The review article, “The emerging role of dietary fructose in obesity and cognitive decline”1 by Lakhan and Kirchgessner has serious limitations. Although the authors concluded that fructose is associated with cognitive decline and potentially contributes to “lower academic performance in adolescents”, these conclusions are not warranted. The review had some...
Read More In a commentary featured in the September 2013 publication ofNutrition Bulletin, author Dr. Geoffrey Livesey dismisses the association between fructose consumption and type 2 diabetes. In the peer-reviewed journal article, Dr. Livesey addresses questions typically asked when discussing the health effects of fructose, such as the validity of recent studies...
Read More Calorie Control Council Comments Bray GA, Popkin BM. Calorie-sweetened beverages and fructose: what have we learned 10 years later. Pediatr Obes 2013. Bray & Popkin (with Nielsen) drew attention to high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) in a 2004 commentary (author ref. 1). Though primarily supported by correlation with obesity, their HFCS hypothesis...
Read More ATLANTA (August 1, 2013) — A study published in Stroke found that people who ate more dietary fiber were less like to have a stroke. In a study entitled “Dietary Fiber Intake and Risk of First Stroke: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis”, authors Threapleton et al looked at past literature to determine if there...
Read More ATLANTA (June 12, 2013) — The Calorie Control Council is disappointed to learn that The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) has changed its position on sucralose based on one unpublished and non-peer reviewed study, which has not been publicly released and is at odds with the wealth of scientific...
Read More ATLANTA (May 31, 2013) — The findings from a study on sucralose and its potential effects on a small number of obese people who do not regularly use sucralose did not show that sucralose abnormally affects blood sugar or insulin levels. The study contradicts numerous other human studies that have...
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