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Sweet Bites Newsletter
Issue 67 | September 2021
In This Issue
FEATURE: The non-dieting approach
NEWS: Macro-splits are not the answer
NEWS: Draft scientific opinion on safety of dietary sugars
Welcome
Welcome to Issue 67 of Sweet Bites.
In this issue our feature article is about the non-dieting approach to health. We ask expert dietitian practitioner Dr Fiona Willer her perspectives about the harm caused by dieting and how we can find peace and wellbeing for people in larger bodies with a non-dieting approach.
Our News items are a new book about nutrition ecology from Professors Raubenheimer and Simpson from the University of Sydney and why macro-splits are not the answer to our dietary woes, and a new draft scientific opinion on the safety of dietary sugars from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).
From the journals we’ve gathered three papers on sugars, carbohydrates and health:
1. Meal-induced inflammation: postprandial insights from the Personalised REsponses to DIetary Composition Trial (PREDICT) study in 1000 participants.
2. Sugar-Sweetened Beverages, Artificially Sweetened Beverages, and Breast Cancer Risk From 2 Prospective US Cohorts.
3. Influence of sugar label formats on consumer understanding and amount of sugar in food choices: a systematic review and meta-analyses.
We hope you enjoy this issue and invite you to be in touch if you have any feedback or suggestions for future articles.
Macro-splits are not the answer
What we can learn about energy balance from the animal world.
Draft scientific opinion on safety of dietary sugars
A ‘Tolerable Upper Intake Level’ impossible to set.
Research Updates
We have three papers to share on sugars, carbohydrates and health:
Meal-induced inflammation: postprandial insights from the Personalised REsponses to DIetary Composition Trial (PREDICT) study in 1000 participants. There is large variation between individuals in postprandial triglycerides, blood glucose and inflammatory markers. Postprandial inflammation is largely driven by triglycerides, not glucose and mediated by abdominal fat. Read more here.
Sugar-Sweetened Beverages, Artificially Sweetened Beverages, and Breast Cancer Risk: Results From 2 Prospective US Cohorts.
Consumption of SSBs or ASBs was not associated with total breast cancer risk. Pooled data found a BMI interaction- an increase in risk in lean women with additional daily servings of SSB but not in overweight or obese women. There was no increase in risk with consumption of ASBs. Read more here.
Influence of sugar label formats on consumer understanding and amount of sugar in food choices: a systematic review and meta-analyses.
For increasing consumer understanding of sugar content of packaged foods “high in sugar” interpretative texts and warnings were most effective. For influencing consumers to choose products with lower sugar content, health warnings, warning signs and graphical depiction of sugar content in teaspoons were the most effective. Read more here.
About Us
The Sugar Nutrition Resource Centre (SNRC) is committed to providing health care professionals with evidence-based information on sugar and nutrition.
Our work continues to be guided by scientific experts from Australia and New Zealand.
As always, we would love to hear any feedback from you.
About the Editor
NICOLE SENIOR
Nutritionist, Sydney
Nicole is an experienced Accredited Practising Dietitian and Nutritionist, author, speaker, blogger, cook and food enthusiast with an interest in turning evidence based nutrition guidelines into sensible, achievable and enjoyable everyday eating advice and supporting other food and health professionals to do the same.
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