All Things Sugary

This year marks the second annual 30 Sugar Free Days Program and your chance to make January a MONTH WITHOUT SUGAR. It is that time of year again: The Season of Sugar. As the weather turns colder, and the sun dips lower in the sky (except for you south of the equator), the days get...

Here are some funny (or maybe not-so-funny) videos about the misinformation that the High Fructose Sugar Lobby has been trying to shove down our mouths lately.

Have you ever been in a grocery store looking at labels, trying to figure out something that your kids will eat and something that is good for them? Should you pick the snack you know they love to eat, or the one that is better for them but never makes it out of the...

I'm going to suggest to you a completely different way of looking at Candida that dispels some of the myths around this one-celled creature, but also helps you to understand why the anti-Candia diets do work and how important that might be to your health.

You have probably heard that Stevia has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and were wondering if it was safe.

a group of concerned health and wellness experts are holding the first annual Great Worldwide Sugar-Out Challenge to draw attention to the many health hazards from over-consuming sugar and refined carbohydrates, including type 2 diabetes, obesity, cancer and heart disease.

The first International Sugar Free Month is off to a great start! We have had over 400 people sign up to begin an adventure of a month without sugar or foods that act like sugar. While 400 people stopping sugar seems small, the numbers behind how much sugar they are NOT eating are incredible.

I get a lot of questions about sugars and which are okay to eat and which are not. Most of the questions have to do with finding a good substitute to take the place of white sugar. Sorry to say, but the short answer is that there are no good substitutes either in natural...

Today marks the beginning of a new feature here at OlsonND.com, the weekly Health News Digest. I will compile and review the latest research on a variety of health news items. Health News: HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY (HRT): HRT and the risks of breast cancer were reviewed in a recent symposium. It appears that even...

Research is, once again, confirming what we all know about sugar: it is addictive. While it is frustrating that it has taken this long for science to catch on to sugar addiction (remember that Sugar Blues was written in the 1970's), it is great to hear that research is starting to back up what...