Psychology Today: Nutrition: How Sweet It Is

"Nutrition: How Sweet it Is"

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"Nutrition: How Sweet it Is"

It states:

"sugar is now being hailed as a healing substance at the forefront of a revolutionary science called glyconutrition"
and

"Glyconutrients also play key roles in stressed states. Over activation of the stress response is now thought to be the primary mechanism of depression."

and

"until we better understand how to heal ourselves with what we choose to eat, these so-called 'sweet medicines' can be found in powdery nutritional supplements, derived from plant substances. But your best bet, as always, is to eat a variety of unprocessed foods".

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http://www.psychologytoday.com/htdocs/prod/PTOArticle/pto-20040608-000001.asp