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TASTE BUDDIES: No Sugarcoating How Sweet Affects The Brain

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TASTE BUDDIES: No Sugarcoating How Sweet Affects The Brain

July 28, 2022 • Our ancestors evolved the ability to taste the sweet goodness of foods like pastries and creamy chocolates. They were enticed to consume quick calories that might only be available sporadically. What does that mean today for our brains and bodies in a world where sugar is much more abundant? Host Aaron Scott talks to taste and smell researcher Paule Joseph about the sticky science of sugar and how we can have too much of a good thing.

TASTE BUDDIES: No Sugarcoating How Sweet Affects The Brain

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Yogurt May Not Be So Healthy If It's Pumped Full Of Sugar

Yogurt selections like this one at a Los Angeles 365 by Whole Foods Market store are getting larger, but a new U.K. study warns that many contain lots of added sugar. Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption

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Yogurt May Not Be So Healthy If It's Pumped Full Of Sugar

September 19, 2018 • A study of some 900 yogurts sold in supermarkets in the U.K. found a shocking amount of sugar is hiding in this so-called healthy food, particularly in organic yogurts.

Sweet Talk: FDA's 'Added Sugar' Label Hits Sour Note With Maple Syrup Makers

Doug Brown and his brother Roger, right, operate Slopeside Syrup in Richmond, Vt. They're challenging a proposed federal label that would say maple syrup has "added sugar." John Dillon/Vermont Public Radio hide caption

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Sweet Talk: FDA's 'Added Sugar' Label Hits Sour Note With Maple Syrup Makers

Vermont Public

June 6, 2018 • The FDA means sugar added to your diet, not just to a specific food. But honey and syrup makers say that natural sugar is not added. Though a compromise is on the table, some say it's still confusing.