A study conducted by researchers at LSU Health New Orleans suggests that age is an important factor in the association between cancer and sugar - sweetened beverages and recommends that intervention programs to
reduce consumption of added sugar be focused on lower socio - economic status, young males, as well as cervical cancer survivors.
Not surprisingly, one study found that
reducing consumption of added sugar, even without reducing calories or losing weight, has the power to reverse metabolic diseases in children and drastically reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
Not exact matches
The World Health Organization, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the American Heart Association have all recommended
reducing consumption of soda as a way to cut down on
added sugars.
The Department
of Health and Human Services and the Department
of Agriculture recommended on Thursday that Americans consume less than 10 %
of their daily calories from
added sugars, a far more specific suggestion than the previous one to simply «
reduce»
sugar consumption.
While an increasing number
of research studies point to the health benefits in controlling and
reducing sugar consumption — the FDA now recommends
sugar make up no more than ten percent
of total calories consumed per day — there is a difference between
sugars that occur naturally in foods and those that do not, like those in a piece
of dried fruit, for example, versus the high fructose syrup commonly
added to soft drinks, sodas, and many processed foods.
A study conducted by Mexican econometricians and researchers
of the Autonomous Technological Institute
of Mexico (ITAM) on the impact
of the tax on drinks with
added sugars found that the measure failed in
reducing calorie
consumption and tackling overweight and obesity.
School districts that adopt a GFPP seek to promote health and well - being by offering generous portions
of vegetables, fruit, whole grains and minimally processed foods, while
reducing salt,
added sugars, saturated fats, and red meat
consumption, and eliminating artificial additives.
Sugar
consumption among Americans is above recommended limits, and the Current Dietary Guidelines for Americans emphasize the importance
of reducing calories from
added sugars.
Current international dietary guidelines advise people to
reduce their
consumption of sugar, and more particularly free
sugars, which comprise
sugars (monosaccharides and disaccharides)
added to foods or drinks by the manufacturer, cook or consumer, and
sugars naturally present in honey, syrups and unsweetened fruit juices [4].
In a new study published in Open Heart, a publication
of the British Medical Journal, researchers argue that dietary guidelines should put the spotlight on
reducing added sugar consumption — rather than salt — in order to really slash hypertension, heart disease and stroke rates.
The Institute
of Medicine recommended no more than 25 % calories from
added sugar based on the NHANES III study
of increased
consumption of added sugar and
reduced intake
of macronutrients, especially at the level
of more than 25 %.3 However, this recommendation did not consider health effects.
The new dietary recommendations for
sugars include
reducing the amount
of «free
sugars» (
added sugars) we eat, so they make up no more than five per cent
of our daily energy (calorie) intake, and minimising
consumption of sugar - sweetened beverages.