sugar
- Health
Why water should replace sugar filled beverages
New Delhi: The increased consumption of sugar-filled beverages is surging health problems such as Type 2 diabetes, obesity, heart disease, and tooth decay worldwide. Switching sugary drinks with water can be a…
- Top Stories
Nestle adds sugar to baby food sold in India but not in Europe
New Delhi: The baby-food brands sold by global giant Nestle in India contain high levels of added sugar, while such products are sugar-free in the United Kingdom, Germany Switzerland, and other developed…
- India
Govt extends curbs on sugar exports to keep prices in check
New Delhi: The government on Wednesday extended restrictions on sugar exports beyond October 31 this year to increase availability of the commodity in the local market and keep prices in check during…
- India
Punjab govt to check BP, sugar, body mass index of people for early detection of diseases
Chandigarh: The Punjab government will launch a new initiative under which health teams will check blood pressure, sugar, body mass index and basal metabolic rate of 3 crore people for early detection…
- Health
Your low calorie drinks, food items may up heart attack, stroke risk
New York: Trying to switch to drinks and food that are low on calories and carbohydrate to avoid sugar? These are often loaded with an artificial sweetener called erythritol and can raise…
- World
Bangladesh withdraws duty on sugar import to stabilise local market
Dhaka: Bangladesh’s National Board of Revenue (NBR) withdrew import duty on both raw and refined sugar in order to enable consumers to get the sweetener at reduced rates. In a notification, NBR…
- Pakistan
Pakistan government increases prices of wheat flour, sugar, ghee in utility stores
Islamabad: The Pakistan government has increased the prices of wheat flour, sugar and ghee by 25 to 62 per cent for sale through the Utility Stores Corporation (USC) with immediate effect to…
- Health
Study reveals minimum blood sugar levels to avoid diabetes-related problems
Washington: Long-term blood sugar levels, known as HbA1c, can be used to accurately predict the risk of a person with type 1 diabetes having eye and kidney problems. According to research, this…
- Food
Banana peels make sugar cookies healthier: Study
Washington: In a recent study, researchers found that adding banana peel flour to the dough for sugar cookies increases the cookies’ nutritional value. Cookies that had been enriched with some banana peel…
- Health
Sugar substitutes impact gut microbiome
Weizmann: Non-nutritive sweeteners have made the claim that they can provide all the sweetness of sugar without any calories since the late 1800s. Researchers who published their findings in the journal Cell…
- Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh: Two killed in blast at factory
Amaravati: Two workers were killed and nine injured in an explosion in a sugar factory near Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh on Friday. The incident occurred at Parry Sugar Refinery in Vakalapudi industrial…
- India
80% of rural diabetic patients need amputation of limbs
Hyderabad: As many as 80 per cent of patients with diabetic foot in rural areas need amputation while only 20 per cent of patients in urban areas face this situation, said doctors…
