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Artificial sweeteners may cause weight gain *
If you're trying to lose weight, you may want to skip the sugar substitutes and go straight for the sugar.
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Cachet No-sugar Belgian Chocolate Clusters (Garber review) **** 1/2
It really IS hard to believe there's no sugar added!
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Diabetes Type 2 Drug (thiazolinediones) Doubles Heart Failure Risk *
Thiazolinediones, the name for a type of drug used to treat patients with diabetes type II, could double the risk of heart failure. . .
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Footsmart Online *
An excellent source for well-priced comfort for your feet -- a free catalog is available by mail, too.
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Garber Gastronomic: Sugar Substitutes *
How bad IS sugar for you? And are sugar substitutes safe? Anne Garber explores the options.
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Levulose (alt: Fructose) *
Fructose has also come come under suspicion recently.
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Momordica Grosvenori *
Grosvenor Momordica Fruit is the dried fruit of Momordica grosvenori Swingle. The substance appears in a diabetic-friendly product called "SlimSweet," manufactured in Tempe, AZ. It not a sugar of any kind, and therefore is a "zero" on the glycemic index.
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Rogers' Chocolates No-sugar added chocolate truffle selection (Garber review) **** 1/2
My favourite is the dark-chocolate-enrobed orange cream.
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Rogers' Chocolates No-sugar added dark chocolate bar (Garber review) *** 1/2
I found this delicious dark chocolate bar satisfying and delicious.
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Rogers' Chocolates No-sugar added milk chocolate bar (Garber review) *** 1/2
A Rogers no-sugar-added chocolate bar is a guilt-free pleasure.
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Sweet Poison: One woman's life-threatening experience *
The inside scoop on the dangers of aspartame.
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Unique Vancouver event highlights a team approach to diabetes *
"Live Well with Diabetes" brings the public together with a wide range of health specialists for a unique, interactive public health fair. Sunday, Nov. 5, 2-6:30 p.m., Vancouver, BC
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Xylitol *
Xylitol, also called wood sugar or birch sugar, is a five-carbon sugar alcohol that is used as a sugar substitute.
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Cachet Sugar-free Belgian Chocolate Orange Bar (Garber review) *****
We found this Belgian chocolate-and-orange cream bar satisfying and delicious.
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Coke and Pepsi battle for top sugar substitute *
Soft drink giants Coca-Cola and PepsiCo are setting their sights on producing natural sweeteners -- as concern over the calorie content and artificial ingredients in soft drinks grows.
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Diabetic Drug Store *
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Garber Gastronomic: An Ice Cream 'Glace-ary' *
How can you tell what's what? Here's a guide I like to call a short "glace-ary" of terms. . .
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