The Coca-Cola Company, the world’s largest beverage company, has begun broadcasting television advertisements showing what the company has done to contribute to the fight against obesity (Moye, 2013). Coca-Cola said that it had launched its global campaign “to help society beat one of the most serious, complex issues of this generation—obesity.” The Coca-Cola commercial says,… Read More
News: The UK, Children & Type 1 Diabetes
The UK ranks fifth of 88 countries in the incidence of type 1 diabetes in children, a new analysis has shown. A league table compiled by the charity Diabetes UK from data from the International Diabetes Federation shows that each year 24.5 in every 100 000 children aged up to 14 years are given a diagnosis.… Read More
Research: Sugar, Coffee & Type 2 Diabetes
There are some amongst you who believe that adding sugar to tea and coffee does not influence the risk of type 2 diabetes. However, a large US study conducted over 24 years proves this is wrong. Irrespective of the coffeine content in hot drinks, it is the sugar intake that counts. But coffee intake – whether caffeinated… Read More
Do Supplements Improve Our health?
Over 40% of us regularly take at least one vitamin or mineral supplement, but do they really improve our health, or are they just money down the drain? Matt Lovell, performance nutritionist and Ambassador for Kinetica Sports explains. Read more at: Do Supplements improve our health? (repsuk.wordpress.com)
Research Paper: Dietary sugars and body weight: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials and cohort studies.
Study Question: Does altering the intake of dietary sugars influence body weight in free living people consuming ad libitum (that is, with no strict control of food intake)? Summary Answer: Altering intake of sugars or sugar sweetened beverages is associated with changes in bodyweight, which seem to be mediated via changes in energy intake… Read More
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