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Studies show that most people who are overweight or obese are also chronically dehydrated.
It sounds too good to be true. But the science on how different types of foods affect your glucose levels has been known for a long time.
Proponents of intermittent fasting say the clock can help you win the battle of the bulge. But the science behind it is a little more complicated.
Sensors that measure sweat could be coming to the market soon, but for them to be useful, we’ll need to understand more about this fluid that our body produces.
Sugar gets a bad rap, but exactly which sugar is meant? Nutrient-dense sweet ripe fruits are a far cry from refined table sugar – and their differences can have big health implications.
Kids often crave processed sugary foods. But research shows that consuming too many treats during childhood and adolescence may lead to behavioral and emotional problems.
The average person is likely to be able to survive on a hunger strike for two months, provided they are drinking water. Here’s how the human body can manage for so long without food.
The charred remains of root vegetables found at Border Cave help us understand how early humans survived and thrived.
Sugar triggers dopamine “hits” in the brain, making us crave more of it. Sugar also disrupts memory formation.
People with a sweet tooth can (partly) blame their genes for their sugar habit. New research shows how the brain also gets involved.
The brain is a glucose-hungry organ. If this energy supply is disrupted, it can impair and even damage brain cells.
A recent study found Australian soft drinks had higher concentrations of glucose than US soft drinks, which had more fructose. Does this mean Australian drinks are worse for health than US drinks?
The discovery by researchers at Yale University that the brain is capable of converting glucose into fructose may lead to changes in how we target neurological complications in diabetes.
If only it were as simple as sweetness.
There are solar-power sea slugs, so why haven’t humans mastered the art of photosynthesis?
Eating less sugar isn’t enough to stop glucose-hungry cancer cells but new research points the way to how we might starve them to death.
“Hangry” is an amalgam of hungry and angry that describes the distinct grumpiness that some people experience when they haven’t eaten for a while. Ring a bell?
For decades, a low fat and sugar free diet were key to controlling type 2 diabetes. Now, new data shows a diet high in protein and healthy fats has better outcomes for the disease.
A genetic deficiency in males has been shown to encourage the onset of a common type of liver cancer and type 2 diabetes…
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Professor and Laboratory Head of Physical Activity, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
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Head of molecular nutrition group, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, Australian National University
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Senior lecturer, University of Adelaide
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Winthrop Professor, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of Nutrition & Research Director for the Food and Nutrition Flagship, CSIRO
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NHMRC Senior Research Fellow in the School of Human Sciences, The University of Western Australia
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Associate Professor, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford
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Theme Leader, Nutrition and Metabolism, South Australian Health & Medical Research Institute
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Senior Principal Research Scientist in Human Nutrition, CSIRO
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Honorary Professor, School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Lecturer in Healthy Ageing, University of Southern Queensland
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Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Science, Brunel University London
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Associate Professor in Cancer Research, University of Leeds
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Professor of Food Science, Heriot-Watt University
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Associate Professor of Health and Wellness Studies, Binghamton University, State University of New York
