Sugar

Flavored water and the secrets no one tells

Don’t let marketing mislead you: Flavored water is not water, it is sweetened juice in disguise.

|ByDR. MAYA ROSMAN
Flavored water
White sugar and brown sugar

"Biology books will need to be amended": Scientists identify molecule that slims without diet

Scientists in Australia say they have identified a previously unseen way the body controls stored sugar.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Even if your diet has not changed at all, and even if you are even more careful these days, your blood tests may show something different

Eating right but sugar or cholesterol are rising? This is the reason

Even without changes in diet, ongoing stress affects hormones, blood sugar levels and blood lipid levels, and can cause abnormal results in tests, even in healthy people who are very strict.

|ByDR. MAYA ROSMAN
Study finds: No safe amount for consumption of processed meat.

Large study links ultra-processed foods to ADHD risk in preschoolers

Within the ultra-processed category, items such as breads, pastries, packaged cereals, ready-to-heat frozen meals, and long-shelf-life ready-to-eat meals were associated with more emotional problems.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Could stevia be bad for your health? New study raises red flag

Popular sugar substitute found to impair gut microbiome communications, but Israeli scientists say further experiments needed.

DECEMBER 3, 2020ByMAYA MARGIT/THE MEDIA LINE
WHY IS sugar addictive?

Fears surge in demand for hand sanitiser could fuel child labor

Sugarcane is used to make ethanol for alcohol-based gels and seven of the world's largest sugarcane producers have a high to extreme risk of child and forced labor.

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020ByREUTERS
A bottle of Purell hand sanitizer sits next to campaign canvass packets at a field office for Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) in Graniteville, South Carolina, U.S., February 28, 2020

Israel's food labeling reform: What do consumers say?

Reform requires red warning labels on all food and beverage products with high levels of sodium, sugar or saturated fat.

JANUARY 8, 2020ByEYTAN HALON
Red 'traffic light' nutrition labels are seen on cream cheese products on Israeli supermarket shelves.