Sugar in UsThe multiple roles--and challenges--of sugar in our bodies
How does sugar enable our bodies to function?
Glucose and brain function, from Harvard Med.
Sugar, a summary from the American Diabetes Association
When sugar was medicine, a look at medieval uses of sugar, using manuscripts from the British Library.
What health challenges does sugar present 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.
An article from the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition explores the links between the high consumption of particular kinds of sugar and the risks of coronary disease .
Added Sugar in the Diet , from the Harvard Nutrition Source includes recommendations for reducing the consumption of added sugars--and the reasons to do so.
The addiction potential of sugar
Is sugar more addictive than cocaine? This blog post examines the earliest research on the question
Might (some kinds of) sugar become medicines (again)?
Illuminating the secret world of your glycans, the sugars that bathe our cells.
Conference presenter Carolyn Bertozzi and Nobel Prize winner tells us what the sugar coating on our cells is telling us, and points to its future therapeutic uses.
Bertozzi’s Nobel Prize lecture