Stress Management and Students
February 5, 2012 – 11:00 pm | No Comment
Being a student is something that most of us would identify with. Each one of us is a student in our own way. At every step in our life we learn something, and get to know some of the best ways we can make our life better. Yet there are cases where the students get overly stressed and make things difficult not only for themselves but also for others. This happens due to various factors and particularly  [...]

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Can Sugar Trigger Addiction? – Part 2
October 23, 2009 – 5:01 am | One Comment
Can Sugar Trigger Addiction? – Part 2
There is a probability that liking for sugar may be an innate phenomenon, possibly a connection to development. Lona Sandon, RD, Assistant Professor of nutrition at UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas and spokesperson for American Dietetic Association (ADA) suggests “Humans likely gravitated away from bitter foods, which might have been poisonous and moved towards sweet ones, which were probably safe.” Also, studies on infants have denoted that they smile or chuckle after eating something sweet, like breast milk or their first food or something else that is sweet and cry or frown after they taste some bitter flavors. Audrey Cross, PhD, MPH, retired professor from the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University in New York City shares that “Sugar is a form of energy, or calories and nothing else.” Actually, sugar does not possess any nutritional value. However, the truth is our body gets nourishment with natural sugar. Rich sources of natural sugars include fruits  [...]