Is there a recommended amount of sugar not to exceed daily? Does it matter what type of sugar I eat? Listen here to answers from PCC's staff nutritionist: Click to listen
Is there a link between stress and cravings for sugar?
Some poking around reveals that the answer is yes. A study in the open access journal BMC Biology in 2005 found that rats who were stressed wanted to wolf down lots of sugar cubes because of high brain levels of a chemical called corticotropin-releasing factor -- a stress hormone that humans also have. The scientists... Continue Reading →
More on the question “is sugar toxic”
I just googled "sugar" to learn what conversations are popular on the subject today. I came across, and read this article by the New York Times about sugar being toxic. I sent it to a friend and recommended he watch the 90 minute video they reference. I quickly realized that this information is just... Continue Reading →
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