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SugarByHalf

@SugarByHalf

We are a charity working towards a future where Australians live better, stronger and healthier lives through the reduction of sugar-related diseases.

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Joined May 2016
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Ask an expert: @PeterBrukner. 'If it's all too complicated, JERF - just eat real food' bit.ly/2xkdb7K #sugar #healthyeating
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Why sugar, cheese and fast food are more addictive than heroin nypost.com/article/why-sugar… via @nypost
Why sugar, cheese and fast food are more addictive than heroin

Why sugar, cheese and fast food are more addictive than heroin

Cookies could be even more addictive than heroin, a new book reveals.  Studies over the years have revealed the shocking power of sweetness. In one 1980 experiment, human subjects were asked...

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Fizzy drinks tax helped us cut our sugar intake by 10% a year dailymail.co.uk/news/article…
Fizzy drinks tax helped us cut our sugar intake by 10% a year

Fizzy drinks tax helped us cut our sugar intake by 10% a year

The findings, from a study by the University of Cambridge, showed that although sugar consumption fell, the overall volume of soft drinks sold did not.

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This @worldkidneyday check out the free lesson plans we created for primary school kids on nutrition and kidney health coolaustralia.org/unit/sugar…
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Patients on the ketogenic diet improved in daily function and quality of life. alzres.biomedcentral.com/art…
Randomized crossover trial of a modified ketogenic diet in Alzheimer’s disease

Randomized crossover trial of a modified ketogenic diet in Alzheimer’s disease

Alzheimer's Research & Therapy - Brain energy metabolism is impaired in Alzheimer’s disease (AD), which may be mitigated by a ketogenic diet. We conducted a randomized crossover trial...

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Why do Coca-Cola, Frito-Lay, and Mars get the best real estate in grocery stores? Because they pay for it. thecounter.org/coca-cola-fri…
Why do Coca-Cola, Frito-Lay, and Mars get the best real estate in grocery stores? Because they pay...

Why do Coca-Cola, Frito-Lay, and Mars get the best real estate in grocery stores? Because they pay...

A public interest group argues that these deals, known as “trade promotions,” are anticompetitive and bad for public health.

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Gary Taubes: 'Obesity isn’t a calorie problem, it’s a hormone problem' theguardian.com/society/2021…
Gary Taubes: 'Obesity isn’t a calorie problem, it’s a hormone problem'

Gary Taubes: 'Obesity isn’t a calorie problem, it’s a hormone problem'

The author of The Case for Keto argues that conventional approaches to tackling obesity and diabetes aren’t working, and that low-carbohydrate diets could be the way forward

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How the Right Foods May Lead to a Healthier Gut, and Better Health (Published 2021)

How the Right Foods May Lead to a Healthier Gut, and Better Health (Published 2021)

A diet full of highly processed foods with added sugars and salt promoted gut microbes linked to obesity, heart disease and diabetes.

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Proud to support the launch of Defeat Diabetes, check it out at defeatdiabetes.com.au/ @PeterBrukner @DrPaulMason @lowcarb_aus
Defeat Diabetes – Australia’s Program to Lower Blood Sugar & Meds

Defeat Diabetes – Australia’s Program to Lower Blood Sugar & Meds

Lower blood sugar, reduce meds and feel better with Defeat Diabetes — Australia’s evidence-based, doctor-led low carb program

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We're here! @PeterBrukner launches Defeat Diabetes, Australia's first evidence-based program to send #type2diabetes into remission through a #lowcarb approach to eating.
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Insulin and other meds are not the only way to manage #t2d. There is another way - and it starts with diet: bit.ly/3bhWTQn #showmetheevidence #defeatdiabetes
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Food Is Medicine in the Fight Against Covid-19

Food Is Medicine in the Fight Against Covid-19

Staying healthy in a pandemic means both avoiding infection and shoring up our immune systems

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UK to ban all online junk food advertising to tackle obesity theguardian.com/media/2020/n…
UK to ban all online junk food advertising to tackle obesity

UK to ban all online junk food advertising to tackle obesity

‘World-leading’ proposal delights health campaigners and dismays advertising industry

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Healing the planet and human health through farming ted.com/talks/charles_massy_… via @TEDTalks
How regenerative farming can help heal the planet and human health

How regenerative farming can help heal the planet and human health

Regenerative agriculture is an ecological approach to agriculture that enables natural systems & functions to not just be renewed, but also to do the renewing: to self-organise back to healthy...

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Our Coronavirus World Is Undernourished

Our Coronavirus World Is Undernourished

Lack of money has been more problematic than a shortage of food in this pandemic. Extreme weather and fresh waves of infection aren’t helping.

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Are ‘Kidfluencers’ Making Our Kids Fat? (Published 2020)

Are ‘Kidfluencers’ Making Our Kids Fat? (Published 2020)

Popular YouTube channels often bombard young children with thinly veiled ads for junk food, a new study finds.

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Photo shoot today. Roughshot#1 Here are the types and amounts of foods and drinks an average family of four reports consuming every fortnight in Australia. #healthydiets ASAP Thanks Lisa Heron and all.
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Young YouTube influencers are marketing junk food to kids more cnn.com/2020/10/26/health/yo…
Young YouTube influencers are marketing junk food to kids more | CNN

Young YouTube influencers are marketing junk food to kids more | CNN

Kid influencers on YouTube are marketing junk food and sugary beverages to their fellow kids, and they’re racking up billions of page views, according to a new study published Monday in the journal...

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Thirty-year failure to tackle preventable disease fuelling Covid pandemic theguardian.com/society/2020…
Thirty-year failure to tackle preventable disease fuelling global Covid pandemic

Thirty-year failure to tackle preventable disease fuelling global Covid pandemic

Study reveals increase in high blood pressure, cholesterol, blood sugar and obesity, all risk factors for disease

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4 Ways A Healthy Microbiome Keeps You Young

4 Ways A Healthy Microbiome Keeps You Young

So, if your goal is to slow down the aging process, there’s lots you can do to put the brakes on. One of the most important anti-aging moves you can make?…

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