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...increasingly at risk for obesity and Type 2 diabetes. Candy and other sweets marketed to kids are double health risks. Not only are they packed with calories that tend to get stored as extra kilos, but their high sugar content can also cause blood-glucose levels to spike - a particular concern for diabetics, whose insulin can't even out those peaks efficiently. But the holidays are a minefield we can navigate, doctors and dietitians insist. By enforcing a few simple rules, you and your kids may be able to have your cake and eat it too. The trick...
...Timing sugar intake is also important. Blood-sugar levels tend to drop in the late afternoon, so an after-school treat won't cause glucose levels to spike as sharply as one eaten before bedtime, and the calories it contains are more likely to be burned off right away...
...Candy and other sweets marketed to kids are double health risks. Not only are they packed with calories that tend to get stored as extra kilos, but their high sugar content can also cause blood-glucose levels to spike?a particular concern for diabetics, whose insulin can't even out those peaks efficiently...
...spite of the spike in this year’s international numbers, leaders within the Harvard community have been quick to recognize the onerous promise of this year’s national decline. Former Kennedy School of Government dean Joseph S. Nye wrote an op-ed in The New York Times yesterday citing the recent drop in international enrollment as evidence that restrictions established in the name of national security are damaging the nation’s international stature...
Frank echoed the optimism of his successors, pointing to a spike in attendance at club meetings as evidence of strong interest in the Dems...