All About Sugar

 

What about soft drinks – don't they make you fat?

Doesn't eating sugary foods cause a rush in blood sugar, followed by a low?

Will eating sugar, and other carbohydrates, give me 'Syndrome X' or the Metabolic Syndrome?

 

These, and many other, questions will be answered as you browse through the Carb Facts section.

 

General information on sugar, types, uses, origins etc can be found in the fully-referenced Sugar – The Facts section.

 

And finally, for some interesting, and sometime amusing, facts about sugar, visit the Sugar Trivia section.

• HEALTH PROFESSIONALS

  

  Visit this section to find out more about our resources – Nutrition in Practice and Patient Leaflets.

• FOR SCHOOLS

  

  Discover the history and geography of sugar, together with how it is produced.

• SCIENCE CENTRE

  

  Visit the Science Centre to read the latest research on carbohydrate nutrition.