Sugar in Us

What roles does sugar play in our bodies?

Sugar, an overview from the National Library of Medicine

Glucose: an energy source, from Harvard Medical School

Sugar as medicine: a historical perspective

A look at medieval manuscripts describing sugar as an active medical ingredient, from the British Library.

Harvard Nutrition Source: Added Sugar in the Diet outlines the dangers of added sugar in modern diets and its link to obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. Encourages limiting sugar intake to improve overall health.

What are the health challenges of sugar for our bodies?

The role of dietary sugars in health: molecular composition or just calories? reviews the association between high sugar consumption and increased cardiometabolic risk, including obesity, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. Emphasizes the importance of reducing added sugars to improve long-term health outcomes.

What are the sweet dangers of sugar? This article, from the Harvard Medical School, quotes Frank Hu, Nobel Conference presenter.

ScienceDirect: Sugar Consumption and Chronic Disease Risk investigates the relationship between high sugar consumption and chronic diseases like obesity, diabetes, and heart disease. Emphasizes the need for policy interventions to reduce sugar intake and improve public health.

PubMed: Impact of Sugar on Cardiovascular Health highlights the detrimental effects of added sugars on cardiovascular health. Discusses how excessive sugar intake increases the risk of heart disease, hypertension, and other metabolic disorders.

PubMed: Sugar and Metabolic Health reviews how high sugar consumption negatively affects metabolic health, leading to obesity and insulin resistance. Emphasizes the need for reducing added sugars to prevent long-term health issues.

PubMed: Fructose, Weight Gain, and Metabolic Health examines the impact of fructose on weight gain and metabolic health, highlighting its role in increasing fat storage and insulin resistance. Suggests that high fructose intake contributes to obesity and related metabolic disorders.

The addiction potential of sugar:

Is sugar more addictive than cocaine? A journal article by presenter Serge Ahmed

Public health impacts of increased sugar consumption:

How does knowledge about health conditions shape adults’ consumption of sugar sweetened beverages such as soft drinks?

The Soda Solution explores the public health crisis caused by excessive sugar consumption, focusing on soda as a major contributor. Examines how soda taxes have been proposed as a way to reduce sugar intake and improve public health, with examples from various countries.