1/2 cheer for the NAS. (Three Cheers!).For the first time, the National Academy of Sciences acknowledged that there's a difference between the empty-calorie refined sugars in soft drinks and pastries and the sugars that occur naturally in nutrient-rich fruits and milk. And for the first time, the NAS (1) See network access server. (2) (Network Attached Storage) A specialized file server that connects to the network. A NAS device contains a slimmed-down operating system and a file system and processes only I/O requests by supporting the popular has said that eating more than a certain amount of refined sugars could be harmful. But the Academy set the "danger" level too high. It said that eating more than 25 percent of calories from refined sugars could lead to vitamin or mineral deficiencies Mineral Deficiency Definition The term mineral deficiency means a condition where the concentration of any one of the minerals essential to human health is abnormally low in the body. . Several members of the committee told me that they didn't did·n't Contraction of did not. didn't did not didn't do mean to imply that anything up to 25 percent was safe. Yet that's the way many will interpret their report. In fact, refined sugars should make up no more than ten percent of calories, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. most health authorities. Michael F. Jacobson, Ph.D Executive Director Center for Science in the Public Interest |
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