sugar

"Australian researchers say they've opened the path to a new generation of batteries that could allow an electric vehicle to drive from Melbourne to Sydney on a single charge. "And the crucial ingredient was a spoonful of sugar." "a team from Monash University say they've found a way of making...

T2D is such a common genetic disease there must be an advantage to it, or it would have been eliminated from the gene pool. My theory is that it is not just "thrifty genes", but another system all together. Seems the disease is only superficially the high blood sugar called Diabetes. The...

Dear friends, I haven´t been able to find an answer to this by looking at the many articles that have been published about the sugar issue lately. From what I understand excess sugar is the cause of obesity and obesity the cause of many illnesses, but how about someone who has normal weight...

So, I decided to do something about my expanding gut and for the first time in my life started looking into methods of weight loss. Came across this presentation: Sugar, the bitter truth. For a short summary, try this one. And holy crap, was that an eye-opener. It makes a very compelling case...

So I'm having lunch with my co-workers today and one of them starts talking about how she has gone three months without sugar. The natural questions ensue, "oh, is it a diet", etc. She tells us no. She has been off of sugar because "sugar is a toxin" and an "inflamatory". Her doctor has...

Okay, I guess it's a given that caffeine and other stimulants will wake you up, but the claims that energy drinks actually "boost your energy" always sounded like BS to me. What does "boost your energy" even mean? I know they've done studies that showed that kids don't get hyper when they eat...

I'd been hearing about the alleged superiority of cane sugar over high-fructose corn syrup for the last year or two. Now that the soft drink companies have released versions of their sodas made with cane sugar, I'm constantly hearing about how it's obviously so much better-tasting and superior...

Or not. Missing mercury, supposed mercury contaminated high fructose corn syrup/sugars, etc. It's all there. http://civileats.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/421_2_105026.pdf Reactions (to do with autism of course)...

I became intrigued by this due to some TV Ads I recently saw put out by some Corn Growers associations attempting to debunk the percieved dangers of High-Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS). Thier argument is that it has no artificial sweetners and in moderation is no more dangerous than sugar. I...

Okay, we have another email read to my class by my evidently credulous teacher: http://www.snopes.com/medical/drugs/coldfx.asp So, I tell everyone that only Ginseng is in it. Big argument. My teacher figures it's a drug, and everyone in the class figures it must have more than just ginseng in...

From the thread: "Fat" Gene Found by Scientists You're on! :) Last year I looked into this quickly. What I came away with was that having a lot of sugar in one's diet increased the likelihood that one would get sugar cravings and overeat. Processed American foods are likely to have a...

At least for model rockets. Apparently a combination of corn syrup and potassium nitrate can be used effectively as a solid propellant: http://www.jamesyawn.com/syrup/index.html I wonder if this would have anything to do with the origin of the "sugar in the gas tank makes your car explode"...

Does anyne know whether there are real health differences between the "white death" fully refined variety of sugar and the range of brown sugars?

from the New Scientist - 10 October 2004 Complete story at: http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99992899