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The dessert we all order without thinking – and it is actually a sugar bomb

Frozen yogurt is not necessarily the healthier choice among desserts. However, with a few right choices, you can enjoy it without guilt.

Frozen yogurt
Sugar

Sugar or Allulose – the truth revealed

Sugar–free wafers

Sugar–free wafers – Are they really suitable for diabetes?

Is maple syrup really healthier than sugar?

Is maple syrup really healthier than sugar?


Six easy steps to help you consume less sugar

Most of us consume too much sugar. Reducing sugar intake will help with weight loss and make you feel healthier. 

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Israeli researchers uncover dangers of artificial sweeteners- study

Ben-Gurion University researcher Ariel Kushmaro noted that there is little accurate labeling of artificial sweeteners on products, which makes it difficult to know how much each product contains. 

WHY IS sugar addictive?

Taxes on sugary drinks, disposable utensils set for easy approvals

Proposed taxes on sugary drinks and disposable utensils are likely to be approved into law soon, following the Finance Ministry signaling that they will be removed from the Economic Arrangements Law.

Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman checks food prices at a Jerusalem supermarket.

Produce board: Buy more fresh fruit for Tu Bishvat this year

Although dried fruits are traditionally consumed for the winter holiday, adding fresh fruit to the table has more benefits

Tzvi Alon CEO of Plants Production & Marketing Board

Could stevia be bad for your health? New study raises red flag

Popular sugar substitute found to impair gut microbiome communications, but Israeli scientists say further experiments needed.

WHY IS sugar addictive?

Fears surge in demand for hand sanitiser could fuel child labor

Sugarcane is used to make ethanol for alcohol-based gels and seven of the world's largest sugarcane producers have a high to extreme risk of child and forced labor.

A bottle of Purell hand sanitizer sits next to campaign canvass packets at a field office for Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) in Graniteville, South Carolina, U.S., February 28, 2020

Israel's food labeling reform: What do consumers say?

Reform requires red warning labels on all food and beverage products with high levels of sodium, sugar or saturated fat.

Red 'traffic light' nutrition labels are seen on cream cheese products on Israeli supermarket shelves.