Stevia has been long cultivated as a sweetener. The extracts of the leaves, steviol glycosides, are responsible for its sweet characteristics; the main two steviol glycosides are stevioside and rebaudioside A (reb A).
The American Beverage Assn. (ABA) recently took issue with a federal report arguing it failed to account for the overall health of energy beverage consumers. This followed controversy and concern over a rise in emergency room visits involving energy drinks.
Weight loss is a concern vexing many Americans, with some diet plans contending calorie reduction as a means to drop pounds, while others prescribe certain foods only.
On October 25, 2011, the White House First Lady Michelle Obama traveled to her Chicago hometown to discuss the need for healthy foods in underprivileged communities. The event took place at a local redesigned Walgreens store on the city’s Southside, in an area known as a “desert community.”
Energy drinks are certainly not listless in terms of new product development, and beverage makers are taking proactive stances to address the controversy.
A team of international researchers identified antioxidant components in ingredients of the Mediterranean diet that are highly beneficial in preventing breast and skin cancer
According to a study by Pennington Biomedical Research Center, excess calories are the cause of fat gain, and fat gain does not always translate to weight gain.
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