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Does Having Sugary Food Cause Diabetes?

August 31, 2017 Loknath Dascause, Diabetes, Does, Food., Having, Sugary

Diabetes Mellitus, often referred to as diabetes, is a life-long condition in which a person suffers from high blood glucose levels either because the body does not produce adequate insulin or because the body’s cells are not able to respond properly to insulin or in some cases even both. Insulin is released by the pancreas and plays a major role in helping your body store and utilize the sugar and fat from the food you eat. But do you think eating too much sugar can cause diabetes? The American Diabetes Association…

Avoid processed food, ditch hot beverages and sugary drinks: Tips for healthy teeth

August 16, 2017 Loknath Dasand, Avoid, beverages:, Ditch, drinks, Food., for, Healthy, hot, processed, Sugary, Teeth, Tips:

There are many myths around dental care, right from only sugar causes cavities to all mouthwashes do the same job. During the monsoon though, sensitivity and trouble in jaw/teeth is a common thing. To prevent that, avoid having steaming hot food or beverages and floss regularly, say experts. Romsha Vashishth, Consultant, Oro-Dental Surgeon and Implantologist at Columbia Asia Hospital and Aarti Bhasin, Consultant Dentist at Prive Skin & Wellness Clinic have listed few tips: * Follow an oral hygiene routine: Brush your teeth twice a day and use desensitise toothpaste to avoid sensitive teeth…

Need a sugary boost? Gorge on this yummy Pear Crumble with ice-cream

August 3, 2017 Loknath Dasa, boost, Crumble, Gorge, Ice-Cream, Need, On, Pear, Sugary, This, With, Yummy

This is one dessert which calls for a quiet moment with yourself. On one of those days when you are tired and need that sugary buttery boost – go for a pear crumble with a generous helping of ice cream. The contrast of hot crunchy crumble with cold velvety ice cream will make you go mmmmm. You’re worth every bite of it! Pear Crumble Pear Crumble Preparation Time: 10 mins| Baking time: 40 mins| Serves 3 Ingredients 2 pears, firm ¼ cup castor sugar For the crumble: 1 cup all-purpose…

Why do sweet things stop tasting so after we eat anything sugary

February 12, 2017 SrijitaAfter, Anything, Do, Eat, So, Stop, Sugary, sweet, tasting, Things, We, Why

You had a doughnut and topped it with a cup of cappuccino, which suddenly tasted plain despite two sachets of sugar. This has sometime happened with all of us when something sweet ceases to taste sweet when had after something sugary. Here we decode why this happens. First let us understand how our brain functions. Our sensory organs receive sensory information from the brain and the body acts on these messages. Once your brain becomes accustomed to a constant signal, it tends to ignore it, and focuses on looking for…

Sleep Loss May up Appetite for Sugary, Fatty Foods

December 9, 2016 Srijitaappetite, Fatty, Foods, for, Loss, May, Sleep, Sugary, Up

Is it hard for you to avoid gorging on sugar-laden sweets and oily samosas? Your lack of proper sleep is to be blamed. A new study has suggested that rapid eye movement (REM) sleep loss leads to increased consumption of unhealthy foods, specifically sucrose and fat. REM sleep is a unique phase of sleep in mammals that is closely associated with dreaming and characterised by random eye movement and almost complete paralysis of the body. The study showed that “the medial prefrontal cortex — brain region that are recruited when…

British Teens Drink a ‘Bathtub’ of Sugary Drinks a Year

November 27, 2016 Srijita'Bathtub', a, British, Drink, drinks, of, Sugary, teens, Year

British teenagers drink almost a bathtub full of sugary drinks each year, Cancer Research UK said on Tuesday as the charity urged the government to do more to improve children’s diets. Children aged 11 to 18 consume on average 234 cans of sugar-sweetened soft drinks each year, CRUK said. The figure amounts to almost a bath full and is more than double the figure for children aged between four and 10, whose average annual intake is 110 cans. The data stems from a recent report carried out by the government’s…