Sugar By Any Other Name: How The Sweet Stuff Hides In Your Food

Thursday, September 13, 2012 Sugar By Any Other Name: How The Sweet Stuff Hides In Your Food If you keep up with health news, you probably know to look out for added sugar in your diet -- a major culprit in the growing rates of obesity, diabetes and associated conditions like fatty liver disease. And if you know about added sugar, you probably also know that -- excuse the bastardized Shakespeare -- sugar by any other name tastes just as sweet. That's because it is -- any sugar or full calorie sweetener affects the body in the same way. Some formulations just have a worse reputation. Better Together: 16 Foods That Are Healthier In Pairs 9 Reasons To Brush Your Teeth (That Have Nothing To Do With Your Teeth) New York City Bans Large Sodas -- What Do YOU Think? The Best Yoga Moves For Flat Abs BLOG POSTS Laura Berman Fortgang: How To Beat Your Negative Thoughts When things do not go our way, it is easy to believe the mind's condemnations. By doing so, we put ourselves into a far deeper hell than the true event could possibly cause. To avoid that hell is to choose to be re-minded. Ben Greenfield: 5 Hidden Dangers At The Gym Similar to a hospital, you'd expect the gym to be a healthy and safe place. But also similar to a hospital, gyms can have lurking, hidden dangers that leave you injured or sick if you're not careful. Rania Batayneh, MPH: Are Eating Habits Contagious? Have you ever gone to a restaurant with the healthiest intentions -- a salad followed by grilled fish and steamed vegetables -- only to find yourself halfway through a bacon cheeseburger and onion rings? Janice Harper: How to Move On -- When There's No Place To Move To By learning to control our thoughts, we slowly, ever so slowly learn to control our emotions -- without sacrificing our capacity to feel. As we control our emotions, we ever so slowly alter our perceptions.

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