by Office | Jun 5, 2019 | Diet & Nutrition, Oral Health
Once upon a time, people thought Diet Coke was something healthy. After all, it didn’t have all that added sugar. Of course, today, we know synthetic sweeteners cause problems of their own. Now a new study in JAMA Open reminds that another drink many think of as...
by Office | Apr 17, 2019 | Diet & Nutrition
GMOs are one of the last things you’d probably expect to find at a natural food show, but there they were at the world’s largest natural food trade show, Natural Products Expo West. Present and accounted for was Impossible Foods, whose signature product, the...
by Office | Apr 10, 2019 | Diet & Nutrition
For Americans, the latest world health rankings are nothing to cheer about. This year’s Bloomberg Global Health Index of 169 countries ranks the US at #35, one spot lower than last year. In a Lancet study published late last year, we come in even worse at #64. Yet...
by Office | Jan 23, 2019 | Diet & Nutrition
According to a recent Ipsos survey, 70% of Americans say they’re somewhat or very concerned about how much sugar they eat. Yet limiting sugar can be challenging. For one, the stuff is everywhere in the food supply. In fact, nearly two-thirds of all packaged food...
by Office | Dec 12, 2018 | Diet & Nutrition
It’s hard to imagine the holidays without baked goods. Besides, as we’ve noted before, biologically, we’re hardwired to love sweets. Yet both sugars and the highly refined flours used in your typical baked treats spell trouble for teeth, not to mention the rest of...
by Office | Oct 24, 2018 | Diet & Nutrition, Oral Health
Halloween is almost here, and for many kids, that brings up one thought: Candy!!! But we all know that all that sugar isn’t ideal, neither for their dental nor their overall health. We also know that Halloween candy is only the beginning of the deluge. Soon, the rest...
