Tag Archives: Food Additive Dictionary

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Think artificial sweeteners can help you lose weight? Not really.

Posted on by Connie Wan, Ph. D.
sweeteners
12
Nov

Artificial sweeteners are a class of natural or synthetic compounds that are capable of interacting with sweet sensors on your tongue causing the sensing of sweet taste.  These compounds are used extensively as sugar substitutes in food and beverages to reduce the caloric content in these products and have long been promoted as aids to […]

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Food additive found in candy and gum reduces digestive function

Posted on by Connie Wan, Ph. D.
13
Sep

Titanium oxide (TiO2) is a common food additive that is generally recognized as safe by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The compound is an inert and insoluble material that is commonly used for white pigmentation in food, cosmetics, personal care products and common household items. In food industry, titanium dioxide is used in certain […]

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Artificial sweeteners boost blood glucose levels

Posted on by Connie Wan, Ph. D.
Artificial Sweeteners
21
Aug

Artificial Sweeteners If you’re trying to reduce the sugar and calories in your diet, you may be turning to artificial sweeteners or other sugar substitutes. You aren’t alone. Artificial sweeteners and other sugar substitutes are big industries now – anywhere you turn, you will find snacks, beverages and food marketed as “sugar-free” or “diet.” In […]

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Beauty, Blog

Seattle Beauty™ Tip: Common cosmetic ingredient butylparaben may have endocrine disrupting effects

Posted on by Connie Wan, Ph. D.
21
Jul

I’ve always been fascinated by the generally observed phenomenon of human fertility decrease over the past two decades. Many endocrine disruptive compounds have been blamed ranging from bisphenol A in plastic bottles, phthalates plasticizer in plastic food and beverage containers to parabens in cosmetics and personal care products. Parabens are a class of compounds that […]

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Natural sugar, trehalose, boosts the cleanup machinery of the immune system and reduces atherosclerosis

Posted on by Connie Wan, Ph. D.
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12
Jun

Not all sugars are created equal. A new study published by the scientists from the Washington University School of Medicine (WUSM) reports that trehalose, a natural sugar that can be found in mushrooms, can boost macrophages, the machinery that the immune system uses to cleanup cellular debris in the atherosclerotic plague, and therefore reduces the […]

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Mannitol, a unique sugar, could potentially treat Parkinson’s disease

Posted on by Connie Wan, Ph. D.
sugar
08
May

Mannitol is a sugar alcohol produced by fungi, bacteria, and algae. According to a report published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, researchers from Tel Aviv University have found that mannitol prevents “bad” clumps of the protein, α-synuclein, from forming in the brain — a process that is characteristic of Parkinson’s disease. After identifying the […]

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The Importance of Sugar

Posted on by Benjamin Rotholtz
13
Mar

“Sugar” is essential for life on Earth. It can be found in nearly all food sources. What is “sugar”, where does it come from, and (this may seem like a strange question to ask) what is it used for. This blog post attempts to answer these questions. What is sugar The term “sugar” is generic. Most of […]

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