Sugar industry research shows sugary drinks don't cause weight gain

According to an August 12, 2010 EurekAlert! news release, The Sugar Bureau in the U.K. reports in a new study that Research shows sugary drinks do not cause weight gain. The four most addictive foods are sugar, chocolate, cheese, and meat.

But what does sugar drinks contribute to? And why drink sugar when you can simply apply it directly to your hips in a bath? Or make a sugar mask to tighten the skin on your face? See the article, Dangers of Refined Sugar.

Meanwhile, locally at U.C. Davis in the Sacramento-Davis regional area, you're wanted to participate in a dose response sugar study. Is it true that sugary drinks don't cause weight gain?

Or is that what the various sugar industries around the world want you to know and are in some way behind the various studies in different parts of the world. After all, where is sugar less expensive than in the US? Mexico, is one example. In Mexico, in general, soda is sweetened with sugar and not with high fructose corn syrup like it is in the USA. In this country, high fructose corn syrup is cheaper in price than the raw sugar.

People are consuming more sugar in the USA. Scientists at the University of California, Davis and the USDA are conducting a research study to determine the effects that drinking 3 sugar-sweetened beverages each day has on a person´s metabolism.

UC Davis needs healthy men and women, age 18-40, who:

* Are willing to drink 3 sugar-sweetened beverages each day for approximately 18 days
* Are non-smokers and not taking thyroid, lipid-lowering, diabetes, depression or blood pressure medications
* Have extra time to devote to helping us answer this important question

Participation in this study requires a significant time commitment:

* The entire study lasts approximately 23 days.
* For portions of the study you will need to live (at no expense with all food provided) at the Clinical Research Center at the Sacramento VA Hospital located at Mather Field.
o For 3 ½ days at the beginning of the study
o For 3 ½ days at the end of the study
* You will be compensated approximately $1,080 for completing the study.

source: examiner