Sugar

When discussing sources of “hidden sugars” with my patients I find that they are often very surprised at my position on orange juice. Essentially, I have taken it off the table. Frequently, the response I ge...

By: Austin Perlmutter, MD, Medical Student, Miller School of Medicine When it comes to mealtime, most of us prefer a meal made from fresh produce to its frozen equivalent. But in today’s whirlwind of obliga...

By: Austin Perlmutter, MD, Medical Student, Miller School of Medicine After 20 years, the FDA has plans for a major overhaul of the Nutrition Facts label. This is a big deal, as the sticker is required on t...

By: Austin Perlmutter, MD, Medical Student, Miller School of Medicine While we may be familiar with the dangers of eating too much sugar, the actual effects of this indulgence may be far more frighte...

Last month, you may have seen a post on my Facebook page about an interview I had done with Medscape. A few weeks later, the interview was made available to the general public on WebMD. The main focus of the...

One of the things that I remain most impressed by is the way this community has banded together, both here and on my Facebook page. I'm amazed at how supportive everyone is, and the valuable discussion that ...

In a recent edition of the journal Neurology, German researchers evaluated the size of the brain’s memory center, the hippocampus, using a specialized type of MRI scanner. In addition, they measured the bloo...

Earlier this month, the well-respected Journal of the American Medical Association published a report entitled: Added Sugar Intake and Cardiovascular Diseases Mortality Among US Adults. The report describes ...