Tag: sugar
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Alejandro Gugliucci, Touro University California – Sugar and Fatty Liver Disease
Excess sugar intake has many bad effects on your health. Alejandro Gugliucci, professor and associate dean for research at Touro University California, discusses another reason to cut sugar from your diet. Dr. Alejandro Gugliucci is a founding faculty member at Touro University, California, USA which he joined in 1997. He earned his MD and Board…
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Michelle Mondoux, Holy Cross – Sugar, Sex and Aging
New research into how we process sugar on a molecular level are offering insights into our bodies. Michelle Mondoux, biologist at College of the Holy Cross, discusses her experiments. Michelle A. Mondoux, Ph.D. is an assistant professor in the department of Biology at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA. Dr. Mondoux earned…
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Wayne Potts, University of Utah – Sugar Toxicity Tests
Variables in previous tests focusing on the toxicity of both fructose and table sugar have proven inconclusive. Wayne Potts, a biologist at the University of Utah, is improving on the accuracy of sugar toxicity tests. Professor Wayne Potts specializes in the ecology and evolution of host-pathogen interactions. During these studies he discovered that house mice…
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Ivan de Araujo – Yale University – Craving Calories
Are humans hard-wired to crave sweet treats? Dr. Ivan de Araujo, an associate professor of psychiatry at the Yale University School of Medicine, is analyzing the relationship our brain chemistry shares with the sugary snacks everyone loves. A natural of São Paulo, Brazil, Ivan de Araújo attended the University of Brasilia, from where he received his BA (Philosophy) and MA…