The Times of India:
Fructose Puts You at Risk for a Wide Range of Diseases
National Geographic:
Can Sugar Make You Stupid? “High Concern” in Wake of Rat Study
By Charles Q. Choi, for National Geographic News |May 23rd 2012
We all know sugary diets can sabotage a waistline; now it turns out they might make brains flabby too.
Sweet drinks scrambled the memories and stunted learning in lab rats in a new study—leading to “high concern” over what sugary diets may do to people, according to neuroscientist Fernando Gomez-Pinilla…
Read the full article
The Age (Australia):
Medical News Today:
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/114536.php
The Oprah Magazine: What to Eat for Lunch
http://www.oprah.com/health/What-to-Eat-for-Lunch
United Press International:
http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2008/07/10/Omega-3_fatty_acids_best_from_food/UPI-10521215748350/
LiveScience:
http://www.livescience.com/health/080709-food-brain.html
The Economic Times:
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/News_By_Industry/A_balanced_diet_can_improve_your_thinking/articleshow/3220436.cms
UCLA NewsRoom
2016: Our selection for a 2016 Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Award for your NIH-funded research is among UCLA’s fourth best news story of 2016: http://newsroom.ucla.edu/
July 2008: Scientists learn how what you eat affects your brain — and those of your kids http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/scientists-learn-how-food-affects-52668
The Economist–“Food for Thought: Eat your way to a Better Brain”
http://www.economist.com/node/11745528
Media Reports:
- Die Wielt, Gernany, 2002.
- La Opinion, Los Angeles, CA, 2002.
- Texas Morning News, Texas, 2002.
- In Focus, Society for Neuroscience, 2002.
- Brain Briefings, Society for Neuroscience, 2002.
- Neurology Today, 2002.
- Exercise may speed spinal cord repair. Helen R. Pitcher, Nature(science update), article is fully based on our NIH-funded studies, November 10, 2003.
- com, Science News, May 25 2004. http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa003&articleID=000A30FD-3AC2-10B2-BAC283414B7F0000
- Science News article, Eat Smart: Foods may affect the brain as well as the body, vol. 169, #9, p. 136. http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20060304/bob8.asp
- Science News article, Buff and Brainy: Exercising the body can benefit the mind, vol. 169, #8, p. 122. http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20060225/bob10.asp
- Newsweek, Exercise and the Brain, March 2007
- National Geographic for Kids, May, 2007
- Los Angeles Times, Diet and the Brain, June 2007.
- The Economist, July 2008
- La Repubblica, Italy, July 2008
- Der Spiegel, Germany, July 2008
- El Mundo, Spain, August 2008
- Nexus Magazine, September 2008
- Microsoft Network, October 2008
- More than 100 articles written in international networks with regards to “foods and exercise and brain”
Web Links:
- http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11745528
- http://www.uclalumni.net/eNewsletters/Connect/Aug08/Aug08_LA.htm
- http://health.msn.com/nutrition/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100215826
- http://www.livescience.com/health/080806-brain-exercise.html
- http://www.elmundo.es/suplementos/salud/2008/767/1217023215.html
- Medical News Today: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/114536.php
- PsychCentral:http://psychcentral.com/news/2008/07/10/healthy-food-can-improve-mental-health/2587.html
- New Kerala.com (India): http://www.newkerala.com/one.php?action=fullnews&id=83751
- Barchester Healthcare (UK): http://www.barchester.com/Healthcare-News/Scientist-says-Omega-3-protects-against-dementia/376/2210
- Thaindian News: http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/south-asia/a-balanced-diet-can-help-maintain-brain-health_10069815.html
- http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/scientists-learn-how-food-affects-52668.aspx
- It is already posted on the popular LiveScience web site — http://www.livescience.com/health/080709-food-brain.html— and Yahoo News —
- http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080709/sc_livescience/gooddietexercisekeepbrainhealthy— and the ScienceDaily web site: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080709161922.htm
- It is also on the UC Newsroom web site: http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/18188
- Boston Globe: http://tinyurl.com/yzflq89
- Feature interview in “Redes para la Ciencia” Radio Television Espanola, Barcelona, Spain, November 2010.http://www.redesparalaciencia.com/
- <http://blogs.laweekly.com/squidink/2012/05/corn_syrup_can_make_you_stupid.php>
- Men’s Fitness <http://www.mensfitness.com/nutrition/what-to-eat/sugar-makes-you-stupid> ,
- Medical News Today <http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/245531.php>
- 24 Medica <http://www.24medica.com/content/view/2787/73/>
- and Britain’s Daily Express <http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/320606/Why-it-s-not-clever-to-eat-a-lot-of-sugar> ;
- May 16 by the Los Angeles Times <http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/opinion-la/la-ol-sugar-may-make-you-stupid-20120516,0,1823439.story>
- MSNBC <http://mediacenter.tveyes.com/downloadgateway.aspx?UserID=179923&MDID=1021764&MDSeed=7351&Type=Media>
- Mother Jones <http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2012/05/sugar-corn-syrup-dumb> ,
- Forbes <http://www.forbes.com/sites/alicegwalton/2012/05/16/fructose-may-make-you-stupid-but-omega-3s-can-smarten-you-back-up/>
- Huffington Post <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/16/sugar-makes-you-stupid-ucla_n_1521812.html>
- Huffington Post UK <http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/05/16/high-sugar-diet-sabotages-memory-health_n_1521340.html>
- Outside <http://www.outsideonline.com/blog/will-a-diet-of-corn-syrup-make-you-stupid.html>
- New York Daily News <http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/sugar-diet-rich-high-fructose-corn-syrup-hampers-thinking-study-rats-shows-article-1.1079233>
- Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel <http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/151713435.html#!page=1&pageSize=10&sort=newestfirst>
- Asian News International <http://zeenews.india.com/news/health/healthy-eating/binging-on-sweets-may-make-you-stupid_16994.html>
- Indo-Asian News Service <http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report_it-s-official-bingeing-on-soda-sweets-makes-you-a-dim-wit_1689715>
- Jezebel <http://jezebel.com/5910668/sugar-is-making-us-stupid>
- Minneapolis Star-Tribune <http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/blogs/151720785.html>
- Business Insider <http://www.businessinsider.com/sugar-diet-memory-2012-5>
- Blast <http://blastmagazine.com/the-magazine/culturefashion/sugar-shock-study-warns-that-high-fructose-corn-syrup-can-damage-memory-learning/>
- Examiner blogs (1 <http://www.examiner.com/article/study-reports-fructose-dumbs-down-your-brain>
- <http://www.examiner.com/article/new-study-claims-eating-sugar-can-make-you-dumb> )
- RTT Newswire <http://www.rttnews.com/1888045/sugar-can-effect-memory-learning-ability-study.aspx?type=hnr&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=sitemap>
- PsychCentral <http://psychcentral.com/news/2012/05/16/sugar-can-make-you-stupid/38747.html>
- Red Orbit <http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1112536098/can-too-much-sugar-make-you-stupid/>
- Britain’s Daily Mail <http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2145141/Does-sugar-make-stupid-Study-suggests-sabotages-learning-memory.html>
- Canada’s QMI Agency <http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/Lifestyle/healthfitness/2012/05/16/19764776.html>
- New Zealand’s Top News <http://topnews.net.nz/content/222648-diet-rich-sugar-content-can-make-person-stupid>
- Asian News International <http://www.aninews.in/newsdetail10/story51386/binging-on-sweets-may-make-you-stupid.html>
- The Press Trust of India <http://www.business-standard.com/generalnews/news/eating-too-much-sugar-can-make-you-dull-scientists/9348/>
- Spain’s ABC News <http://www.abc.es/salud/noticias/demasiada-azucar-hacer-perder-memoria-11981.html>
- El Economista <http://ecodiario.eleconomista.es/ciencia/noticias/3971618/05/12/El-consumo-de-azucar-te-vuelve-estupido.html>
- Venezuela’s El Nacional <http://www.el-nacional.com/noticia/35260/22/Consumir-mucha-azucar-nos-haria-perder-la-memoria.html>
- Peru Radio <http://www.rpp.com.pe/2012-05-16-consumir-demasiada-azucar-afecta-la-memoria-noticia_482425.html>
- Peru’s Radio Capital <http://www.capital.com.pe/2012-05-16-el-exceso-de-azucares-retarda-el-cerebro-segun-estudio-noticia_482557.html>
- Le Gran Epoca <http://www.lagranepoca.com/24305-consumo-excesivo-edulcorantes-afectaria-memoria-solo-6-semanas>
- As well as nearly 160 TV reports, including CBS <http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7408730n>
- Morning News, NBC’s Today Show, ABC’s Good Morning America, KCBS-Channel 2 <http://mediacenter.tveyes.com/downloadgateway.aspx?UserID=179923&MDID=1021767&MDSeed=2099&Type=Media>
- KTLA-Channel 5 <http://mediacenter.tveyes.com/downloadgateway.aspx?UserID=179923&MDID=1021761&MDSeed=3274&Type=Media>
- KABC-Channel 7 <http://mediacenter.tveyes.com/downloadgateway.aspx?UserID=179923&MDID=1021749&MDSeed=3297&Type=Media>
- KCAL-Channel 9; and May 15 by United Press International <http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2012/05/15/Fructose-diet-hampers-learning-memory/UPI-94981337138924/>
- Agence France-Presse <http://www.ottawacitizen.com/life/20say/6627537/story.html>
- Atlantic <http://www.theatlanticwire.com/technology/2012/05/many-mammals-wont-survive-climate-change-organism-eats-plastic/52385/>
- Digital Journal <http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/324968>
- Gawker <http://gawker.com/5910626/all-the-most-delicious-foods-are-making-you-dumb> ,
- Medical Xpress <http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-sugar-stupid-high-fructose-diet-sabotages.html>
- Live Science <http://www.livescience.com/20329-sugar-stupid.html>
- Global Post <http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/health/120515/high-fructose-corn-syrup-alters-learning-memory>
- Medical Daily <http://www.livescience.com/20329-sugar-stupid.html>
- Examiner <http://www.examiner.com/article/what-to-eat-before-school-exams-that-increases-memory-learning>
- Blog, among numerous other media outlets. May 24 by the Philippine Star <http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=809967&publicationSubCategoryId=75> ;
- May 22 by National Geographic <http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/05/120522-sugar-stupid-rats-high-fructose-corn-syrup-health-science/>
- The Toronto Star <http://www.thestar.com/living/health/article/1180992–liars-elude-the-emotionally-intelligent>
- Pacific Standard <http://www.psmag.com/health/high-fructose-cram-session-42326/>
- May 21 by OncLive <http://www.onclive.com/social-media/Nurses_Blogs/0512/Sugar-Fueled-Diets>
- May 20 by the Alaska Dispatch <http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/study-sweets-make-you-dumb-salmon-makes-you-smart>
- May 19 by Iran’s Press TV <http://presstv.com/detail/2012/05/19/241951/sugary-diet-impairs-learning-and-memory/>
- Smart Planet <http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/smart-takes/your-brain-on-sugar-damaging-for-learning-and-memory/26533>
- New Jersey Newsroom <http://www.newjerseynewsroom.com/healthquest/its-the-sugar-stupid-study-examines-high-fructose-syrups-brain-impact>
- The Stir <http://thestir.cafemom.com/healthy_living/137833/how_to_keep_your_sweet> ;
- May 18 by MedPage Today <http://www.medpagetoday.com/LabNotes/LabNotes/32781> ,
- CBS News <http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504763_162-57436613-10391704/sugar-may-make-you-stupid-but-omega-3-might-mitigate-the-effect-rat-study-suggests/>
- Yahoo! <http://ph.omg.yahoo.com/news/preserve-brainpower-avoiding-high-fructose-processed-foods-study-085929371.html>
- Discovery News <http://news.discovery.com/human/are-sweets-stupid-120518.html>
- Pakistan News Service <http://paktribune.com/news/Binging-on-sweets-may-make-you-stupid-249896.html>
- Monsters and Critics <http://www.monstersandcritics.com/lifestyle/consumerhealth/features/article_1698268.php/Sugar-dumbs-you-down-DHA-Omega-3-good-for-the-brain-new-study-reveals>
- Science A Gogo, <http://www.scienceagogo.com/news/20120417183859data_trunc_sys.shtml>
- Diets in Review <http://www.dietsinreview.com/diet_column/05/fructose-makes-rats-dumber-study-shows/>
- Emax Health <http://www.emaxhealth.com/1506/excess-sugar-rots-your-teeth-and-your-brain>
- Food Navigator <http://www.foodnavigator.com/Science-Nutrition/Sugar-makes-you-dumber-fish-oil-can-help-research>
- May 17 by Forbes <http://www.forbes.com/sites/gerganakoleva/2012/05/17/binging-on-sugar-weakens-memory-ucla-study-shows/>
- The Los Angeles Time <http://www.latimes.com/health/boostershots/la-fructose-makes-rats-stupid-brain-20120517,0,2305241.story
Highlights for years 2014 and 2015 are:
Special feature programs by the PBS television, National Geographic, Russian television.
- https://www.dropbox.com/s/pk9e1hx93hazwnc/Brain%20Preview.mov?dl=0
- http://www.vesti.ru/videos?vid=428308&cid=1320
- http://russia2.tv/video/show/brand_id/3829/video_id/134079
- Our 2016 research in eBiomedicine, showing that fructose consumption impacts genes related to neurological disorders generated substantial news coverage, including the following:
- Forbes:
- http://www.forbes.com/sites/daviddisalvo/2016/04/26/diets-heavy-in-fructose-damage-genes-related-to-memory-and-metabolism-says-study/#5ece67126863
- Healthline News:
- http://www.healthline.com/health-news/sugar-heavy-diets-alter-genes
- Sydney Morning Herald:
- http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/diet-and-fitness/fructose-leaves-you-puzzled-and-theres-something-fishy-about-the-solution-20160426-gof20g.html
- The Telegraph (UK):
- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/food-and-drink/news/sugar-can-cause-brain-damage-claim-scientists-but-salmon-reverse/
- The Age (Australia):
- http://www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/diet-and-fitness/fructose-leaves-you-puzzled-and-theres-something-fishy-about-the-solution-20160426-gof20g.html
- AOL News:
- http://www.aol.com/article/2016/04/24/fructose-linked-to-disease-causing-changes-in-brain/21350185/
- The Times of India:
- http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/diet/Fructose-puts-you-at-risk-of-wide-range-of-diseases/articleshow/51955623.cms
- Yahoo News/Indo Asian News Service:
- https://www.yahoo.com/beauty/balance-sweet-tooth-lots-salmon-162507862.html
- https://in.news.yahoo.com/fructose-puts-risk-wide-range-diseases-050614409.html(Yahoo India News)
- https://sg.news.yahoo.com/high-fructose-diet-damage-brain-genes-125603554.html(Yahoo Singapore News)
- Asian News International:
- http://www.aninews.in/newsdetail10/story261514/fructose-puts-you-at-risk-of-wide-range-of-diseases.html
- ScienceDaily:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/04/160422091900.htmEurekAlert (American Association for the Advancement of Science):
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-04/uoc–fah042116.phpUCLA Health:
https://www.uclahealth.org/news/fructose-alters-hundreds-of-brain-genes-which-can-lead-to-a-wide-range-of-diseases - UCLA Newsroom:
- http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/fructose-alters-hundreds-of-brain-genes-which-can-lead-to-a-wide-range-of-diseases
- ScienMag:
http://scienmag.com/fructose-alters-hundreds-of-brain-genes-which-can-lead-to-a-wide-range-of-diseases/Medical News Today:
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/309479.php - Health Newsline:
- http://www.healthnewsline.net/study-fructose-damages-genes-brain-omega-3-dha-restores/2535246/
- Elle:
- http://www.elle.com/beauty/health-fitness/news/a35926/omega-3-sugar-study/
- Good Food:
- http://www.wellandgood.com/good-food/omega-3s-offset-sugar/
- The Science Explorer:
- http://thescienceexplorer.com/brain-and-body/fructose-alters-hundreds-brain-genes-researchers-warn
- Bangalore Mirror:
- http://www.bangaloremirror.com/others/sci-tech/Fruit-sugar-changes-brain-genes-leading-to-diseases/articleshow/51997051.cms
- Uncommon Wisdom Daily:
- http://www.uncommonwisdomdaily.com/deadly-sugar-discovered-to-alter-hundreds-of-genes-in-your-brain-22626
- Teen Vogue:
- http://www.teenvogue.com/story/omega-3-diet-offset-unhealthy-effects-of-sugar
- Consumer Affairs:
- https://www.consumeraffairs.com/news/ucla-researchers-claim-sweeteners-can-cause-brain-damage-042916.html
- Healthline News:
- http://www.healthline.com/health-news/sugar-heavy-diets-alter-genes
- Here is more news coverage of your NIH-funded EBioMedicine research:
- com:
- https://www.yahoo.com/beauty/balance-sweet-tooth-lots-salmon-162507862.html
- The Telegraph (UK):
- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/food-and-drink/news/sugar-can-cause-brain-damage-claim-scientists-but-salmon-reverse/
- The Age (Australia):
- http://www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/diet-and-fitness/fructose-leaves-you-puzzled-and-theres-something-fishy-about-the-solution-20160426-gof20g.html
- com:
- http://uproxx.com/life/reverse-sugar-damage/
- Health Newsline:
- http://www.healthnewsline.net/study-fructose-damages-genes-brain-omega-3-dha-restores/2535246/
- The Sun (UK):
- http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/7110736/Sugar-can-cause-brain-damage-and-lead-to-a-range-of-other-diseases-including-Alzheimers-and-ADH-claim-scientists.html
- Forbes:
- http://www.forbes.com/sites/daviddisalvo/2016/04/26/diets-heavy-in-fructose-damage-genes-related-to-memory-and-metabolism-says-study/#5ece67126863
- Sydney Morning Herald:
- http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/diet-and-fitness/fructose-leaves-you-puzzled-and-theres-something-fishy-about-the-solution-20160426-gof20g.html
- Elle:
- http://www.elle.com/beauty/health-fitness/news/a35926/omega-3-sugar-study/
- Good Food:
- http://www.wellandgood.com/good-food/omega-3s-offset-sugar/
- The Science Explorer:
- http://thescienceexplorer.com/brain-and-body/fructose-alters-hundreds-brain-genes-researchers-warn
- Bangalore Mirror:
- http://www.bangaloremirror.com/others/sci-tech/Fruit-sugar-changes-brain-genes-leading-to-diseases/articleshow/51997051.cms
- News-Medical.net:
- http://www.news-medical.net/news/20160425/Fructose-common-in-western-diet-can-damage-brain-genes.aspx
- AOL News:
- http://www.aol.com/article/2016/04/24/fructose-linked-to-disease-causing-changes-in-brain/21350185/
- The Times of India:
- http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/diet/Fructose-puts-you-at-risk-of-wide-range-of-diseases/articleshow/51955623.cms
- Yahoo News/Indo Asian News Service:
- https://in.news.yahoo.com/fructose-puts-risk-wide-range-diseases-050614409.html(Yahoo India News)
- https://sg.news.yahoo.com/high-fructose-diet-damage-brain-genes-125603554.html(Yahoo Singapore News)
- Asian News International:
- http://www.aninews.in/newsdetail10/story261514/fructose-puts-you-at-risk-of-wide-range-of-diseases.html
- UC Newsroom:
- http://universityofcalifornia.edu/news/fructose-alters-hundreds-brain-genes-which-can-lead-range-diseases
- Currently on home page:http://universityofcalifornia.edu/
- Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News:
- http://www.genengnews.com/gen-news-highlights/fructose-disrupts-brain-gene-networks-omega-3-restores-them/81252653/
- com:
- http://www.healthcanal.com/genetics-birth-defects/72425-fructose-alters-hundreds-of-brain-genes-which-can-lead-to-a-wide-range-of-diseases.html
- Eurasia Review:
- http://www.eurasiareview.com/24042016-fructose-alters-hundreds-of-brain-genes-can-lead-to-wide-range-of-diseases/
- co.uk:
- http://www.diabetes.co.uk/news/2016/apr/omega-3-dha-reverses-fructose-induced-dna-damage-responsible-for-diabetes-researchers-find-97046766.html
- The HealthSite:
- http://www.thehealthsite.com/news/fructose-or-fruit-sugar-can-put-you-at-risk-of-various-diseases-ag0416/
- Business Standard:
- http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/high-fructose-diet-can-damage-brain-genes-116042400530_1.html
- com:
- http://www.examiner.com/article/omega-3-may-reverse-negative-effects-off-fructose-on-the-brain
- NDTV:
- http://food.ndtv.com/food-drinks/food-for-thought-are-you-on-a-high-fructose-diet-1399134
- SciTechDaily:
- http://scitechdaily.com/new-study-shows-fructose-alters-brain-genes-which-can-lead-to-disease/
- ScienceDaily:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/04/160422091900.htmEurekAlert (American Association for the Advancement of Science):
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-04/uoc–fah042116.phpUCLA Health:
https://www.uclahealth.org/news/fructose-alters-hundreds-of-brain-genes-which-can-lead-to-a-wide-range-of-diseasesMedical News Today:
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/309479.phpcom:
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-04-fructose-hundreds-brain-genes-wide.htmlBioscienceTechnology:
http://www.biosciencetechnology.com/printpdf/newsA/2016/04/fructose-alters-hundreds-brain-genes-which-can-lead-wide-range-diseases - Selection for a 2016 Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Award for your NIH-funded research
- Our NIH-funded EBioMedicine researchwas UCLA’s fourth best news story of 2016: http://newsroom.ucla.edu/