Helpful Articles & Columns

Articles & E-Zines

• Slipped? Destroyed Your Diet? 7 Tips to Get Back on Track
• 7 Simple Steps to a Sweeter You
• What Should I Do First? See Yourself Free. 10 Tips to Break the Sugar Habit.
• Start Some Sugary Soul Searching to Break Free From Your Sugar Habit -- Learn If You’re Feeling Angry, Betrayed, Contrite & More When Cravings Kick In
• 7 Tips to Squash Your Sugar Habit 
• Just Delay to Squash Your Sugar Cravings
• 8 Tips to Lose Weight Easily: Just Cut Soda & Sugary Drinks: Research Shows Those Sweet Beverages Pack on Pounds
• My Sugarfree Shopper's Guide for Those Stumped When Seeking Unsweetened Foods  
• Help For Kitchen Klutzes Like Me: How to Keep Your Fingers Intact While Cooking
• How to Find an Open-Minded, Sugar-Savvy Doctor & Nutritionist
• Don't Believe Me! Take the Stop SUGAR SHOCK! Challenge & Receive Benefits Galore -- Join the Happy Sugar Kickers
• 4 Simple Tips to Resist Tempting Cookies, Candies & Chocolate
• How To Forgive Your Loved Ones, Yourself Or Strangers: 7 Simple Steps to Let Go
• Sugar Shock? No, Karen, I Did Not Cheat! No, I Did NOT Eat Snickers Bars!
• Wake Up Your Real Taste Buds for Luscious Goodies From Mother Nature -- Forget Overly Sweet Cereals, Candies, Etc.

 

Holiday Stories

• Stop Sugar Shock This Thanksgiving: 5 Tips to Have a Sweeter, Tastier Holiday
• Ban the Easter Bunny! 70 Non-Edible Goodies to Give Instead of Sugar-Filled Candies (Which Could, If Over-Consumed, Lead to Hypoglycemia or Type 2 Diabetes)
• Tis the Season to Party: 12 Tips to Breeze Through These Celebrations
• Don't Spook Kids By Giving Non-Nutritious Candy This Halloween! Hand Out Fun, Glow-in-the-Dark Objects, Stickers & Other Party Favors Instead
• The Scoop on How Sweets Could Sour Your Sweetie: Make Valentine’s Day Sweeter But Giving Gifts From the Heart
• Sugar Addicts: Did Mom Turn You Into A Sugar Junkie? 5 Tips to Avoid The Same Fate
• Halloween Havoc: Tips to Tame Your Sugar-Shocked Little Monsters & Prepare Your Youngsters For the Sugar-Focused Night Ahead
• Halloween Candy Hangover? What To Do With All the Sugary "Goodies"
• Tips to Tackle Post-Halloween Sugar-Overloading
• Halloween Havoc: Tips to Tame Your Sugar-Shocked Little Monsters & Prepare Your Youngsters For the Sugar-Focused Night Ahead
• Halloween Bandits: 'Fess Up, Parents, Do You Steal Candy From Your Kids?
• Halloween: Don't Trick Kids With Candies! Treat Them With Healthy, Fun "Goodies" Instead
• Halloween: 5 Tips to Treat Kids, Not Trick Them & Have a Healthier Holiday
• Stop Sugar Shock This Thanksgiving: 5 Tips to Have a Sweeter, Tastier Holiday

 

Kick-Sugar Success Stories

• Kick-Sugar Success Story: Felicia Desrosiers
• Kick-Sugar Success Story: Jimmy Moore
• Kick-Sugar Success Story: Spotlight on Jaime Jackson
• Got a Kick-Sugar Success Story to Tell? Let Me Interview You For This Blog! Need Inspiration? Listen to Amazing Tales of "Sugar Kickers" Here, Too

 

Stump the Savvy Sugar Sleuths

• Stump This Savvy Sugar Sleuth. Ask Away!
• Stump The Savvy Sugar Sleuths: We Help the Mom of A Sugar-Loving Tot

 

SUGAR SHOCK! Snapshots

• SUGAR SHOCK! Snapshot Makes Its Debut: Guest Column, "The Sweets-Craving Little Boy Who Was Too Sour for the Subway"
• SUGAR SHOCK! Snapshot: Kids Are Like Crack Addicts By Jasmin Singer

 

Celebrity Watch & Entertainment Patrol

• BIG BOOS for “Red Eye” Star, Who Lauds Sugar as Diet Secret

• Experts Offer Actress Maple-Sugar Insights

• Nutritionist to the Stars' Offers Help to Actress

• Gynweth Paltrow Snubs Nose at Cup-a-Soup

• Luther Vandross' Death: Were His Carb Habit & Diabetes to Blame?

• Jodie Foster Takes on "Sugar Kings"

• Rush Limbaugh Defends Soda!

• "The Simpsons" Humorously Spoofs Sugar "Addiction"

• Shame on Reporters Critical of Cookie Monster's New Moderate Habits

• Big Bird" Sells Out to "Big Sugar"

 

In the News

• The ADA and AHA Butt Heads Over Metabolic Syndrome
• CBC Airs Shocking "Big Sugar" Documentary
• CSPI Urges Health Labels for Sugary Sodas
• Mother Sues Cereal Companies for Deceptive Labeling
• Experts Say "Reduced-Sugar" Cereals Not Nutritionally Sweet
• Did Coke Distribute Toxic Sludge as "Fertilizer" in India?
• Lawmakers Smoking Hot Over Pot-Flavored Candies!
• Candy-Flavored Cigarettes Still Target Teens!
• "Drunk" Driver Crashes, But Gets Off Because It's Hypoglycemia
• Man Urinates Into Soda! Yuck! And You Thought Soda Was Bad!
• Handcuffed Swimmer Tackles Hudson River To Fight Diabetes
• Mega M&M's Mega-Promoted to Land in Our Stomachs
• Health Experts Call for Coke Snub

 

Obesity News

• Diet Book Based on Da Vinci. What Next?
• Outrage Over Obesity & Overcoming It
• Obese People Miss Work More
• Food Marketers Fight Obesity -- & Maybe Push Their Foods, Too
• Freakonomics Duo Duped -- Fructose Water Diet Could Be Dangerous
• Canola Oil Can Age You, Cardiologist Says
• 2nd Apology & Clarification Re Fructose Comments
• Weighing in On Astute Bloggers With A Weighty Mission

 

Research (Sugars & Carbs)

• Fructose More Fattening, Study Finds
• Junk Food Can Trigger Insulin Resistance
• Eating Inferior Carbs Could Contribute to Cataracts
• Processed Diets Can Lead to Acne
• General Mills Study Backs Cereal For Breakfast
• Oatmeal Beats Out Cap'n Crunch for Kids' Cognition
• Chocolate as Health Food?
• Low-Carb, Protein-Rich Diet With Exercise Works, Study Shows
• Swallow a White Lie & You Could Lose Weight
• Research to Study Brain Connection to Low-Carb Diets

Artificial Sweeteners Research & News

• Aspartame Induces Tumors, Study Shows
• Sales Soar of Diet Candy -- But Is It Safe?
• Study Shows Diet Sodas Are Linked to Weight Gain

 

Keeping Tabs on Soda & Sugary Drinks

• McDonald's Reintroduces Jumbo Drinks? (Second Take)
• Sodas Banned or Restricted In Schools, But Health Advocates Brand Industry Move As a Publicity Stunt
• Slurpee Turns 40 & Addicts Are Going Strong

 

Junk Food Watch: Marketing & More

• The Ads: They Just Keep Running
• Kids Watch Loads of Junk-Food Ads
• Kids Can Hit Fast Food Joints Fast
• Kellogg's Berated For Demeaning Apples
• General Mills' New PSAs: Providing a Public Service or Selling Sugary Cereals?
• Junk Food Web Marketing to Kids Rises
• Are Oreos Addictive & More?
• Food Commercials Confuse & Mislead Kids

To read the latest news, rants or raves, visit my provocative SUGAR SHOCK! Blog.