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30 06, 2020

A Teaspoon of Honey Helps the Medicine Go Down

By Rosanne Rust|2023-03-21T12:45:31-04:00June 30th, 2020|DASH Diet/Wellness, Family, Food Facts, Food Trends, Wellness|Comments Off on A Teaspoon of Honey Helps the Medicine Go Down

When my oldest son was little, Mary Poppins was on of his favorite movies. You may remember the song that states "A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, in the most delightful way". This is actually true. Humans naturally enjoy sugar. Right from the womb we [...]

3 05, 2012

Take-Away Points from Sugar Session at EB2012

By Rosanne Rust|2023-05-01T11:02:39-04:00May 3rd, 2012|Food Facts, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Take-Away Points from Sugar Session at EB2012

The Experimental Bio 2012 session, Fructose, Sucrose and High Fructose Corn Syrup: Relevant Scientific Findings and Health Implications, was fascinating and confirmed what I already knew: While we have a caloric consumption issue to work on as a nation, sucrose and HFCS are metabolically the same. Here are [...]

27 04, 2012

Honey…It’s Sugar

By Rosanne Rust|2023-03-09T12:19:53-05:00April 27th, 2012|Food Facts, Food Trends, Wellness|Comments Off on Honey…It’s Sugar

While I was at the Experimental Biology conference earlier this week, I had the chance to have some great scientific conversations about a hot topic: sugars. One interesting conversation was with a student. She firmly believed that because honey contained "some nutrients", it would be a superior choice [...]