En effet, le Centre de santé (CS) Feshi 2 est construit avec les frais de fonctionnement du BCZ appuie de l’EUP/PBF-Banque Mondiale. Ce Centre a une capacité d’accueil de dix lits et emploie près des vingt personnes.

Ainsi, Mgr Fulgence Kiyanze qui a procédé à la bénédiction de cette infrastructure a remercié le Médecin Chef de zone de santé, Edgard Mbau Tekilayaza, qui s’est impliqué pour la construction de cet ouvrage avec les frais de fonctionnement du BCZ, grâce à l’appui de l’EUP, au profit de la population de Feshi.

Il a, par la suite, demandé aux gestionnaires ainsi qu’à tout le personnel de préserver la beauté et de prendre soin de ce Centre de Santé tout en leur rappelant qu’ils ont, désormais, une grande responsabilité et qu’ils doivent être à la hauteur des attentes de ceux qui ont offert cette infrastructure sanitaire et aussi celles de la population bénéficiaire.

Pour sa part, le Médecin Chef de zone, a dans son mot de circonstance remercié l’équipe cadre de la Zone, qui n’a pas travailler en vain. Il a également indiqué que depuis son arrivée à la tête de la zone de ZSR de Feshi en 2017, celle-ci a connu une augmentation du nombre des structures « Aires de santé et postes de santé » étatiques pour permettre à la population d’accéder facilement aux soins de santé de qualité. Voilà qui fait qu’aujourd’hui on compte, dans Feshi commune, deux centres hospitaliers. Le centre de Feshi 1 était longtemps financé par le partenaire MEMISA et est construit récemment sur les fonds propres des frais de fonctionnement dudit centre de santé appuyé par le partenaire Banque Mondiale/PDSS.

Le Médecin Chef de zone a enfin remercié Me Fabien Boko et l’isco qui ont doté des matériels dans certaines FASA de la zone de Santé et des matelas au centre de santé Feshi 2.

Il a par ailleurs présenté les services organisés dans les sept pièces que composent l’infrastructure du CS : la première est réservé à l’administration par l’infirmier titulaire jusqu’à la septième qui sert à l’hospitalisation des malades.

Timothée NZAMBA

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En effet, arrivé à Addis-Abeba pour suivre de près la situation des compatriotes bloqués à l’aéroport, après avoir été testés positifs à la Covid-19 dès leur entrée sur le sol Éthiopien, Christophe Lutundula a eu accès aux premières informations.

« Présentement à Addis-Abeba où je suis arrivé ce soir, notamment pour recueillir des informations les plus précises sur cette situation malheureuse que vous connaissez« , a indiqué Christophe Lutundula.

Et de poursuivre : « Effectivement à la demande des autorités Émiraties, Éthiopian Airlines a installé ici à l’aéroport des unités de contrôle, de contre vérification, de contre-test de Covid-19. Et il s’avère que parmi les passagers qui ont été déclarés, qui ont été testés positifs, il y a environ 70 congolais qui sont concernés. Je dois dire que c’est une mesure de portee générale, qui concerne tous les passagers à destination des Émirats Arabes unis. Le chef de l’État a été informé de la situation, le Premier ministre aussi. C’est pour cela d’ailleurs que je me trouve ici. Nous avons instruit l’ambassade à Addis-Abeba, qui s’est impliquée dans le dossier et qui a obtenu plus précisément le Centre médical de l’Union africaine fasse aussi la contre-vérification de tests qui ont été effectués à l’aéroport. Déjà à ce stade, 18 compatriotes ont été déclarés négatifs parmi les 70 de cet après-midi. Pour ces 18 là, ils sont libres de continuer le voyage ou de rentrer à Kinshasa. Voilà la vérité en ce qui concerne la situation que j’ai trouvé ici en Éthiopie« .

Pour l’instant, les concernés sont placés en quarantaine. Comme d’ailleurs il est de règle, lorsqu’on est testé positif quelque part, à l’aéroport ou chez soi. Ils doivent donc rester en quarantaine. Les tests d’évaluation se feront au fur et à mesure qu’ils prennent les médicaments, a renchérit Christophe Lutundula.

« En ce qui concerne la prise en charge, elle n’est pas de meilleure. C’est pas vraiment ce que nous pouvions attendre. Ça n’a pas été facile tout au début. Nos compatriotes ont manqué le minimum qu’il faut à quelqu’un. Ils ont été acheminés vers un centre de quarangaine. On leur avait donné des soins médicaux. Ils continuent à prendre les médicaments« , s’est inquiété Lutundula.

Il faut une contre-expertise

Mais il faut une contre-expertise pour vérifier la conformité des tests effectués. Ainsi, Christophe Lutundula se montre rassurant surtout avec l’implication de l’ambassadeur congolais en Ethiopie. Après la contre-vérification 18 congolais ont été déclarés négatifs.

« …notre ambassade a obtenu qu’on fasse des contrôles de vérification des tests qui ont été effectués à la va-vite à l’aéroport. 18 ont été testés, après vérification par le centre médical de l’Union africaine, négatifs. On continue à suivre la situation de nos compatriotes au jour le jour« , rassure le VPM, Ministre des Affaires Étrangères.

Grâce à l’intervention de notre personnel diplomatique, les conditions se sont quelque peu allégées. Ils accèdent à eux facilement et je pense qu’on s’organise pour voir comment leur pourvoir en biens essentiels, précise le VPM.

La crédibilité de l’INRB en danger ?

La question mérite d’être posée car, ces voyageurs avaient été soumis au test COVID par l’INRB avant d’embarquer. Comment donc comprendre qu’ils soient déclarés positifs à la COVID-19 quelques heures après ?

Et le VPM Lutundula n’est pas allé outre pour évoquer le danger que cours l’INRB du point de vu de sa crédibilité.

« Hier déjà avant que je ne quitte Kinshasa, le Chef de l’État et le Premier ministre m’ont donné le privilège de leur faire le rapport. Il a été décidé d’envoyer une mission de l’INRB pour voir la situation sur le plan scientifique, parce qu’il y va de la crédibilité de l’INRB. La situation est donc suivie de très près par le Chef de l’État lui-même« , dit Christophe Lutundula.

Affaire à suivre…

Marc SENGA

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Intervenant ce jeudi 14 octobre sur les antennes d’une radio de la place, le Ministre de l’ESU ne cède pas aux pressions et confirme la teneur de sa note circulaire interdisant les universités non-viables d’inscrire les étudiants en faculté de médecine. Au cours de cette intervention médiatique, Muhindo Nzangi a affirmé « l’interdiction des universités n’ayant pas accomplie les critères tels que obligé par l’arrêté autorisant l’ouverture ou fonctionnement d’une filière de médecine dans une université privé ou public ».

Après moult réactions de la part des promoteurs des instituts privés organisant les enseignements en médecine contre la décision du ministère de tutelle, Muhindo Nzangi est resté visiblement imperturbable et attends remettre de l’ordre. La vie humaine étant sacrée, la formation des médecins doit répondre à des exigences particulières contrairement à d’autres filières.

« Oui, nous n’allons pas céder à des grimasses des ceux qui sont habitués avec le mal et du populisme, tant que cette décision ne viol aucune disposition légale telle que viens de le dire la Cour de cassation saisie par ces derniers. L’autorité de l’État doit être de rétablit comme le veut bien le premier citoyen du pays pour le bien être de tous », a-t-il martelé.

Freddy NDALA

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« sugar is a crystalline carbohydrate that makes foods taste sweet »

There are many different types, including glucose, fructose, lactose, maltose and sucrose. Some of these sugars, such as glucose, fructose and lactose, occur naturally in fruits, vegetables and other foods. But many of the foods we consume contain « added » sugars – sugar that we add to a product ourselves to enhance the flavor or sugar that has been added to a product by a manufacturer.

The most common sources of added sugars include soft drinks, cakes, pies, chocolate, fruit drinks and desserts. Just a single can of cola can contain up to 7 tsps of added sugar, while an average-sized chocolate bar can contain up to 6 tsps.

It is added sugars that have been cited as a contributor to many health problems. In December 2014, MNT reported on a study in the journal Open Heart claiming added sugars may increase the risk of high blood pressure, even more so than sodium. And in February 2014, a study led by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) associated high added sugar intake with increased risk of death from cardiovascular disease (CVD).

« Perhaps most strongly, added sugars have been associated with the significant increase in obesity »

In the US, more than a third of adults are obese, while the rate of childhood obesity has more than doubled in children and quadrupled in adolescents over the past 30 years.

A 2013 study published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition suggested that consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages increases weight gain in both children and adults, while a review paper from the World Health Organization (WHO) notes an increase in the consumption of such beverages correlates with the increase in obesity.
Are we becoming addicted to sugar?

In support of these associations is Dr. Robert Lustig, a pediatric endocrinologist at the University of California-San Francisco and author of the book Fat Chance: The Hidden Truth About Sugar, who claims sugar is a « toxic » substance that we are becoming addicted to.

A 2008 study by researchers from Princeton University, NJ, found rats used to consuming a high-sugar diet displayed signs of binging, craving and withdrawal when their sugar intake was reduced.
A woman tempted by chocolate
Dr. Lustig: « We need to wean ourselves off. We need to de-sweeten our lives. We need to make sugar a treat, not a diet staple. »We need to wean ourselves off. We need to de-sweeten our lives. »

« We need to make sugar a treat, not a diet staple »

Dr. Lustig told The Guardian in 2013. « The food industry has made it into a diet staple because they know when they do you buy more, » he added. « This is their hook. If some unscrupulous cereal manufacturer went out and laced your breakfast cereal with morphine to get you to buy more, what would you think of that? They do it with sugar instead. »

In her popular blog, Goop, Gwyneth Paltrow cites sugar addiction as one of the reasons she decided to quit sugar completely.

« The bottom line is that sugar works the addiction and reward pathways in the brain in much the same way as many illegal drugs, » she writes. « Sugar is basically a socially acceptable, legal, recreational drug with deadly consequences. »

Statistics show that we are certainly a nation of added-sugar lovers. According to a report from the CDC, adults in the US consumed around 13% of their total daily calorie intake from added sugars between 2005-2010, while 16% of children’s and adolescents’ total calorie intake came from added sugars between 2005-2008.

These levels are well above those currently recommended by WHO, which state we should consume no more than 10% of total daily calories from « free » sugars – both naturally occurring sugars and those that are added to products by the manufacturer.

In 2013, however, MNT reported on a study by Prof. Wayne Potts and colleagues from the University of Utah, claiming that even consuming added sugars at recommended levels may be harmful to health, after finding that such levels reduced lifespan in mice.

Is eliminating sugar from our diet THE healthy THING TO DO?

The array of studies reporting the negative implications of added sugar led to WHO making a proposal to revise their added sugar recommendations in 2014. The organization issued a draft guideline stating they would like to halve their recommended daily free sugar intake from 10% to 5%.

« The objective of this guideline is to provide recommendations on the consumption of free sugars to reduce the risk of noncommunicable diseases in adults and children, » WHO explained, « with a particular focus on the prevention and control of weight gain and dental caries. »

In addition, it seems many health experts, nutritionists and even celebrities like Gwyneth have jumped on a « no sugar » bandwagon.

But is it even possible to completely eliminate sugar from a diet? And is it safe? Biochemist Leah Fitzsimmons, of the University of Birmingham in the UK, told The Daily Mail:

« Cutting all sugar from your diet would be very difficult to achieve. Fruits, vegetables, dairy products and dairy replacements, eggs, alcohol and nuts all contain sugar, which would leave you with little other than meat and fats to eat – definitely not very healthy. »

Many people turn to artificial sweeteners as a sugar alternative, but according to studies, these sweeteners may still drive diabetes and obesity.

« Together with other major shifts that occurred in human nutrition, this increase in artificial sweetener consumption coincides with the dramatic increase in the obesity and diabetes epidemics, » the authors note. « Our findings suggest that artificial sweeteners may have directly contributed to enhancing the exact epidemic that they themselves were intended to fight. »

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« sugar is a crystalline carbohydrate that makes foods taste sweet »

There are many different types, including glucose, fructose, lactose, maltose and sucrose. Some of these sugars, such as glucose, fructose and lactose, occur naturally in fruits, vegetables and other foods. But many of the foods we consume contain « added » sugars – sugar that we add to a product ourselves to enhance the flavor or sugar that has been added to a product by a manufacturer.

The most common sources of added sugars include soft drinks, cakes, pies, chocolate, fruit drinks and desserts. Just a single can of cola can contain up to 7 tsps of added sugar, while an average-sized chocolate bar can contain up to 6 tsps.

It is added sugars that have been cited as a contributor to many health problems. In December 2014, MNT reported on a study in the journal Open Heart claiming added sugars may increase the risk of high blood pressure, even more so than sodium. And in February 2014, a study led by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) associated high added sugar intake with increased risk of death from cardiovascular disease (CVD).

« Perhaps most strongly, added sugars have been associated with the significant increase in obesity »

In the US, more than a third of adults are obese, while the rate of childhood obesity has more than doubled in children and quadrupled in adolescents over the past 30 years.

A 2013 study published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition suggested that consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages increases weight gain in both children and adults, while a review paper from the World Health Organization (WHO) notes an increase in the consumption of such beverages correlates with the increase in obesity.
Are we becoming addicted to sugar?

In support of these associations is Dr. Robert Lustig, a pediatric endocrinologist at the University of California-San Francisco and author of the book Fat Chance: The Hidden Truth About Sugar, who claims sugar is a « toxic » substance that we are becoming addicted to.

A 2008 study by researchers from Princeton University, NJ, found rats used to consuming a high-sugar diet displayed signs of binging, craving and withdrawal when their sugar intake was reduced.
A woman tempted by chocolate
Dr. Lustig: « We need to wean ourselves off. We need to de-sweeten our lives. We need to make sugar a treat, not a diet staple. »We need to wean ourselves off. We need to de-sweeten our lives. »

« We need to make sugar a treat, not a diet staple »

Dr. Lustig told The Guardian in 2013. « The food industry has made it into a diet staple because they know when they do you buy more, » he added. « This is their hook. If some unscrupulous cereal manufacturer went out and laced your breakfast cereal with morphine to get you to buy more, what would you think of that? They do it with sugar instead. »

In her popular blog, Goop, Gwyneth Paltrow cites sugar addiction as one of the reasons she decided to quit sugar completely.

« The bottom line is that sugar works the addiction and reward pathways in the brain in much the same way as many illegal drugs, » she writes. « Sugar is basically a socially acceptable, legal, recreational drug with deadly consequences. »

Statistics show that we are certainly a nation of added-sugar lovers. According to a report from the CDC, adults in the US consumed around 13% of their total daily calorie intake from added sugars between 2005-2010, while 16% of children’s and adolescents’ total calorie intake came from added sugars between 2005-2008.

These levels are well above those currently recommended by WHO, which state we should consume no more than 10% of total daily calories from « free » sugars – both naturally occurring sugars and those that are added to products by the manufacturer.

In 2013, however, MNT reported on a study by Prof. Wayne Potts and colleagues from the University of Utah, claiming that even consuming added sugars at recommended levels may be harmful to health, after finding that such levels reduced lifespan in mice.

Is eliminating sugar from our diet THE healthy THING TO DO?

The array of studies reporting the negative implications of added sugar led to WHO making a proposal to revise their added sugar recommendations in 2014. The organization issued a draft guideline stating they would like to halve their recommended daily free sugar intake from 10% to 5%.

« The objective of this guideline is to provide recommendations on the consumption of free sugars to reduce the risk of noncommunicable diseases in adults and children, » WHO explained, « with a particular focus on the prevention and control of weight gain and dental caries. »

In addition, it seems many health experts, nutritionists and even celebrities like Gwyneth have jumped on a « no sugar » bandwagon.

But is it even possible to completely eliminate sugar from a diet? And is it safe? Biochemist Leah Fitzsimmons, of the University of Birmingham in the UK, told The Daily Mail:

« Cutting all sugar from your diet would be very difficult to achieve. Fruits, vegetables, dairy products and dairy replacements, eggs, alcohol and nuts all contain sugar, which would leave you with little other than meat and fats to eat – definitely not very healthy. »

Many people turn to artificial sweeteners as a sugar alternative, but according to studies, these sweeteners may still drive diabetes and obesity.

« Together with other major shifts that occurred in human nutrition, this increase in artificial sweetener consumption coincides with the dramatic increase in the obesity and diabetes epidemics, » the authors note. « Our findings suggest that artificial sweeteners may have directly contributed to enhancing the exact epidemic that they themselves were intended to fight. »

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« sugar is a crystalline carbohydrate that makes foods taste sweet »

There are many different types, including glucose, fructose, lactose, maltose and sucrose. Some of these sugars, such as glucose, fructose and lactose, occur naturally in fruits, vegetables and other foods. But many of the foods we consume contain « added » sugars – sugar that we add to a product ourselves to enhance the flavor or sugar that has been added to a product by a manufacturer.

The most common sources of added sugars include soft drinks, cakes, pies, chocolate, fruit drinks and desserts. Just a single can of cola can contain up to 7 tsps of added sugar, while an average-sized chocolate bar can contain up to 6 tsps.

It is added sugars that have been cited as a contributor to many health problems. In December 2014, MNT reported on a study in the journal Open Heart claiming added sugars may increase the risk of high blood pressure, even more so than sodium. And in February 2014, a study led by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) associated high added sugar intake with increased risk of death from cardiovascular disease (CVD).

« Perhaps most strongly, added sugars have been associated with the significant increase in obesity »

In the US, more than a third of adults are obese, while the rate of childhood obesity has more than doubled in children and quadrupled in adolescents over the past 30 years.

A 2013 study published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition suggested that consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages increases weight gain in both children and adults, while a review paper from the World Health Organization (WHO) notes an increase in the consumption of such beverages correlates with the increase in obesity.
Are we becoming addicted to sugar?

In support of these associations is Dr. Robert Lustig, a pediatric endocrinologist at the University of California-San Francisco and author of the book Fat Chance: The Hidden Truth About Sugar, who claims sugar is a « toxic » substance that we are becoming addicted to.

A 2008 study by researchers from Princeton University, NJ, found rats used to consuming a high-sugar diet displayed signs of binging, craving and withdrawal when their sugar intake was reduced.
A woman tempted by chocolate
Dr. Lustig: « We need to wean ourselves off. We need to de-sweeten our lives. We need to make sugar a treat, not a diet staple. »We need to wean ourselves off. We need to de-sweeten our lives. »

« We need to make sugar a treat, not a diet staple »

Dr. Lustig told The Guardian in 2013. « The food industry has made it into a diet staple because they know when they do you buy more, » he added. « This is their hook. If some unscrupulous cereal manufacturer went out and laced your breakfast cereal with morphine to get you to buy more, what would you think of that? They do it with sugar instead. »

In her popular blog, Goop, Gwyneth Paltrow cites sugar addiction as one of the reasons she decided to quit sugar completely.

« The bottom line is that sugar works the addiction and reward pathways in the brain in much the same way as many illegal drugs, » she writes. « Sugar is basically a socially acceptable, legal, recreational drug with deadly consequences. »

Statistics show that we are certainly a nation of added-sugar lovers. According to a report from the CDC, adults in the US consumed around 13% of their total daily calorie intake from added sugars between 2005-2010, while 16% of children’s and adolescents’ total calorie intake came from added sugars between 2005-2008.

These levels are well above those currently recommended by WHO, which state we should consume no more than 10% of total daily calories from « free » sugars – both naturally occurring sugars and those that are added to products by the manufacturer.

In 2013, however, MNT reported on a study by Prof. Wayne Potts and colleagues from the University of Utah, claiming that even consuming added sugars at recommended levels may be harmful to health, after finding that such levels reduced lifespan in mice.

Is eliminating sugar from our diet THE healthy THING TO DO?

The array of studies reporting the negative implications of added sugar led to WHO making a proposal to revise their added sugar recommendations in 2014. The organization issued a draft guideline stating they would like to halve their recommended daily free sugar intake from 10% to 5%.

« The objective of this guideline is to provide recommendations on the consumption of free sugars to reduce the risk of noncommunicable diseases in adults and children, » WHO explained, « with a particular focus on the prevention and control of weight gain and dental caries. »

In addition, it seems many health experts, nutritionists and even celebrities like Gwyneth have jumped on a « no sugar » bandwagon.

But is it even possible to completely eliminate sugar from a diet? And is it safe? Biochemist Leah Fitzsimmons, of the University of Birmingham in the UK, told The Daily Mail:

« Cutting all sugar from your diet would be very difficult to achieve. Fruits, vegetables, dairy products and dairy replacements, eggs, alcohol and nuts all contain sugar, which would leave you with little other than meat and fats to eat – definitely not very healthy. »

Many people turn to artificial sweeteners as a sugar alternative, but according to studies, these sweeteners may still drive diabetes and obesity.

« Together with other major shifts that occurred in human nutrition, this increase in artificial sweetener consumption coincides with the dramatic increase in the obesity and diabetes epidemics, » the authors note. « Our findings suggest that artificial sweeteners may have directly contributed to enhancing the exact epidemic that they themselves were intended to fight. »

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« sugar is a crystalline carbohydrate that makes foods taste sweet »

There are many different types, including glucose, fructose, lactose, maltose and sucrose. Some of these sugars, such as glucose, fructose and lactose, occur naturally in fruits, vegetables and other foods. But many of the foods we consume contain « added » sugars – sugar that we add to a product ourselves to enhance the flavor or sugar that has been added to a product by a manufacturer.

The most common sources of added sugars include soft drinks, cakes, pies, chocolate, fruit drinks and desserts. Just a single can of cola can contain up to 7 tsps of added sugar, while an average-sized chocolate bar can contain up to 6 tsps.

It is added sugars that have been cited as a contributor to many health problems. In December 2014, MNT reported on a study in the journal Open Heart claiming added sugars may increase the risk of high blood pressure, even more so than sodium. And in February 2014, a study led by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) associated high added sugar intake with increased risk of death from cardiovascular disease (CVD).

« Perhaps most strongly, added sugars have been associated with the significant increase in obesity »

In the US, more than a third of adults are obese, while the rate of childhood obesity has more than doubled in children and quadrupled in adolescents over the past 30 years.

A 2013 study published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition suggested that consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages increases weight gain in both children and adults, while a review paper from the World Health Organization (WHO) notes an increase in the consumption of such beverages correlates with the increase in obesity.
Are we becoming addicted to sugar?

In support of these associations is Dr. Robert Lustig, a pediatric endocrinologist at the University of California-San Francisco and author of the book Fat Chance: The Hidden Truth About Sugar, who claims sugar is a « toxic » substance that we are becoming addicted to.

A 2008 study by researchers from Princeton University, NJ, found rats used to consuming a high-sugar diet displayed signs of binging, craving and withdrawal when their sugar intake was reduced.
A woman tempted by chocolate
Dr. Lustig: « We need to wean ourselves off. We need to de-sweeten our lives. We need to make sugar a treat, not a diet staple. »We need to wean ourselves off. We need to de-sweeten our lives. »

« We need to make sugar a treat, not a diet staple »

Dr. Lustig told The Guardian in 2013. « The food industry has made it into a diet staple because they know when they do you buy more, » he added. « This is their hook. If some unscrupulous cereal manufacturer went out and laced your breakfast cereal with morphine to get you to buy more, what would you think of that? They do it with sugar instead. »

In her popular blog, Goop, Gwyneth Paltrow cites sugar addiction as one of the reasons she decided to quit sugar completely.

« The bottom line is that sugar works the addiction and reward pathways in the brain in much the same way as many illegal drugs, » she writes. « Sugar is basically a socially acceptable, legal, recreational drug with deadly consequences. »

Statistics show that we are certainly a nation of added-sugar lovers. According to a report from the CDC, adults in the US consumed around 13% of their total daily calorie intake from added sugars between 2005-2010, while 16% of children’s and adolescents’ total calorie intake came from added sugars between 2005-2008.

These levels are well above those currently recommended by WHO, which state we should consume no more than 10% of total daily calories from « free » sugars – both naturally occurring sugars and those that are added to products by the manufacturer.

In 2013, however, MNT reported on a study by Prof. Wayne Potts and colleagues from the University of Utah, claiming that even consuming added sugars at recommended levels may be harmful to health, after finding that such levels reduced lifespan in mice.

Is eliminating sugar from our diet THE healthy THING TO DO?

The array of studies reporting the negative implications of added sugar led to WHO making a proposal to revise their added sugar recommendations in 2014. The organization issued a draft guideline stating they would like to halve their recommended daily free sugar intake from 10% to 5%.

« The objective of this guideline is to provide recommendations on the consumption of free sugars to reduce the risk of noncommunicable diseases in adults and children, » WHO explained, « with a particular focus on the prevention and control of weight gain and dental caries. »

In addition, it seems many health experts, nutritionists and even celebrities like Gwyneth have jumped on a « no sugar » bandwagon.

But is it even possible to completely eliminate sugar from a diet? And is it safe? Biochemist Leah Fitzsimmons, of the University of Birmingham in the UK, told The Daily Mail:

« Cutting all sugar from your diet would be very difficult to achieve. Fruits, vegetables, dairy products and dairy replacements, eggs, alcohol and nuts all contain sugar, which would leave you with little other than meat and fats to eat – definitely not very healthy. »

Many people turn to artificial sweeteners as a sugar alternative, but according to studies, these sweeteners may still drive diabetes and obesity.

« Together with other major shifts that occurred in human nutrition, this increase in artificial sweetener consumption coincides with the dramatic increase in the obesity and diabetes epidemics, » the authors note. « Our findings suggest that artificial sweeteners may have directly contributed to enhancing the exact epidemic that they themselves were intended to fight. »

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« sugar is a crystalline carbohydrate that makes foods taste sweet »

There are many different types, including glucose, fructose, lactose, maltose and sucrose. Some of these sugars, such as glucose, fructose and lactose, occur naturally in fruits, vegetables and other foods. But many of the foods we consume contain « added » sugars – sugar that we add to a product ourselves to enhance the flavor or sugar that has been added to a product by a manufacturer.

The most common sources of added sugars include soft drinks, cakes, pies, chocolate, fruit drinks and desserts. Just a single can of cola can contain up to 7 tsps of added sugar, while an average-sized chocolate bar can contain up to 6 tsps.

It is added sugars that have been cited as a contributor to many health problems. In December 2014, MNT reported on a study in the journal Open Heart claiming added sugars may increase the risk of high blood pressure, even more so than sodium. And in February 2014, a study led by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) associated high added sugar intake with increased risk of death from cardiovascular disease (CVD).

« Perhaps most strongly, added sugars have been associated with the significant increase in obesity »

In the US, more than a third of adults are obese, while the rate of childhood obesity has more than doubled in children and quadrupled in adolescents over the past 30 years.

A 2013 study published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition suggested that consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages increases weight gain in both children and adults, while a review paper from the World Health Organization (WHO) notes an increase in the consumption of such beverages correlates with the increase in obesity.
Are we becoming addicted to sugar?

In support of these associations is Dr. Robert Lustig, a pediatric endocrinologist at the University of California-San Francisco and author of the book Fat Chance: The Hidden Truth About Sugar, who claims sugar is a « toxic » substance that we are becoming addicted to.

A 2008 study by researchers from Princeton University, NJ, found rats used to consuming a high-sugar diet displayed signs of binging, craving and withdrawal when their sugar intake was reduced.
A woman tempted by chocolate
Dr. Lustig: « We need to wean ourselves off. We need to de-sweeten our lives. We need to make sugar a treat, not a diet staple. »We need to wean ourselves off. We need to de-sweeten our lives. »

« We need to make sugar a treat, not a diet staple »

Dr. Lustig told The Guardian in 2013. « The food industry has made it into a diet staple because they know when they do you buy more, » he added. « This is their hook. If some unscrupulous cereal manufacturer went out and laced your breakfast cereal with morphine to get you to buy more, what would you think of that? They do it with sugar instead. »

In her popular blog, Goop, Gwyneth Paltrow cites sugar addiction as one of the reasons she decided to quit sugar completely.

« The bottom line is that sugar works the addiction and reward pathways in the brain in much the same way as many illegal drugs, » she writes. « Sugar is basically a socially acceptable, legal, recreational drug with deadly consequences. »

Statistics show that we are certainly a nation of added-sugar lovers. According to a report from the CDC, adults in the US consumed around 13% of their total daily calorie intake from added sugars between 2005-2010, while 16% of children’s and adolescents’ total calorie intake came from added sugars between 2005-2008.

These levels are well above those currently recommended by WHO, which state we should consume no more than 10% of total daily calories from « free » sugars – both naturally occurring sugars and those that are added to products by the manufacturer.

In 2013, however, MNT reported on a study by Prof. Wayne Potts and colleagues from the University of Utah, claiming that even consuming added sugars at recommended levels may be harmful to health, after finding that such levels reduced lifespan in mice.

Is eliminating sugar from our diet THE healthy THING TO DO?

The array of studies reporting the negative implications of added sugar led to WHO making a proposal to revise their added sugar recommendations in 2014. The organization issued a draft guideline stating they would like to halve their recommended daily free sugar intake from 10% to 5%.

« The objective of this guideline is to provide recommendations on the consumption of free sugars to reduce the risk of noncommunicable diseases in adults and children, » WHO explained, « with a particular focus on the prevention and control of weight gain and dental caries. »

In addition, it seems many health experts, nutritionists and even celebrities like Gwyneth have jumped on a « no sugar » bandwagon.

But is it even possible to completely eliminate sugar from a diet? And is it safe? Biochemist Leah Fitzsimmons, of the University of Birmingham in the UK, told The Daily Mail:

« Cutting all sugar from your diet would be very difficult to achieve. Fruits, vegetables, dairy products and dairy replacements, eggs, alcohol and nuts all contain sugar, which would leave you with little other than meat and fats to eat – definitely not very healthy. »

Many people turn to artificial sweeteners as a sugar alternative, but according to studies, these sweeteners may still drive diabetes and obesity.

« Together with other major shifts that occurred in human nutrition, this increase in artificial sweetener consumption coincides with the dramatic increase in the obesity and diabetes epidemics, » the authors note. « Our findings suggest that artificial sweeteners may have directly contributed to enhancing the exact epidemic that they themselves were intended to fight. »

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« sugar is a crystalline carbohydrate that makes foods taste sweet »

There are many different types, including glucose, fructose, lactose, maltose and sucrose. Some of these sugars, such as glucose, fructose and lactose, occur naturally in fruits, vegetables and other foods. But many of the foods we consume contain « added » sugars – sugar that we add to a product ourselves to enhance the flavor or sugar that has been added to a product by a manufacturer.

The most common sources of added sugars include soft drinks, cakes, pies, chocolate, fruit drinks and desserts. Just a single can of cola can contain up to 7 tsps of added sugar, while an average-sized chocolate bar can contain up to 6 tsps.

It is added sugars that have been cited as a contributor to many health problems. In December 2014, MNT reported on a study in the journal Open Heart claiming added sugars may increase the risk of high blood pressure, even more so than sodium. And in February 2014, a study led by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) associated high added sugar intake with increased risk of death from cardiovascular disease (CVD).

« Perhaps most strongly, added sugars have been associated with the significant increase in obesity »

In the US, more than a third of adults are obese, while the rate of childhood obesity has more than doubled in children and quadrupled in adolescents over the past 30 years.

A 2013 study published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition suggested that consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages increases weight gain in both children and adults, while a review paper from the World Health Organization (WHO) notes an increase in the consumption of such beverages correlates with the increase in obesity.
Are we becoming addicted to sugar?

In support of these associations is Dr. Robert Lustig, a pediatric endocrinologist at the University of California-San Francisco and author of the book Fat Chance: The Hidden Truth About Sugar, who claims sugar is a « toxic » substance that we are becoming addicted to.

A 2008 study by researchers from Princeton University, NJ, found rats used to consuming a high-sugar diet displayed signs of binging, craving and withdrawal when their sugar intake was reduced.
A woman tempted by chocolate
Dr. Lustig: « We need to wean ourselves off. We need to de-sweeten our lives. We need to make sugar a treat, not a diet staple. »We need to wean ourselves off. We need to de-sweeten our lives. »

« We need to make sugar a treat, not a diet staple »

Dr. Lustig told The Guardian in 2013. « The food industry has made it into a diet staple because they know when they do you buy more, » he added. « This is their hook. If some unscrupulous cereal manufacturer went out and laced your breakfast cereal with morphine to get you to buy more, what would you think of that? They do it with sugar instead. »

In her popular blog, Goop, Gwyneth Paltrow cites sugar addiction as one of the reasons she decided to quit sugar completely.

« The bottom line is that sugar works the addiction and reward pathways in the brain in much the same way as many illegal drugs, » she writes. « Sugar is basically a socially acceptable, legal, recreational drug with deadly consequences. »

Statistics show that we are certainly a nation of added-sugar lovers. According to a report from the CDC, adults in the US consumed around 13% of their total daily calorie intake from added sugars between 2005-2010, while 16% of children’s and adolescents’ total calorie intake came from added sugars between 2005-2008.

These levels are well above those currently recommended by WHO, which state we should consume no more than 10% of total daily calories from « free » sugars – both naturally occurring sugars and those that are added to products by the manufacturer.

In 2013, however, MNT reported on a study by Prof. Wayne Potts and colleagues from the University of Utah, claiming that even consuming added sugars at recommended levels may be harmful to health, after finding that such levels reduced lifespan in mice.

Is eliminating sugar from our diet THE healthy THING TO DO?

The array of studies reporting the negative implications of added sugar led to WHO making a proposal to revise their added sugar recommendations in 2014. The organization issued a draft guideline stating they would like to halve their recommended daily free sugar intake from 10% to 5%.

« The objective of this guideline is to provide recommendations on the consumption of free sugars to reduce the risk of noncommunicable diseases in adults and children, » WHO explained, « with a particular focus on the prevention and control of weight gain and dental caries. »

In addition, it seems many health experts, nutritionists and even celebrities like Gwyneth have jumped on a « no sugar » bandwagon.

But is it even possible to completely eliminate sugar from a diet? And is it safe? Biochemist Leah Fitzsimmons, of the University of Birmingham in the UK, told The Daily Mail:

« Cutting all sugar from your diet would be very difficult to achieve. Fruits, vegetables, dairy products and dairy replacements, eggs, alcohol and nuts all contain sugar, which would leave you with little other than meat and fats to eat – definitely not very healthy. »

Many people turn to artificial sweeteners as a sugar alternative, but according to studies, these sweeteners may still drive diabetes and obesity.

« Together with other major shifts that occurred in human nutrition, this increase in artificial sweetener consumption coincides with the dramatic increase in the obesity and diabetes epidemics, » the authors note. « Our findings suggest that artificial sweeteners may have directly contributed to enhancing the exact epidemic that they themselves were intended to fight. »

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« sugar is a crystalline carbohydrate that makes foods taste sweet »

There are many different types, including glucose, fructose, lactose, maltose and sucrose. Some of these sugars, such as glucose, fructose and lactose, occur naturally in fruits, vegetables and other foods. But many of the foods we consume contain « added » sugars – sugar that we add to a product ourselves to enhance the flavor or sugar that has been added to a product by a manufacturer.

The most common sources of added sugars include soft drinks, cakes, pies, chocolate, fruit drinks and desserts. Just a single can of cola can contain up to 7 tsps of added sugar, while an average-sized chocolate bar can contain up to 6 tsps.

It is added sugars that have been cited as a contributor to many health problems. In December 2014, MNT reported on a study in the journal Open Heart claiming added sugars may increase the risk of high blood pressure, even more so than sodium. And in February 2014, a study led by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) associated high added sugar intake with increased risk of death from cardiovascular disease (CVD).

« Perhaps most strongly, added sugars have been associated with the significant increase in obesity »

In the US, more than a third of adults are obese, while the rate of childhood obesity has more than doubled in children and quadrupled in adolescents over the past 30 years.

A 2013 study published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition suggested that consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages increases weight gain in both children and adults, while a review paper from the World Health Organization (WHO) notes an increase in the consumption of such beverages correlates with the increase in obesity.
Are we becoming addicted to sugar?

In support of these associations is Dr. Robert Lustig, a pediatric endocrinologist at the University of California-San Francisco and author of the book Fat Chance: The Hidden Truth About Sugar, who claims sugar is a « toxic » substance that we are becoming addicted to.

A 2008 study by researchers from Princeton University, NJ, found rats used to consuming a high-sugar diet displayed signs of binging, craving and withdrawal when their sugar intake was reduced.
A woman tempted by chocolate
Dr. Lustig: « We need to wean ourselves off. We need to de-sweeten our lives. We need to make sugar a treat, not a diet staple. »We need to wean ourselves off. We need to de-sweeten our lives. »

« We need to make sugar a treat, not a diet staple »

Dr. Lustig told The Guardian in 2013. « The food industry has made it into a diet staple because they know when they do you buy more, » he added. « This is their hook. If some unscrupulous cereal manufacturer went out and laced your breakfast cereal with morphine to get you to buy more, what would you think of that? They do it with sugar instead. »

In her popular blog, Goop, Gwyneth Paltrow cites sugar addiction as one of the reasons she decided to quit sugar completely.

« The bottom line is that sugar works the addiction and reward pathways in the brain in much the same way as many illegal drugs, » she writes. « Sugar is basically a socially acceptable, legal, recreational drug with deadly consequences. »

Statistics show that we are certainly a nation of added-sugar lovers. According to a report from the CDC, adults in the US consumed around 13% of their total daily calorie intake from added sugars between 2005-2010, while 16% of children’s and adolescents’ total calorie intake came from added sugars between 2005-2008.

These levels are well above those currently recommended by WHO, which state we should consume no more than 10% of total daily calories from « free » sugars – both naturally occurring sugars and those that are added to products by the manufacturer.

In 2013, however, MNT reported on a study by Prof. Wayne Potts and colleagues from the University of Utah, claiming that even consuming added sugars at recommended levels may be harmful to health, after finding that such levels reduced lifespan in mice.

Is eliminating sugar from our diet THE healthy THING TO DO?

The array of studies reporting the negative implications of added sugar led to WHO making a proposal to revise their added sugar recommendations in 2014. The organization issued a draft guideline stating they would like to halve their recommended daily free sugar intake from 10% to 5%.

« The objective of this guideline is to provide recommendations on the consumption of free sugars to reduce the risk of noncommunicable diseases in adults and children, » WHO explained, « with a particular focus on the prevention and control of weight gain and dental caries. »

In addition, it seems many health experts, nutritionists and even celebrities like Gwyneth have jumped on a « no sugar » bandwagon.

But is it even possible to completely eliminate sugar from a diet? And is it safe? Biochemist Leah Fitzsimmons, of the University of Birmingham in the UK, told The Daily Mail:

« Cutting all sugar from your diet would be very difficult to achieve. Fruits, vegetables, dairy products and dairy replacements, eggs, alcohol and nuts all contain sugar, which would leave you with little other than meat and fats to eat – definitely not very healthy. »

Many people turn to artificial sweeteners as a sugar alternative, but according to studies, these sweeteners may still drive diabetes and obesity.

« Together with other major shifts that occurred in human nutrition, this increase in artificial sweetener consumption coincides with the dramatic increase in the obesity and diabetes epidemics, » the authors note. « Our findings suggest that artificial sweeteners may have directly contributed to enhancing the exact epidemic that they themselves were intended to fight. »

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