Your best ally in helping you reduce sugar

Your best ally in helping you reduce sugar

Your best friend and ally in helping you reduce sugar intake has always been at your fingertips - the Nutrition Facts panel. Hopefully soon, with one small change, this trusted source of nutrition information will help you even further in slashing sugar to a more reasonable amount.  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is proposing that the nutrition facts label on packaged foods include the percent daily value (DV) for added sugars.  Maybe it doesn’t seem like a big deal, but it is and it’s been long overdue.

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The sweeter side: Benefits and risks of artificial sweeteners

The sweeter side: Benefits and risks of artificial sweeteners

Despite intense scrutiny of artificial sweeteners for years, the product continues to be popular with dieters, diabetics and many just looking for a sweet fix. Even in the face of declining soda sales, the market share of diet soda continues to expand, with the second most popular soda being a diet variety.

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