Comments on: American Heart Association: Eat (a lot!) less sugar. http://www.foodpolitics.com/2009/08/american-heart-association-eat-a-lot-less-sugar/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:58:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Agnieszka http://www.foodpolitics.com/2009/08/american-heart-association-eat-a-lot-less-sugar/comment-page-1/#comment-35837 Agnieszka Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:08:07 +0000 http://www.foodpolitics.com/?p=1524#comment-35837 ACSH was founded in 1978 by Drs. Elizabeth Whelan and Frederick Stare. Stare was an industry-funded professor of Nutrition at Harvard School of Public Health, where he was involved in a decades-long money laundering scheme and concealed tobacco industry funding for members of his department who denied links between tobacco use and disease. Stare's support for the sugar industry earned him the nickname “The Sugar King.” Check out more on: http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=American_Council_on_Science_and_Health ACSH was founded in 1978 by Drs. Elizabeth Whelan and Frederick Stare. Stare was an industry-funded professor of Nutrition at Harvard School of Public Health, where he was involved in a decades-long money laundering scheme and concealed tobacco industry funding for members of his department who denied links between tobacco use and disease. Stare’s support for the sugar industry earned him the nickname “The Sugar King.” Check out more on: http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=American_Council_on_Science_and_Health

]]> By: Après la taxe carbone, la taxe hydrates de carbone ? - Un article de Le Blog d’Albert Amgar http://www.foodpolitics.com/2009/08/american-heart-association-eat-a-lot-less-sugar/comment-page-1/#comment-31740 Après la taxe carbone, la taxe hydrates de carbone ? - Un article de Le Blog d’Albert Amgar Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:21:48 +0000 http://www.foodpolitics.com/?p=1524#comment-31740 [...] de Marion Nestlé, American Heart Association: Eat (a lot!) less sugar, 25 août [...] [...] de Marion Nestlé, American Heart Association: Eat (a lot!) less sugar, 25 août [...]

]]> By: Georgia http://www.foodpolitics.com/2009/08/american-heart-association-eat-a-lot-less-sugar/comment-page-1/#comment-31134 Georgia Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:49:54 +0000 http://www.foodpolitics.com/?p=1524#comment-31134 I grew up with a grandmother and great-aunt who never put sugar in anything. Cookies, muffins, you name it. Maybe a tad of honey and yogurt here and there but that's it. My grandmother taught me to love things with less sugar. Take for example, her bundt cakes that she just made, they are divine, she used raw honey instead of sugar: http://www.georgiapellegrini.com/blog/ I grew up with a grandmother and great-aunt who never put sugar in anything. Cookies, muffins, you name it. Maybe a tad of honey and yogurt here and there but that’s it. My grandmother taught me to love things with less sugar. Take for example, her bundt cakes that she just made, they are divine, she used raw honey instead of sugar: http://www.georgiapellegrini.com/blog/

]]> By: Sustainable Dish | Sustainable Table http://www.foodpolitics.com/2009/08/american-heart-association-eat-a-lot-less-sugar/comment-page-1/#comment-31120 Sustainable Dish | Sustainable Table Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:48:45 +0000 http://www.foodpolitics.com/?p=1524#comment-31120 [...] obesity and cardiac disease. Why am I not surprised? Check out more commentary at Fooducate and on Food Politics as [...] [...] obesity and cardiac disease. Why am I not surprised? Check out more commentary at Fooducate and on Food Politics as [...]

]]> By: For The Love of Food | Summer Tomato - Upgrade Your Healthstyle | Healthy Eating Tips http://www.foodpolitics.com/2009/08/american-heart-association-eat-a-lot-less-sugar/comment-page-1/#comment-31119 For The Love of Food | Summer Tomato - Upgrade Your Healthstyle | Healthy Eating Tips Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:07:42 +0000 http://www.foodpolitics.com/?p=1524#comment-31119 [...] American Heart Association: Eat (a lot!) less sugar. <<I’m calling out the AHA as B.S. of the week for taking so long to do this. For decades the AHA has recommended a diet and endorsed products that promote heart disease. Finally, finally they admit that we are eating too much sugar. WAY TOO MUCH sugar. In an update to the post Marion Nestle shares a newsletter published by an industry-friendly group attacking her (a scientist) as having an “ideological agenda.” Apparently wanting to help people know what they are eating makes you an ideologue.  (Food Politics) [...] [...] American Heart Association: Eat (a lot!) less sugar. <<I’m calling out the AHA as B.S. of the week for taking so long to do this. For decades the AHA has recommended a diet and endorsed products that promote heart disease. Finally, finally they admit that we are eating too much sugar. WAY TOO MUCH sugar. In an update to the post Marion Nestle shares a newsletter published by an industry-friendly group attacking her (a scientist) as having an “ideological agenda.” Apparently wanting to help people know what they are eating makes you an ideologue.  (Food Politics) [...]

]]> By: Cathy Richards http://www.foodpolitics.com/2009/08/american-heart-association-eat-a-lot-less-sugar/comment-page-1/#comment-31094 Cathy Richards Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:20:20 +0000 http://www.foodpolitics.com/?p=1524#comment-31094 I'll also add that in 2006 a PMS specialist suggested I try a no added sugar diet. I never ate a lot (I thought). Just a yogurt and a couple squares of chocolate every day, and sometimes cake. But avoiding sugar has been one of the best things I've done for my moods, attention, etc. It took about 2 weeks to stop thinking about it all the time, but nowI can be hungry for hours now, instead of minutes, without getting irritable or losing concentration or getting dizzy. I'm very careful -- even with whole fruit I include nuts or cheese to help keep my blood sugars level. Now my yogurt is plain, full fat, with added fruit, and my chocolate is 85% cocoa. Sugar, and the low fat obsession that helped contribute to monstrous sugar appetites, has got to be a large part of why we're getting so fat. It's not just the calories, it's the urgency of the rebound hunger that sugar creates. I’ll also add that in 2006 a PMS specialist suggested I try a no added sugar diet. I never ate a lot (I thought). Just a yogurt and a couple squares of chocolate every day, and sometimes cake. But avoiding sugar has been one of the best things I’ve done for my moods, attention, etc. It took about 2 weeks to stop thinking about it all the time, but nowI can be hungry for hours now, instead of minutes, without getting irritable or losing concentration or getting dizzy. I’m very careful — even with whole fruit I include nuts or cheese to help keep my blood sugars level. Now my yogurt is plain, full fat, with added fruit, and my chocolate is 85% cocoa.

Sugar, and the low fat obsession that helped contribute to monstrous sugar appetites, has got to be a large part of why we’re getting so fat. It’s not just the calories, it’s the urgency of the rebound hunger that sugar creates.

]]> By: Cathy Richards http://www.foodpolitics.com/2009/08/american-heart-association-eat-a-lot-less-sugar/comment-page-1/#comment-31091 Cathy Richards Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:11:12 +0000 http://www.foodpolitics.com/?p=1524#comment-31091 Things are similar here in Canada. The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada didn't have any warnings about trans fats for years (not to mention sugar). It wasn't until more than a year after Community Nutritionists had been working with schools to get healthier choices -- including getting rid of trans -- and H&S came to a couple of our provincial meetings, that H&S started looking at trans. How did they do this? By running advertisments of how they were helping to get trans fats out of schools!! They actually took the credit for what we had been working so hard to do. Anyway, it's great they're on board now, but for a non-profit NGO it's a little strange that government moves faster than them. I think it is a funding issue since they are in a business relationship with food companies and restaurants. It's also that their focus has been on identifying and treating heart disease, not on preventing it. Things are similar here in Canada. The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada didn’t have any warnings about trans fats for years (not to mention sugar). It wasn’t until more than a year after Community Nutritionists had been working with schools to get healthier choices — including getting rid of trans — and H&S came to a couple of our provincial meetings, that H&S started looking at trans. How did they do this? By running advertisments of how they were helping to get trans fats out of schools!! They actually took the credit for what we had been working so hard to do.

Anyway, it’s great they’re on board now, but for a non-profit NGO it’s a little strange that government moves faster than them. I think it is a funding issue since they are in a business relationship with food companies and restaurants. It’s also that their focus has been on identifying and treating heart disease, not on preventing it.

]]> By: Marion http://www.foodpolitics.com/2009/08/american-heart-association-eat-a-lot-less-sugar/comment-page-1/#comment-31063 Marion Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:08:08 +0000 http://www.foodpolitics.com/?p=1524#comment-31063 @Jenny, Lisa, and all others who caught this: you are quite right and the error is already corrected. Thanks so much for the sharp eyes. @Jenny, Lisa, and all others who caught this: you are quite right and the error is already corrected. Thanks so much for the sharp eyes.

]]> By: Amber http://www.foodpolitics.com/2009/08/american-heart-association-eat-a-lot-less-sugar/comment-page-1/#comment-31061 Amber Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:00:32 +0000 http://www.foodpolitics.com/?p=1524#comment-31061 I used to work for AHA (granted, it was in the HR dept), and I can say without hesitation that the main branch of the organization is hyperfocused on fundraising and raising their own visibility. That's why they partner with Subway on every Heart Walk that they do, and that's why they promote any food that fits within their guidelines - the advertiser is paying them to use their logo. That said, the science branch of the AHA does set those guidelines with the best of intentions, and they are trying to gently encourage Americans to eat better and think about what they are eating. I think that it is a great thing that they are raising their standards, because it will make the number of products that are eligible to receive their label much more selective, thus being a better guide to those who use such labels to guide their purchases. I used to work for AHA (granted, it was in the HR dept), and I can say without hesitation that the main branch of the organization is hyperfocused on fundraising and raising their own visibility. That’s why they partner with Subway on every Heart Walk that they do, and that’s why they promote any food that fits within their guidelines – the advertiser is paying them to use their logo.

That said, the science branch of the AHA does set those guidelines with the best of intentions, and they are trying to gently encourage Americans to eat better and think about what they are eating. I think that it is a great thing that they are raising their standards, because it will make the number of products that are eligible to receive their label much more selective, thus being a better guide to those who use such labels to guide their purchases.

]]> By: Jenny http://www.foodpolitics.com/2009/08/american-heart-association-eat-a-lot-less-sugar/comment-page-1/#comment-31055 Jenny Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:22:11 +0000 http://www.foodpolitics.com/?p=1524#comment-31055 I think there's a slight mistake. It's my understanding 1 tsp sugar = 4 grams = 4 carbohydrates = 15 calories. So a cola has 19 tsp. sugar, not 70. That's still a lot considering all the other foods with both naturally occuring and added sugar. Finally AHA. Hopefully other health agencies follow suit! I think there’s a slight mistake. It’s my understanding 1 tsp sugar = 4 grams = 4 carbohydrates = 15 calories. So a cola has 19 tsp. sugar, not 70. That’s still a lot considering all the other foods with both naturally occuring and added sugar. Finally AHA. Hopefully other health agencies follow suit!

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