Diabetes Designs Announces Debut of New Colorful Carrying Cases for Glucose Meters

Diabetes Designs Announces Debut of New Colorful Carrying Cases for Glucose Meters

FDA and Coca-Cola at War Over Stevia and Regulatory Power

December 17, 2008 - With Coke about ready to start selling stevia-sweetened products without FDA approval, the FDA realizes it must preempt Coke's launch of these products by quickly issuing a letter "authorizing" Coke to market stevia-sweetened beverages, or else it will lose fa …

Research Proves Sugar Is Addictive

A study using rats offers scientific proof for what many dieters already know: Sugar is addictive. The research showed bingeing on sugar can act on the brain in ways very similar to a drug abuse. It can produced behavioral and even neurochemical changes that

Americans may soon be sweet on stevia

Excerpt: There is a new sweetener on the horizon that may soon get FDA approval for use as an ingredient in food and beverage products here in the United States. Stevia is a shrub-like plant native to South America and part of the chrysanthemum family.