Sugar

The consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and artificially sweetened drinks may be linked to male pattern hair loss, according to a study.

WHO has issued a new guideline recommending against the use of non-sugar sweeteners to lose weight, as available evidence suggests it “does not confer any long-term benefit in reducing body fat in adults or children,” the organization said.

The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension eating plan, Mediterranean and vegetarian-based diets best meet 2021 American Heart Association dietary guidelines for CV health, whereas other popular plans fall short, researchers reported.

To prevent the adverse effects of added sugars, researchers recommend reducing intake to about 6 teaspoons per day and having less than one sugar-sweetened beverage every week.

Americans can achieve the Healthy People 2030 added sugars target with modest reductions in added sugars, according to the results of a study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

Higher intake of free sugars was linked to a higher risk for CVD, and substituting them with non-free sugars was inversely associated with both total CVD and stroke incidence, a recent study showed.

Consumption of artificially sweetened beverages was not associated with stress or urgency urinary incontinence, researchers reported.

Consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages appeared associated with increased risk for death from an obesity-related cancer, according to study results published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.

Six metabolites — four related to sugar — were consistently associated with lower global cognitive function, researchers reported in Alzheimer’s & Dementia.

Excessive intake of sugar-sweetened beverages may increase the risk for inflammatory bowel disease, according to research published in Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics.