Sugar

Large study links ultra-processed foods to ADHD risk in preschoolers

Within the ultra-processed category, items such as breads, pastries, packaged cereals, ready-to-heat frozen meals, and long-shelf-life ready-to-eat meals were associated with more emotional problems.

 Study finds: No safe amount for consumption of processed meat.
Bread

Dietitians recommend: 6 types of bread recommended for improving blood sugar levels

White sugar and brown sugar

Were you misled: This is the only difference between white sugar and brown sugar

Experimental drug helps obese mice shed fat, hints at new way to tackle obesity

Who ate all the cheese? Obesity experiment finds way to make fat mice burn more fuel


Healthy.io to develop new method of urinalysis

The health care company Healthy.io is developing a new method of urinalysis to make it smarter, faster and more accessible for those who need it

 Healthy.io's testing kit

Israeli tech helps diabetics manage sugar levels, eat what they want

An Israeli company developed a system that uses artificial intelligence to predict people with diabetes' blood sugar response to foods, enabling them to manage their sugar levels more efficiently.

 An app by tech company DayTwo enables diabetes patient to manage their sugar levels more efficiently.

Honey vs. white sugar: All the differences you did not know

Which has fewer calories, which is sweeter and what percentage of sugar is in honey? What’s the best way to sweeten food? Here’s everything you want and need to know.

 Spiced honey cake

Six easy steps to help you consume less sugar

Most of us consume too much sugar. Reducing sugar intake will help with weight loss and make you feel healthier. 

 Sugar

Israeli researchers uncover dangers of artificial sweeteners- study

Ben-Gurion University researcher Ariel Kushmaro noted that there is little accurate labeling of artificial sweeteners on products, which makes it difficult to know how much each product contains. 

WHY IS sugar addictive?

Taxes on sugary drinks, disposable utensils set for easy approvals

Proposed taxes on sugary drinks and disposable utensils are likely to be approved into law soon, following the Finance Ministry signaling that they will be removed from the Economic Arrangements Law.

Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman checks food prices at a Jerusalem supermarket.

Produce board: Buy more fresh fruit for Tu Bishvat this year

Although dried fruits are traditionally consumed for the winter holiday, adding fresh fruit to the table has more benefits

Tzvi Alon CEO of Plants Production & Marketing Board

Could stevia be bad for your health? New study raises red flag

Popular sugar substitute found to impair gut microbiome communications, but Israeli scientists say further experiments needed.

WHY IS sugar addictive?

Fears surge in demand for hand sanitiser could fuel child labor

Sugarcane is used to make ethanol for alcohol-based gels and seven of the world's largest sugarcane producers have a high to extreme risk of child and forced labor.

A bottle of Purell hand sanitizer sits next to campaign canvass packets at a field office for Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) in Graniteville, South Carolina, U.S., February 28, 2020

Israel's food labeling reform: What do consumers say?

Reform requires red warning labels on all food and beverage products with high levels of sodium, sugar or saturated fat.

Red 'traffic light' nutrition labels are seen on cream cheese products on Israeli supermarket shelves.