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...This is a problem for all Westerners - especially children, who are 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...
...estimated $800 million annual commercial income. "He'll let them have just enough" to keep them on board, says Windsor. Expect a tight finish. Ostalgia In A Bottle Things go better with, er, Kofola? Back in the '60s, Czechoslovaks drank a copycat cola by that name, with less sugar and half the caffeine of Coca-Cola. It fizzled after communism fell and Western soft drinks became available. But in 1999, a north Moravia company relaunched Kofola. This year, Czech retail sales of Kofola surpassed Pepsi and challenged Coke, which leads the market with a 25% share; in neighboring Slovakia, Kofola...
...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...
...trick is to manage the intake of sweets. According to experts at the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston, even children with diabetes can eat candy, so long as they make allowances for the extra sugar. For example, if a child packs away a small candy bar, which typically contains about 15 g of sugar, then she should eat 15 fewer grams of carbohydrate at the next meal?say, two fewer scoops of mashed potatoes. (Simple calorie databases, available at calorieking.com or dietclub.com.au, can help you find substitute foods...
...Still peckish? Combine a trip to nearby Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens with a treat from the che stall at 25 Nguyen Binh Khiem street. Che are sweet desserts made from various combinations of fruit, beans, tapioca, sugar and sweetened coconut milk, and are hugely popular in the south of Vietnam. At this stall you'll find a refreshing che dau van (made with haricot beans) for a mere $0.05. Then drive it home with a digestif of rau ma (liquified pennywort), available from the Ben Thanh market food hall for just $0.25. That brings your three-course meal with...