Vital Signs: Patterns: Craving Sweets? It May Be in Your Genes

Researchers have found that people with a common variant of a gene that helps the body handle sugar are more likely to crave foods like soda and cake.

Zrodlo (oryginalny wpis) na http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/20/health/nutrition/20patterns.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss,By ERIC NAGOURNEY

Vital Signs: Patterns: Craving Sweets? It May Be in Your Genes

Researchers have found that people with a common variant of a gene that helps the body handle sugar are more likely to crave foods like soda and cake.

Zrodlo (oryginalny wpis) na http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/20/health/nutrition/20patterns.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss,By ERIC NAGOURNEY

For an All-Organic Formula, Baby, That’s Sweet

A popular organic infant formula is sweetened with cane sugar, which babies may prefer but pediatricians do not.

Zrodlo (oryginalny wpis) na http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/19/us/19formula.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss,By JULIA MOSKIN

Vital Signs: Nostrums: To Prevent Pain in Infants, How About Sugar Water?

A new study finds that there is an anesthetic that is not only effective but also easy to administer and safe: sugar water.

Zrodlo (oryginalny wpis) na http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/04/health/research/04nost.html?ex=1362373200&en=8aceb25f4d89d0ff&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss,By NICHOLAS BAKALAR