Word: sugar
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...tempting for the average consumer to equate these low-sugar products with healthy foods which can help with weight loss and disease prevention because of the emphasis popular diets place on reducing sugar intake, Cheung said...
...researchers could not indicate any major health improvements that the new low-sugar cereals provided over their original counterparts, according to Lilian W. Cheung, director of Health Promotion and Communication in the Department of Nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health...
Although these new cereals have less sugar than the original cereals, there were no significant improvements in the calorie count, carbohydrates, fat, fiber, or any other nutritional contents, according to their research. This is due to the replacement of sugar with refined carbohydrates in order to maintain a sweet taste...
...bodies receive no benefit from getting less sugar but more refined carbohydrates,” Cheung said...
...cereals were developed in response to parental requests for low-sugar products, and do not claim to improve health any more than the original cereal options, company officials told the Associated Press...