be introduced in two years, despite strong opposition from the drinks industry.

Soft drinks giant AG Barr, maker of Scotland’s Irn-Bru fizzy drink, in September said the move towards sugar-free drinks followed “negative media coverage of the sector”.

Barr said the drinks industry’s own action to reduce sugar rendered the sugar tax “an unnecessary measure in the context of government health policy objectives”.

Only a handful of countries such as France, South Africa and Mexico have attempted such a tax.

Bathtub of sugary drinks a year: cancer warning over teenage intake

15 Kasım 2016 Salı

Half of fizzy drinks have more sugar in one can than adult daily limit

Half of the fizzy drinks sold in supermarkets have more sugar in one can than an adult should consume in a day, with ginger beer as the worst offender, research has found.

New research reveals that 55% of all the carbonated drinks on sale in shops from Aldi to Waitrose contain more than 30 grams, or seven teaspoons, of sugar – the limit that everyone over the age of 11 is encouraged to stick to.

The high sugar content of such drinks is even worse when it comes to children’s health. A typical 330ml can of almost three out of four (73%) of the 169 products studied contained more than the 24g (six teaspoons) of sugar which official advice says is the most children aged seven to 10 should have over 24 hours.

Ginger beer contains the most sugar, according to the findings, which are published in the journal BMJ Open. The average sugar content across the 21 different types of branded and non-branded ginger beers studied was 38.5 grams, or 9.6 teaspoons, and 81% of them contained more than the 30g adult daily limit.

“It is disgraceful that so many children can access these products, which contain such staggering amounts of sugar, far in excess of their maximum allowance for the entire day. It is therefore not possible to state that these drinks can be consumed as part of a ‘healthy balanced diet’, even though drinks companies claim [they] can be”, said Kawther Hashem, a co-author of the study and researcher for the campaign group Action on Sugar based at Queen Mary University of London.

Flavoured colas were the second most heavily sugared. All four of the types tested had more than 30g of sugar and the average was 37.5g, or 9.4 teaspoons. They were followed by colas, fizzy orange drinks and cream soda, all of which contained on average more than 30g of sugar per 330ml.

The lowest amounts of sugar were found in elderflower, dandelion and burdock, lemonade and ginger ale. Hashem acknowledged that some manufacturers had already started reducing the sugar content of their fizzy drinks in advance of the government’s bringing in its planned sugar tax on such products.

Last week Tesco announced that it was cutting the amount of sugar in its own brand drinks to less than five grams per 100ml, the level at which the new levy is due to kick in. Ministers hailed the move as proof that the introduction of the tax is prompting beneficial change.

Suntory have also pledged that they will do the same, which will affect brands such as Lucozade and Ribena.

“It will be no surprise to most people that soft drinks contain a lot of sugar, but it’s the sheer amount of sugar that will come as a shock to many,” said a spokeswoman for the Obesity Health Alliance, a coalition of charities and medical organisations. “Drinking just one can of ginger beer or cola, for example, would immediately take you over the daily recommended limit for sugar, and significantly over if you’re a child.”

Free sugars are simply “empty calories” which are “seriously endangering people’s health” and contributing to type 2 diabetes, tooth decay and obesity, she said. The alliance is encouraged to see manufacturers such as Tesco reducing the amount of sugar in their products and others pledging to do the same, she added.

Sarah Toule, head of health information at World Cancer Research Fund, said: “Over-consuming these high-calorie soft drinks with little nutritional value can lead to being overweight and obese, which can increase the risk of developing 11 common cancers in later life, including breast and prostate cancer.”

Half of fizzy drinks have more sugar in one can than adult daily limit

7 Kasım 2016 Pazartesi

Tesco cuts sugar in own-brand drinks to avoid sugar tax

Tesco has escaped the government’s sugar tax by cutting the amount of sugar that its own-label soft drinks contain to below the 5 grams per 100ml at which the levy is supposed to come in.

The supermarket giant’s move was applauded by the government, which has attempted to concentrate industry minds on reformulation. Tesco, which announced it was changing the formula for all 251 of its own-brand soft drinks, declined to say how it had reduced the sugar content below taxable levels.

“This is just one part of our plans to make the food on our shelves healthier by reducing levels of sugar, salt and fat in our own brands,” said Matt Davies, Tesco’s chief executive for the UK and Republic of Ireland.

“We have worked to make sure our soft drinks still taste great, just with less sugar. Tesco customers are now consuming on average over 20% less sugar from our soft drinks than in 2011. We’re hoping this initiative will help make it a little easier for our customers to live more healthily.”

When asked how it had made the reformulation and whether it involved low calorie sweeteners or extra fruit, Tesco replied in a statement: “We’ve worked really hard to make sure the drinks still taste great and we’ve rigorously tested them with our customers.”

The government expressed satisfaction that the threatened tax was exerting the pressure it wanted on the soft drinks industry.

“It is great to see Tesco leading the field by reducing the level of sugar in their own-brand drinks,” said Nicola Blackwood, the public health minister. “It is proof that taking added sugar out of drinks is both possible and in line with what customers want.

“The government’s sugar levy is designed to encourage manufacturers to cut the sugar from their products before the levy comes into force in 2018. Responsible actions like this are so important in our fight against childhood obesity.”

The tax was announced by the then chancellor, George Osborne, in his budget in March but will not take effect until April 2018. It will affect producers and importers of soft drinks that contain “added sugar”.

Health campaigners and the government are particularly pleased with Tesco’s action because they are one of the biggest suppliers of own-label colas. The cut in sugar to 5g per 100ml represents a 50% reduction. The hope is that other manufacturers will follow suit.

Fruit juices will not be classified as soft drinks for the purposes of the tax, even though there is plenty of scientific evidence that they contain high quantities of natural sugars and therefore can contribute to obesity. Barry Popkin, professor of nutrition at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Public Health, has said fruit juices and smoothies are the new danger, because of the assumption that they are healthy.

The consultation document on the soft drinks levy says “the legal definition of ‘added sugars’ used for the levy should exclude fruit juice, fruit puree, and fruit juice concentrate”. That leaves it open to soft drinks manufacturers to add extra fruit to boost the sweetness of their drink.

The Obesity Health Alliance, which brings together a number of health charities and groups concerned about the health impact of the nation’s weight, applauded the Tesco announcement and the implication that the tax threat was working, but said that was not enough.

“Just last week, new figures confirmed that over a fifth of children are overweight or obese by the time they start primary school, and a third by the time they reach year six,” it said in a statement. “So to try to stem the growth in obesity, it is vital that other supermarkets and food and drinks manufacturers follow Tesco’s lead and reformulate their own products too.

“However, reformulation alone will not solve this problem. It needs to be one of several measures that challenges the obesogenic environment that surrounds us, including closing loopholes to protect children from junk food marketing on TV and online.”

Prof Russell Viner, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health’s officer for health promotion, said: “This is really positive news and we congratulate Tesco on this move. Only last week figures showed that over a third of children are overweight or obese by the time they reach year six, so it is vital that this acts as a catalyst to inspire other producers and retailers to make similar changes.

“But this is just one step of many needed to make a serious impact on this deep seated problem. That is why in addition to reformulation we need to see restrictions on junk food advertising before 9pm, greater support for parents to reach and maintain a healthy weight before, during and after pregnancy and an extension to the national child measurement programme. It is only by taking a wider, more holistic approach that we will be able to overcome this national crisis.”

Tesco cuts sugar in own-brand drinks to avoid sugar tax

21 Ekim 2016 Cuma

Just two sugary drinks a day greatly increases diabetes risk, study shows

Drinking more than two sugary or artificially sweetened soft drinks per day greatly increases the risk of diabetes, research has shown.

The Swedish study found that consuming more than two 200ml drinks more than doubled the chances of developing type 2 diabetes. A serious soft drink habit consisting of at least five drinks daily boosted the likelihood of having the disease more than 10 times.

Soft drinks also increased the risk of a less common condition called latent autoimmune diabetes in Adults (Lada) which shares characteristics of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes.

Type 1 diabetes, which requires constant insulin injections, is an autoimmune disease that wipes out insulin-producing cells in the pancreas. The type 2 condition, which affects almost three million adults in the UK, alters the way the body responds to insulin and is related to obesity and lifestyle.

Researchers from the Karolinska Institute studied levels of soft drink consumption in 2,874 Swedish adults and compared them with rates of diabetes.

Lead scientist Dr Josefin Edwall Lofvenborg said: “In this study we were surprised by the increased risk in developing autoimmune diabetes by drinking soft drinks. We next plan on investigating what could counter this risk, such as eating fatty fish.

“We are looking into this now using data from eight different countries across Europe.”

Soft drinks may increase the risk of both type 2 diabetes and Lada by influencing glucose metabolism and insulin sensitivity, said the researchers, writing in the European Journal of Endocrinology.

The study looked at relative risk – the degree by which a risk is raised from its normal level – and not “absolute” risk, the scientists pointed out.

It is estimated that one in 11 people worldwide have diabetes.

Just two sugary drinks a day greatly increases diabetes risk, study shows

16 Ekim 2016 Pazar

Most countries get more calories from alcohol than soft drinks – study

People in the UK and many other countries get more of their calories from alcohol than from sugary drinks like cola and lemonade, according to new data which suggests that tackling Britain’s drink problem may be more important for health than cracking down on sugar consumption.

Of 24 countries tracked by the data analysts Euromonitor International, all but one have higher daily calorie consumption from alcoholic drinks than sugary beverages. In the UK, adults are consuming more than 106 calories per head every day from alcoholic drinks, compared with 98 from sugar-sweetened drinks.

The highest calorie intake from alcohol is in South Korea, with nearly 168 calories a person each day and only 44 calories from sugary drinks. Also high are Poland, the Czech Republic, Finland and Germany while – of the countries examined – only the people of Taiwan get more calories from sweet drinks than alcohol. The US was not included.

Calories from sugar and alcohol

Sugar has been targeted by health experts and obesity campaigners. A number of governments are introducing taxes on sugar-sweetened drinks which are recognised as a major cause of childhood obesity.

But little has been said or done about alcohol, which the new data suggests is more significant even than sugary drinks in obesity in adults. Most people are unaware that alcohol can make you gain weight, because – unlike food – the number of calories are not routinely marked on beer cans and bottles of wines and spirits. Yet a large glass of 13% wine contains 228 calories and a standard glass 160 calories. A pint of 4% beer is also around 160 calories.

“In the UK, alcoholic drinks above 1.2% ABV are currently exempt from having to provide calorie information. This research demonstrates clearly that this exemption should now end,” said Prof Sir Ian Gilmore, chair of the alcohol health alliance.

“The public have the right to know what is in their drinks, so they can make informed choices about their consumption. These labels should make the public aware, for example, that a pint of standard-strength beer contains around 180 calories, about the same as a packet of crisps, and that a large glass of red wine contains around 200 calories, roughly equivalent to the calories found in a doughnut.”

Euromonitor’s nutrition analyst, Sara Petersson, said this did not let sugar off the hook. “It is very interesting because the whole reason why soft drinks are under attack is because they are liquid calories. We don’t have a compensatory mechanism that says we should eat less after drinking them,” she said. “It works the same way with alcohol and if anything, not only does it have a worse health effect but it is an appetite stimulant which makes you eat more. That is not to take anything away from the need to reduce sugar. That is crucial because it is a very important source of weight gain.”

But, she said, tackling alcohol consumption was also crucial to combatting obesity, which can lead to heart disease, type 2 diabetes and cancer, and was in danger of crippling health systems around the world.

Euromonitor’s nutrition data also shows that the average daily consumption of calories in the world is 1,398 calories, with the lowest amount in India at 761 calories per capita per day and the highest in Belgium at 2,559 calories per capita per day. It also shows that most of the developing countries it tracked (78%) get more calories from packaged food than fresh food.

Most countries get more calories from alcohol than soft drinks – study

15 Ekim 2016 Cumartesi

Portugal to levy sugar tax on soft drinks in 2017

Portugal’s Socialist government will introduce a sugar tax on soft drinks in 2017 which is expected to raise €80m (£72m) for the public health service, a budget bill presented on Friday showed.

The announcement comes just three days after the World Health Organisation urged countries to start taxing sugary drinks, pointing to evidence that price rises can dramatically reduce consumption.

Under Portugal’s plans, drinks with more than 80 grammes of sugar per litre will be taxed at €16.46 per 100 litres.

Drinks with fewer than 80 grammes will pay a tax of €8.22 per 100 litres.

The tax would raise the price of a standard 330-millilitre can of Coca-Cola, which contains 35 grammes of sugar, by 5.5 euro cents.

The new tax would apply only to soft drinks. Sugary drinks based on milk or fruit juice would be spared.

The previous centre-right government, in power until November 2015, considered introducing a sugar tax on drinks and foods that contained too much sugar or salt, but dropped the idea.

Only a handful of other countries, such as France, Mexico and South Africa, have introduced a sugar tax.

The British prime minister, Theresa May, in August released proposals for such a tax as part of her Conservative government’s strategy to combat childhood obesity.

The Socialists came to power in Portugal last year after they teamed up with the Communists and the far-left Left Block to oust the centre-right administration.

The small leftist parties did not formally join the new government, but the prime minister, Antonio Costa, relies on them for a majority in parliament to pass legislation – an unprecedented political arrangement in 40 years of Portuguese democracy.

Portugal to levy sugar tax on soft drinks in 2017

26 Eylül 2016 Pazartesi

21 Reasons to Avoid Energy Drinks

21 Reasons to Avoid Energy drinks

Many young adults (18-35 y/o range) can be seen walking around holding a can of pure caffeine and sugar. More often than not these cans contain more than one serving and who really drinks only half a can? What is this doing to your health and could it have long term consequences?

Read on to find out!

Here is why I think energy drinks are a bad idea.

You want to work out but are tired and need some motivation and energy so you take an energy drink

This can be deadly, especially if you are under a great deal of stress or have high blood pressure.

The number of hospital visits related to energy drinks has doubled from 2007-2011.

It can make your heart race, cause palpitations, and increase you blood pressure and even lead to seizures and heart attacks.

You don’t need that much sugar before you work- out. An energy drink serving can have up to 10 teaspoons of sugar (40 grams). Opt for a natural source of sugar and energy instead-have a banana or handful or grapes.

Instead of coffee just drink an energy drink or energy shot, right?

Wrong! One leading brand of energy drink shots tops out at 570 mg. of caffeine. This is way too much caffeine for your body to handle, especially in one large gulp!

This much caffeine can lead to severe adrenal depletion. This sets you up for a vicious cycle of that leads to more fatigue which means you need more and more caffeine to get through the day. If you are this low on energy and need this much caffeine it is time to look at root causes instead of managing your symptoms.

The amount of caffeine in common energy drinks is 5 times the amount in a cup of coffee and 10 times the amount in a serving of soda.

However, if you do want to start reducing your caffeine intake, don’t go cold turkey. You will end up with terrible withdrawal effects from your daily habit. Instead wean off slowly such as pouring a little bit out of each can you drink and every few days pouring out a little more. If you go cold turkey you will end up with terrible headaches and brain fog for several days.

If you need this much caffeine, ask yourself why? Usually if you are using caffeine as a crutch there is an underlying issue that needs to be addressed. While a picture on one website for energy drinks would have you thinking it is normal for everyone to have a 3o’clock slump and need a pick me up, this is not normal to need caffeine to get through each and every day.

But the label says it has all these herbs and vitamins and amino acids in it so it must be healthy for me!

Sorry there is no nutritional value in a sugary, caffeinated beverage. Don’t be fooled by the marketing! Energy drinks are actually labeled as dietary supplements but they are anything but that. It is estimated that sales of Energy drinks in the US have brought them a market worth 12.5 billion and sales of these harmful drinks continues to grow.

There have been cases of teenagers dying from the effects of too much consumption and it caused them to go into cardiac arrest. So ask yourself, it is worth it?

Yes, I know it mentions all these herbs it contains. Most likely the herbs are in very small quantities and not in the right forms to provide you with any benefit. If you are looking for the benefits of the herbs then work with a nutrition/herb professional who can provide you with the best herbs for you and in the right forms. Herbs can also interact with medications so always work with a professional when ingesting herbs.

The same applies to the vitamin and amino acids. The odds are they are using very poor quality forms which are difficult for the body to absorb. And if you are only absorbing a very small amount then the odds are the benefits from them are doing you no good. Get your supplements from natural food sources instead.

Can I substitute my morning smoothie with an energy drink?

You can if you want to stay on the viscous cycle of being wired and tired all the time and continue to destroy your health over time.

If your usual smoothie is loaded with fruit then it may be better than an energy drink but still not a great choice. Don’t start your day with sugar. Instead make a protein veggie smoothie. For instance, water, protein powder, ¼ of an avocado, ¼ of a frozen banana, large handfuls of dark leafy greens, tablespoon of hemp seeds and/or nut butter. You want energy-give your body what it really needs. It does not need caffeine and sugar. If you think it does, then your body is trying to tell you something! Listen to it.

Pros and cons of drinking energy drinks

Pros: None I can think of. I wish they didn’t even exist.

Cons

Dangerous when combined with alcohol or stimulants such as ADHD meds (Adderall, Ritalin)

There is little scientific evidence that their “proprietary formulas” give someone a physical and/or mental edge.

Anxiety

Headaches

Heart attacks, strokes

8-11% of those who are caffeine dependent show signs of depression

Seizures

High blood pressure

Diabetes

No nutritional value-empty calories, takes place of nutrient dense foods

Irritability

The caffeine inhibits the activity of folate, B6 and B12

It can cause death

Nausea, diarrhea

The acids in the drinks can lead to tooth destruction, damage enamel, cause stomach damage, osteoporosis and bone fractures

If it contains artificial sugar: this can lead to overconsumption as your brain is waiting for the calories to come along with the sweet taste and leads you to crave more sugar.

Premature aging

Disrupts your gut flora (this alone is a major concern for mental, physical and immune health!)

leads to low serotonin levels (mood issues, depression)

Dehydration

Reduces cortisol levels (which can cause weakness, fatigue, anxiety, heart palpitations, depression, unable to cope with stress)

So as you can see, that energy drink to help you get through the day is not helping you but rather hurting you. Zero pros to drinking them, 21 cons to drinking them; the choice is yours.

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Karen Brennan, MSW, CNC, Board Certified in Holistic Nutrition (candidate), author of the E book Tru Foods Depression Free Nutrition Guide; How Food Supplements and herbs can be used to lift your mood and owner of Tru Foods Nutrition Services, LLC believes in food first when addressing the root causes to your health conditions. For more information, visit her website at www.trufoodsnutrition.com

As a nutrition professional, Karen does not treat, cure nor diagnose. This information is for educational purposes only

21 Reasons to Avoid Energy Drinks

13 Eylül 2016 Salı

7 Drinks To Take Before Bed To Detoxify The Liver and Burn Fat

1 Eylül 2016 Perşembe

Young children copy parents" sugary drinks habits, study suggests

Children aged four to eight whose parents regularly consume fizzy drinks are almost three times as likely to drink them as other children their age whose parents don’t, research suggests.

The Drink as I Do report suggests that young children copy the drinking behaviour of their parents, whatever they are consuming, but that the effect is most worrying when it comes to consumption of beverages linked to health problems.

Four- to eight-year-olds whose parents drank fizzy drinks were 192% more likely to consume them than other children their age. They were more than twice as likely (115%) to drink fruit juices if their parents consumed those and more than six times as likely (529%) to have smoothies if their parents indulged.

The report was compiled by Emma Derbyshire, children’s nutrition adviser to the Natural Hydration Council, a not-for-profit organisation backed by producers of bottled water.

She said:“Clearly children emulate their parents. With water, children were only drinking about three cups a day when they should be drinking between five and eight glasses. They’re under-consuming water in favour of calorific drinks. It’s a concern given problems with obesity and tooth decay. The thing is [for parents] not just to tell children to drink water but to do it themselves and ideally be seen to enjoy it.”

The report, based on responses from 1,000 parents and, in each case, one of their children, found that 37% of children do not drink water on any given day but this fell to13% when their parents drank water often.

Where parents drank squash, their children were 1.4 times more likely to drink them than other children and the “copycat” effect was even more pronounced for sports drinks (11 times more likely), although for the latter the small sample size means it should be treated with caution.

Children in the UK consume three times more sugar than is recommended, and soft drinks are the biggest source, accounting for 29% of the sugar intake of 11- to 18-year-olds and 16% for younger children. After concerns about the impact this is having on children’s health, a two-tier sugary drinks tax is to come into force next year based on the level of sugar per 100ml in a soft beverage.

Public Health England’s Eatwell guide, which was published earlier this year, advises that intakes of fruit juice and/or smoothies should be limited to a total of 150ml a day as they are a source of excess sugars.

Psychologist Emma Kenny, who is backing the report, said: “It’s that ‘do as I say not do as I do culture’. If you’re giving children water and drinking fizzy drinks, it’s natural for them to want to taste your drink and the moment the child can get their hands on a fizzy drink they will do so. You’re not going to stop them having other drinks but the tastes they form early on are compelling.”

Young children copy parents" sugary drinks habits, study suggests

10 Ağustos 2016 Çarşamba

Drink These 7 Drinks Every Day To Lose More Weight

30 Temmuz 2016 Cumartesi

Airport drinks ban? What a joyless prospect | Barbara Ellen

At first glance, the proposed crackdown on the sale and consumption of alcohol in British airports seems a no-brainer. Why should airport staff or plane crew be forced to deal with abusive or violent passengers? In an era of critical security issues, why should police time be wasted on inebriates? Does it enhance the journey when people have alcohol-fuelled “disagreements” in their seats or someone vomits into their cupped hands on take-off?

On this note, I’d like to apologise for my past misbehaviour. In retrospect, it was a bad idea to ask the airport bar guy for a Jack Daniel’s with the mixer of… two more Jack Daniel’s. To decant vodka into an Evian bottle as a precaution against flight attendants ignoring us. To spend transatlantic red-eyes ranting drunkenly about relationship disasters (that were never my fault, oh no!).

And while there’s a tendency to look back on the time when you were allowed to drink and smoke on planes as a study in Mad Men-style elegance, I belatedly accept that this bears little resemblance to what usually happened: over-ordering drinks, lighting up duty-free fags so often that your seat resembled a hazy micro-climate, rising from said seat with as much plastered dignity as you could muster to weave to the loos, occasionally clutching sleeping strangers’ heads for balancing purposes, sometimes falling on to sleeping strangers, and so on…

Irritating, right? Who’d want to sit next to that? Not me, not any more, but that’s the point – my misbehaviour mainly occurred back in my music hack/“rock chick” days. I’m older now, officially no fun any more, firmly at the “tut, tut, I judge you” stage of the human life cycle.

But just because I’m resolutely past it where alcohol and flying is concerned, does this mean that everyone else has to fall in line? Moreover, are we all supposed to pretend not to notice the unlovely whiff of class contempt swirling around this planned curbing of public hedonism?

To my mind, this proposed legislation seems largely aimed at youthful and/or working-class travellers, with an unexpressed but palpable nod to wayward hen parties, disorderly stag outings, raucous festivals or the kind of package deals that offer two weeks of all-inclusive, unbridled misbehaviour in the sun with your post-Brexit depleted euros.

One can more readily endorse other restrictions on drinking. These proposals came in the same week that a Latvian Air Baltic pilot was sentenced to six months in jail for attempting to fly while seven times over the legal limit. Which, I read, is a very rare occurrence, though “rare” doesn’t sound that soothing when planeloads of passengers are involved.

Elsewhere, there’s a study reporting a rise in middle-class people taking class A drugs such as cocaine and ecstasy and a drop in working-class people doing it. Which raises interesting issues – sometimes perhaps it’s not about the illegality of what you consume, rather the setting in which you do it and whether you’re a public nuisance.

But is this yet more class-based hypocrisy, with an element of the “right” and “wrong” kinds of hedonism? I couldn’t care less if middle-class people perk up their dull dinner parties with a bit of toot. However, I do feel that this quasi-acceptable brand of “sophisticated” illegality could bear contrasting with legal drinkers in airports, most of whom, remember, don’t cause trouble.

Isn’t this what’s going on here – proposed legislation that affects everybody, but is actually an attempt to target and control people who have been outrageously pre-branded as “out-of-control lairy proles”? I repeat, it’s never right for airport staff, flight crew or anyone else to be drunkenly abused or attacked.

However, that’s a totally separate issue to people merely drinking. Most manage to do so without committing any criminal or antisocial acts or even being as profoundly irritating as I used to be.

Let’s do it, let’s put Victoria Wood on a pedestal

Victoria Wood: deserving of a statue. Photograph: ITV

Walking: easy, quiet and enjoyable. — Victoria Wood: deserving of a statue. Photograph: ITV

25 Temmuz 2016 Pazartesi

6 Healthy Summertime Drinks That Are Easy To Make

When it’s summertime and the weather is warm, sometimes all you want to do is kick back and enjoy a tasty and flavorful drink. Of course, when you do this you risk having a drink that’s high in calories or contains alcohol, both of which can be bad for your healthy. Fortunately, with the right ingredients, it’s possible to create the perfect drink for summer that’s both delicious and healthy. Here are six such drinks that you should be able to make yourself. Enjoy!

Blackberry Limeade

Blackberries are low in sodium and calories but high in vitamin C and antioxidants, making them a great base for a summer drink. Simply puree three cups of blackberries with a cup of water and press it through a sleeve to remove the seeds. From there, just add a few more cups of water, lime juice, and a little bit of natural sweetener. You’ll have a healthy drink that’s great to have on the rocks on a hot day.

Chamomile-Strawberry-Orange Cold-Brewed Tea

Most of us are familiar with the health benefits of chamomile, and this is a good way to get those benefits while also adding some fruit flavor to your tea. Simply add a tea bag, a couple orange slices, and a few strawberries cut in half into a canning jar filled with a cup and a half of water. Let it refrigerate for a day, add some honey, and you’ll have a cold drink that tastes good and is good for you.

Non-Alcoholic Moscow Mule

This is a refreshing lime-based drink that often contains vodka and ginger beer. However, by substituting the alcohol with soda water or tonic water, you can create a tasty drink that’s low in calories and provides many of the health benefits of a citrus drink.

Minted Lemon-Lime Watermelon Agua Fresca

This drink will take a little bit of work, but it’ll be worth it. First, mix half a cup of natural sweetener with water and bring to a boil until the sweetener starts to dissolve. Then stir in chopped mint and one tablespoon each of a grated lime and lemon rind. Put that mixture into a blender with pieces of watermelon until it’s a smooth liquid. Finally, stir in a few tablespoons of lemon juice and a touch of lime juice. Serve with ice and you’ll have a refreshing beverage that’s loaded with healthy vitamins.

Agua Fresca de Pepino

This drink is refreshing and spicy at the same time, not to mention healthy. In a blender, mix three cups of chopped cucumbers, one-quarter of a Serrano pepper, three tablespoons of lime juice, and a quarter cup of natural sweetener. Once the mixture is smooth, add three cups of water and refrigerate it overnight. The next morning, simply strain the mixture and it’ll be ready to serve over ice. Between the cucumbers and the pepper, there’s plenty to like about this drink from a health standpoint. At the same time, it’s a cool summertime drink with a little bit of a kick.

Berry Smoothie

With a few types of fruit, some ice, and a blender, you can make yourself a smoothie that’s both healthy and tasty in a matter of minutes. Throw a cup of strawberries, blueberries, and/or raspberries into a blender with a cup of ice, half of a banana, and half a cup of your favorite type of fruit juice. That’s all you have to do to give yourself a smoothie that’s bursting with flavor and full of antioxidants.

6 Healthy Summertime Drinks That Are Easy To Make

11 Aralık 2015 Cuma

three Simple DIY Drinks That Cure Your Cold, Clear Sinuses and Ruin Throat Irritation Immediately

Colds are so widespread and collectively with many unpleasant symptoms: fever and headache, sore muscle tissue and effortless to feel fatigue, sore throat and cough, runny nose and sneezing. Typically you will truly feel better inside of 3-4 days and no need to go to to your doctor, as some homemade remedies can support relieve the symptoms.

Following time when you get a cold, try these three basic recipes, all you require is some widespread ingredients which you can find simply in your kitchen:

one. Hot Pineapple Elixir

Ingredients:

one cup pineapple juice

one/two tablespoon organic apple cider vinegar

one pinch cayenne pepper

one teaspoon raw honey

Mix all these substances in a saucer and heat gradually to preference. Drink it for an quick relief for the cold signs.

Why It Works:

Pineapple juice has powerful anti-inflammatory properties to sooth the sore throat.

Apple cider vinegar assists your entire body maintain a healthy alkaline state, as a result creating the bacteria can’t survive.

Cayenne pepper assists clear up your sinus properly and with anti-viral, anti-bacterial and anti-fungal properties, honey fights towards colds and fevers as well.

2. The Hot Tea

Combine one component garlic, two components peppermint, one element cayenne pepper and four portion Echinscea. Mix them effectively and include a tablesppon of the mixture to a huge cup of scorching water to make a tea. Drink this tea to recover from a cold.

Why It Operates:

Garlic has anti-viral, anti-biotic and anti-microbial properties, merely eat a spoonful of raw garlic can support you truly feel greater. And for flus and colds, garlic also offers decongestant and expectorant effects to deal with the sore throat.

Peppermint helps to remedy coughs, colds, allergy symptoms and asthma as it offers rewards to the respiratory technique.

Echinacea encourages the immune system and minimizes the signs and symptoms of colds, flu and other difficulties.

three. The Cold-fighting Tea

Elements:

one teaspoon lemon juice

one/2 teaspoon finely grated ginger

one/two tablespoon organic apple cider vinegar

one/4 teaspoon ground turmeric

one/two teaspoon honey

1 pinch cinnamon

Place all the substances in a cup of boiled water and stir well to drink.

Why It Performs:

Each honey and cinnamon are antiviral, antifungal and antibacterial, provides them potential to ruin viral bacteria and fight with colds and flus.

As an antioxidant, ginger soothes the throat and has properties to suppress a cough and enhance general immunity.

Lemon is one particular of the most effective therapies to enhance the immune method and battle off a cold or flu. The wealthy Vitamin C in it has sturdy anti-viral and anti-bacterial properties. And it also alkalize the physique to preserve an alkaline-forming setting.

Remember these tiny tricks and remedies can not remedy the colds, but will make you feel better for certain. Though most house remedies are risk-free for us, even now speak to your medical professional just before attempting. As some remedies may possibly lead to allergic reactions for some men and women, and some ingredients you use in the treatments may possibly influence the way other medicines perform.

Colds are not so terrible, consider treating it at residence with these normal treatments 1st, and if it even now critical after 3-four days, get in touch with your medical doctor for aid.

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thechalkboardmag.com

medicalnewstoday.com

ehow.com

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three Simple DIY Drinks That Cure Your Cold, Clear Sinuses and Ruin Throat Irritation Immediately

25 Haziran 2014 Çarşamba

Put water on table and cease getting fizzy drinks, nutrition experts inform families

The ideal method is for dad and mom to hold sugary drinks off the meal table, one health professional says. Photograph: Darren Matthews/Alamy

Households need to place a jug of water on the table at mealtimes and cease buying colas and lemonade for their young children, say nutrition authorities.

Sugar-sweetened drinks, like sports drinks which are really higher in sugar, are a key contributor to the obesity epidemic and a certain problem for youngsters, who eat far more of them than adults, say professionals.

Rules to cap the sugar material of drinks and taxes have been canvassed, but Susan Jebb, professor of diet program and population wellness at the University of Oxford and chair of the government’s responsibility deal with the meals and drink industry, stated the ideal method is for mother and father to maintain sugary drinks off the meal table. “Choose one thing else – drink water. When they have been weaned, they need to be drinking water,” she said.

A professor of nutrition and dietetics at King’s University London, Tom Sanders, agreed. “If you put a jug of water on the table, folks drink more water,” he stated. “We must make water universally available. You can have a small glass of fruit juice at breakfast, but just place water on the loved ones dinner table – not pop.”

Sugar is an situation due to the fact it is higher in calories, as is saturated body fat. “It is not anything miraculous or uncommon about sugar. It is a calorie impact,” stated Jebb.

The scientists, speaking ahead of new scientific advice on carbohydrates in the diet including sugar, anticipated to be issued by the government’s advisory committee on nutrition on Thursday, explained food items large in saturated fat, much more calorific than sugar, were just as much a issue. Confectionery, biscuits, cakes and chocolate incorporate sugar and saturated fat.

Sanders spoke of “junk food man”, consuming cakes and biscuits containing saturated fat and sugar. In animal research, higher sugar diet programs alone do not create weight problems, but high fat and sugar diet plans do.

But the food surroundings aids no one. Negotiating supermarket aisles, he stated, “you have to go by means of the walk of shame, surrounded by higher calorie sugary snacks”.

If sugar is addictive, it is almost certainly a behavioural addiction rather than an addiction to the substance itself, said Dr John Menzies, investigation fellow at the Centre for Integrative Physiology at the University of Edinburgh, who is working on an EU-funded task referred to as Neurofast.

He mentioned: “We eat because it is pleasurable, simply because we are motivated to eat. If you taste one thing and like it, like sugar, you are motivated to consume it again. It is the same pathway [in the brain] hijacked by the drugs of abuse but just since they activate the very same pathway isn’t going to necessarily imply it is an addiction.”