How fake sugars sneak into foods and disrupt metabolic health: Artificial sweeteners and other sugar substitutes sweeten foods without extra calories. But studies show the ingredients can affect gut and heart health. - "Another study published in Nature Medicine linked the sugar substitute erythritol to higher rates of heart attacks and strokes. The researchers found that when people consumed erythritol in amounts commonly found in processed foods it stayed in their systems for days and had the potential to promote blood clots.
The Calorie Control Council challenged the study results, saying they are 'contrary to decades of scientific research.'"
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As Virginia restores quail habitats, their unique call is heard again: ‘I don’t want to shoot them anymore — I just like to see them around and hear them whistle,’ said a landowner - "Over decades, a thick specialty grass called fescue has been more widely used on suburban lawns because it can tolerate a variety of climates and on farms because it can handle heavy grazing by cattle, but it’s terrible for quail. It’s too thick for quail to walk through, and quail chicks — which are the size of bumblebees at birth — often get stuck in the morning dew on fescue, sometimes getting so wet and cold that they die from hypothermia."
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