News & Views - Date: December 2010

New research: high-fat low-carb diets could mean significant heart risk

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New scientific research has shown that low-carbohydrate high-fat diets, made popular by the likes of the Atkins diet, do not achieve more weight loss than low-fat high-carbohydrate diets. More “New research: high-fat low-carb diets could mean significant heart risk” >

Are caloric beverages compensated for in the short-term by young adults? An investigation with particular focus on gender differences

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Ranawana DV, Henry CJK (2010) Appetite doi;10.1016/j.appet.2010.05.046

Objective Examine energy compensation in males and females eating ad libitum lunch 1 hr after preload of 150 kcal drink (sucrose sweetened fruit drink (SSD), orange juice (OJ) or semi-skimmed milk(M). The control (CTRL) was artificially sweetened fruit drink

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Effects of sucrose drinks on macronutrient intake, body weight, and mood state in overweight women over 4 weeks

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Reid M, Hammersley R, Duffy M (2010) Appetite 55: 130–136

Objective To see whether overweight women would compensate for increased sugar intake as drinks by decreased voluntary energy intake in the rest of their diet

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Reducing Consumption of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages (SSB) is associated with Reduced Blood Pressure - a prospective study among United States adults

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Liwei Chen L, Caballero B, Mitchell DC (2010) Circulation 121:2398-2406

Objective Examine relationship between change in sugar and SSB and blood pressure

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Saturated Fat and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors, Coronary Heart Disease, Stroke, and Diabetes: a Fresh Look at the Evidence

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Micha R, Mozaffarian D (2010) Lipids 45:893–905

Objective: Review evidence on effects of substituting saturated (SFA), monounsaturated (MFA) polyunsaturated (PUFA) and trans (TFA) for carbohydrate (CHO) on Cardiovascular risk factors, CVD events and diabetes

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Effects of stevia, aspartame and sucrose on food intake, satiety, and postprandial glucose and insulin levels

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Anton SD, Martin CK, Han H et al Appetite 55 (2010): 37-43

Objective: Examine impact of meal preloads covertly sweetened with either sucrose, Stevia or Aspartame on caloric intake at subsequent meal, and on satiety, and postprandial glucose and insulin levels

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Intake of artificially sweetened soft drinks and risk of preterm delivery: a prospective cohort study in 59,334 Danish pregnant women

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Halldorsson TI, Strøm M, Petersen SB, Olsen SF (2010) American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 92: 626–33

Objective: To assess whether there is an association between consumption of sugar sweetened or artificially sweetened soft drinks and pre-term delivery among pregnant women

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Glycemic index, glycemic load, and the risk of pancreatic cancer among postmenopausal women in the women’s health initiative observational study and clinical trial

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Simon MS, Shikany JM, Neuhouser ML et al. (2010) Cancer Causes Control DOI 10.1007/s10552-010-9632-4

Objective: Assess association between baseline carbohydrate intake and subsequent development of Pancreatic cancer

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Effect of changing the amount and type of fat and carbohydrate on insulin sensitivity and cardiovascular risk: the RISCK (Reading, Imperial, Surrey, Cambridge and Kings) trial

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Jebb SA, Lovegrove JA, Griffin BA et al. (2010) American Journal of Clinical Nutrition doi:10.3945/ajcn.2009.29096

Objective: To assess the effects of dietary changes (iso-energetic replacement of sat. fat with mono and high GI CHOs with low) on risk of developing metabolic syndrome

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