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Health Risks of No-Calorie Sweeteners

Sheryl Canter Nutrition (what you eat) August 21, 2012 July 26, 2017 9 Comments

Weight regulation is not a simple matter of "calories in, calories out". Sugar causes obesity disproportionate to its calories, and (surprisingly) no-calorie sweeteners actually cause weight gain. How can you gain weight from something with no calories? The body learns to associate the taste of a food with how much …

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Artificial Sweeteners Make You Fat

Sheryl Canter Nutrition (what you eat) July 28, 2012 August 21, 2012 23 Comments

This is Part 3 in a 4-part series on Sugar and Other Sweeteners. (1) Sugar Is Toxic: Heart Disease, Cancer & More (2) Sugar: How Much Is Too Much? (3) Artificial Sweeteners Make You Fat (3a: Health Risks of No-Calorie Sweeteners) (4) Sugar: Physical Addiction or Emotional Craving? People drink …

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Sugar: How Much Is Too Much?

Sheryl Canter Nutrition (what you eat) June 18, 2012 May 14, 2015 15 Comments

This is Part 2 in a 4-part series on Sugar and Other Sweeteners. (1) Sugar Is Toxic: Heart Disease, Cancer & More (2) Sugar: How Much Is Too Much? (3) Artificial Sweeteners Make You Fat (3a: Health Risks of No-Calorie Sweeteners) (4) Sugar: Physical Addiction or Emotional Craving? In Part …

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Sugar Is Toxic: Heart Disease, Cancer & More

Sheryl Canter Nutrition (what you eat) May 27, 2012 August 21, 2012 22 Comments

This is Part 1 in a 4-part series on Sugar and Other Sweeteners. (1) Sugar Is Toxic: Heart Disease, Cancer & More (2) Sugar: How Much Is Too Much? (3) Artificial Sweeteners Make You Fat (3a: Health Risks of No-Calorie Sweeteners) (4) Sugar: Physical Addiction or Emotional Craving? New research …

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Big Fat Lies with Gary Taubes (VIDEO)

Sheryl Canter Nutrition (what you eat) January 21, 2011 January 21, 2011 5 Comments

Great lecture by Gary Taubes on the true causes of obesity that explodes many common myths – including the widely held belief that obesity is a simple matter of calories in exceeding calories out. You think this is obviously true? It’s not. Watch!

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No bad foods? All foods equal? Careful!

Sheryl Canter Attuned Eating / Nutrition (what you eat) October 31, 2010 November 1, 2010 9 Comments

Recently a new member in the Normal Eating Support Forum posted this message (edited for brevity): Right now I eat a junkfood diet and have for decades. I don’t eat fruit or vegetables hardly ever. I never learned to prepare dinner every night. I live mostly on pizza, hamburgers and …

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Mom, will I be pretty? (VIDEO)

Sheryl Canter Social Norms & Bias October 18, 2010 January 22, 2011 12 Comments

This is Katie Makkai at the National Poetry Slam in 2002, talking about the dream of being pretty. You don’t want to miss this. It is awesome.

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Craig Ferguson’s Hilarious Rant on Fat Prejudice

Sheryl Canter Social Norms & Bias February 18, 2010 February 18, 2010 2 Comments

A few days ago, director and comedian Kevin Smith was thrown off a Southwest Airlines flight for being too fat. He’s been speaking out about it, calling it “humiliating” and “the worst thing that’s ever happened to me.” Two days ago on Mardi Gras (aka Fat Tuesday), late night comedian …

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Good Nutrition: Myths and Facts

Sheryl Canter Nutrition (what you eat) October 11, 2009 October 14, 2009 19 Comments

Editing Note: This post and the previous post originally were one long article. In my previous post I explained why nutrition information has a role in the non-diet approach – not as a rule, but as information. But with all the contradictory nutrition advice out there, is there really such …

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A Place for Nutrition in the Non-Diet Approach?

Sheryl Canter Nutrition (what you eat) October 9, 2009 October 11, 2009 4 Comments

Editing Note: This post and the next post originally were one long article. For people who have sworn off weight-loss diets, principles of nutrition can seem like just another set of eating rules to rebel against. The idea behind the non-diet approach is that you can trust your inborn body …

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