Carbohydrate Nutrition News


December 3, 2004 - Carbohydrate Nutrition News

Concerned Children’s Advertisers Children’s Healthy Active Living Program "Long Live Kids"

"Long Live Kids" is a national initiative that encourages children to eat smart, move more and become media-wise. The program was launched in October 2004....

November 4, 2004 - Carbohydrate Nutrition News

Controversy and Statistical Issues in the Use of Nutrient Densities in Assessing Diet Quality

The use of nutrient densities, such as percentage of daily energy from added sugars (%EAS), creates serious statistical analysis and interpretation problems....

October 4, 2004 - Carbohydrate Nutrition News

Systematic Review of the Dietary Management of Children with Type 1 Diabetes

The traditional cornerstones of the management of type 1 diabetes mellitus in children and adolescents include insulin, self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) and nutrition therapy (meal planning)....

September 6, 2004 - Carbohydrate Nutrition News

Carbohydrates for Exercises

An important goal of the athlete's everyday diet is to provide the muscle with substrates to fuel the training programme that will achieve optimal adaptation for performance enhancements....

August 20, 2004 - Carbohydrate Nutrition News

Role of parents in the determination of the food preferences of children and the development of obesity

The role of parental behaviour in the development of food preferences is considered. Food preferences develop from genetically determined predispositions to like sweet and salty flavours and to dislike bitter and sour tastes....

July 2, 2004 - Carbohydrate Nutrition News

Glycaemic Index: Relevance for health, recommendations and food labelling

The glycaemic index (GI) concept is based on the difference in blood glucose response after ingestion of the same amount of carbohydrates from different foods, and possible implications of these differences for health, performance and well-being....

June 3, 2004 - Carbohydrate Nutrition News

Liquid calories and the failure of satiety: how good is the evidence?

Increasing rates of obesity and overweight have been attributed to the growing proportion of dietary energy that is consumed in liquid form....

May 3, 2004 - Carbohydrate Nutrition News

Position of the American Dietetic Association: Use of nutritive and nonnutritive sweeteners

Sweeteners elicit pleasurable sensations with (nutritive) or without (nonnutritive) energy. Nutritive sweeteners (eg, sucrose, fructose) are generally recognized as safe (GRAS) by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), yet concern exists about increasing sweetener intakes relative to optimal nutrition and health....

April 2, 2004 - Carbohydrate Nutrition News

New Resources 2004

The Canadian Sugar Institute (CSI) Nutrition Information Service is pleased to provide you with the latest edition of our annual health professional newsletter, Carbohydrate News, and an additional health professional resource, Carbohydrates, Sugars and the New Food Label....

January 2, 2004 - Carbohydrate Nutrition News

Dietary Guidelines: Past Experiences and New Approaches

Statement of the American Dietary Association: Nutrition Recommendations for the Treatment and Prevention of Diabetes...