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4 06, 2012

Soda Ban Gets Mixed Reviews

By Rosanne Rust|2012-06-04T08:39:51-04:00June 4th, 2012|Food Facts, Heart Disease, Weight Management|1 Comment

You've heard about it by now - Aiming to fight the obesity epidemic, the mayor of New York has proposed a ban on the sale of large (>16 ounce) sugary beverages by restaurants, mobile food carts, movie theaters, and delis. Will it help? As Chaos Theory purports: Nature [...]

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 [...]

3 05, 2012

Summary: Fructose, Sucrose and High Fructose Corn Syrup: Relevant Scientific Findings and Health Implications

By Rosanne Rust|2022-11-08T15:21:38-05:00May 3rd, 2012|Food Facts, Uncategorized|1 Comment

The Experimental Bio 2012 session, Fructose, Sucrose and High Fructose Corn Syrup: Relevant Scientific Findings and Health Implications, provided me with some important takeaways which I have listed here. Each of the five speakers had a chance to present their take on the biochemistry and potential health implications [...]

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 [...]

25 04, 2012

Panel of Experts Discuss Sweeteners at Experimental Biology 2012 Meeting

By Rosanne Rust|2022-11-08T15:09:05-05:00April 25th, 2012|Food Facts, Uncategorized|13 Comments

I was a consultant to the Corn Refiner's Association when this posted, but my thoughts and opinions are my own. I'm back from the Experimental Biology 2012 conference in San Diego. The session: "Fructose, Sucrose, and High Fructose Corn Syrup: Relevant Scientific Findings and Health Implications" created quite [...]

3 04, 2012

Juicey Sugar

By Rosanne Rust|2012-04-03T18:51:36-04:00April 3rd, 2012|Food Facts, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Juicey Sugar

I recently had a conversation with another mom who told me that her pediatrician recommended choosing orange juice over apple juice "because apple juice has way more sugar" than other juices. I told her this wasn't quite true. While cranberry and grape juices are a bit higher in [...]

26 01, 2012

Just Say No to Diets

By Rosanne Rust|2022-11-08T15:02:13-05:00January 26th, 2012|Weight Management|Comments Off on Just Say No to Diets

Why Should You Just Say No to Diets? Simple Steps Work Funny. I was getting ready to write up this post, when I came across this: The Dr. Oz Ultimate Diet. Sigh. While Oz has some sensible advice from time to time, this "Diet" is not on the [...]