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”
News & Views - Date: December 2010
The plausibility of sugar addiction and its role in obesity and eating disorders
Benton D (2010) Clinical Nutrition 29 (2010) 288–303
Objective Review evidence for role of sugar in human addiction and consequently in the causation of obesity or eating disorders
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Are caloric beverages compensated for in the short-term by young adults? An investigation with particular focus on gender differences
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
Effects of sucrose drinks on macronutrient intake, body weight, and mood state in overweight women over 4 weeks
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
Reducing Consumption of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages (SSB) is associated with Reduced Blood Pressure - a prospective study among United States adults
Liwei Chen L, Caballero B, Mitchell DC (2010) Circulation 121:2398-2406
Objective Examine relationship between change in sugar and SSB and blood pressure
Saturated Fat and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors, Coronary Heart Disease, Stroke, and Diabetes: a Fresh Look at the Evidence
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
Effects of stevia, aspartame and sucrose on food intake, satiety, and postprandial glucose and insulin levels
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
Intake of artificially sweetened soft drinks and risk of preterm delivery: a prospective cohort study in 59,334 Danish pregnant women
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
Glycemic index, glycemic load, and the risk of pancreatic cancer among postmenopausal women in the women’s health initiative observational study and clinical trial
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
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
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