Carbohydrate Quality

From eNewsletter 6/23/2025

DID YOU KNOW that the FDA approved three new natural color additives? As they phase out artificial colors, these are the three new approvedfood dyes:

• Butterfly pea flower extract creates bright blues, purples and natural greens in crackers, hard pretzels, plain potato and corn chips, tortilla and multigrain chips, snack mixes, alcoholic beverages, candy, coated nuts, dairy, fruit, sports drinks, fruit and vegetable juices, gums, ice creams, ready-to-drink teas, nutritional beverages, and yogurt.

• Calcium phosphate is approved as a white color for candy melts, doughnut sugar, ready-to-eat chicken products, and sugar.

• Galdieria extract blue is a unicellular red algae that can now be used in a range of products, including breakfast cereal coatings, chewing gums, flavored frostings, frozen fruits, fruit drinks, smoothies, juices, soft candy, water ices, popsicles, and various dairy products.

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Supplement Personalization for Infertility

From eNewsletter 6/18/2025

DID YOU KNOW that greater maternal warmth, defined as more praise, positive tone of voice and acts of affection, has previously been shown to predict better health across the lifespan?

A study published in JAMA Psychiatry found that children who experience more maternal warmth at age 3 have more positive perceptions of social safety at age 14, which in turn predicts better physical and mental health outcomes at age 17.

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New Form of Sugar Addiction

From eNewsletter 6/16/2025

DID YOU KNOW that according to a study from PLOS Medicine, exposure to emulsifiers, preservatives, and artificial colors, mostly correlated with broths, dairy desserts, and sauces, were positively associated with a higher incidence of type 2 diabetes?

As you can see, it's not just sugar and artificial sweeteners that lead to blood sugar disorders, but other food chemicals as well.

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