The release of the report today from Years 1-4 of the Government’s National Diet and Nutrition Survey’s rolling programme provides updated information on UK dietary intakes. The latest data shows average intakes of Non-Milk Extrinsic Sugars (NMES)* to be 58.8g/day for adults, which accounts for 12.1% of food energy intake. The current UK recommendation is for NMES intakes below 11% of food energy, a value established in regards to dental health.
News & Views - Date: May 2014
Statement on review by Te Morenga and colleagues on dietary sugars and cardiometabolic risk
This review looks at an important area of health and nutrition. The mixed results, particularly in regards to cholesterol, highlight the complex nature of interpreting nutrition research. More “Statement on review by Te Morenga and colleagues on dietary sugars and cardiometabolic risk”
Dietary sugar and body weight: have we reached a crisis in the epidemic of obesity and diabetes?: health be damned! Pour on the sugar
Bray,G.A. and Popkin,B.M., (2014) Diabetes Care 37:950-956 10.2337/dc13-2085
OBJECTIVE: A ‘point-counterpoint’ discussion regarding the ‘health hazards of sugar, HFCS and fructose’. The counterpoint is provided in a separate paper by Kahn and Sievenpiper.
Dietary sugar and body weight: have we reached a crisis in the epidemic of obesity and diabetes?: we have, but the pox on sugar is overwrought and overworked
Kahn,R. and Sievenpiper,J.L., (2014) Diabetes Care 37:957-962 10.2337/dc13-2506
OBJECTIVE: Counterpoint to ‘point’ provided by Bray and Popkin, in the same issue of the journal.
Misconceptions about fructose-containing sugars and their role in the obesity epidemic
van Buul,V.J., Tappy,L. and Brouns,F.J., (2014) Nutr.Res.Rev. 1-12 10.1017/S0954422414000067
OBJECTIVE: A review of the evidence regarding fructose and fructose-containing sugar sources on obesity.
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The effect of normally consumed amounts of sucrose or high fructose corn syrup on lipid profiles, body composition and related parameters in overweight/obese subjects
Lowndes,J., Sinnett,S., Pardo,S., et al, (2014) Nutrients 6:1128-1144 10.3390/nu6031128
OBJECTIVE: To explore whether two different amounts of sucrose or HFCS, consumed at levels equal to the 25th and 50th percentile of the US adult population consumption for total fructose, have any adverse impact on body weight, composition, blood lipids or blood pressure in a free-living study lasting 10 weeks.
Sweetened carbonated beverage consumption and cancer risk: meta-analysis and review
Boyle,P., Koechlin,A. and Autier,P., (2014) Eur.J.Cancer Prev. 10.1097/CEJ.0000000000000015
OBJECTIVE: To examine the evidence for an association between sweetened carbonated beverage consumption and cancer.
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