Sweet Everywhere

Sweeteners (with different names) and alcohol are everywhere, even in your mouthwash products:

Of course, we don't drink it, I'm just wondering what effect it has on dental health.

Other names for sugar and sweeteners:

1. Anhydrous dextrose
2. Agave nectar
3. Beet sugar
4. Brown sugar (light and dark brown)
5. Cane juice (solids)
6. Cane sugar/syrup
7. Carob syrup
8. Caster sugar
9. Coconut sugar
10. Confectioners’ sugar
11. Corn syrup (solids)
12. Crystalline fructose
13. Date sugar
14. Demerara sugar
15. Dextran
16. Dextrose
17. Dehydrated cane juice

18. Dulcitol

19. Erythritol
20. Evaporated cane juice
21. Evaporated cane syrup
22. Evaporated sugar cane
23. Fructose
24. Fructose crystals
25. Fruit juice crystals
26. Fruit juice concentrate
27. Glazing sugar
28. Glucose
29. Glucose syrup
30. Golden sugar
31. Golden syrup
32. Granulated sugar
33. High-fructose corn syrup (HFCS)
34. Honey
35. Icing sugar
36. Invert sugar/syrup
37. King’s syrup
38. Lactose

39. Levulose
40. Maple sugar/syrup

41. Maltodextrin
42. Maltose
43. Malt sugar/syrup

44. Mannitol

45. Mannose
46. Molasses
47. Muscovado
48. Nectar
49. Pancake syrup
50. Panocha
51. Powdered sugar
52. Raw sugar
53. Refiners’ syrup

54. Saccharose

55. Sorbitol
56. Sorghum (syrup)
57. Sucanat

58. Sucralose
59. Sucrose
60. Sugar
61. Superfine sugar
62. Table sugar
63. Treacle
64. Turbinado sugar
65. White sugar

66. Xylitol 

67. Xylose
68. Yellow sugar

Modern Epidemic

“When diet is wrong, medicine is of no use. When diet is right, medicine is not needed.“ 
- Ayurvedic wisdom

Obesity and chronic diseases

Today, obesity is increasing at an alarming rate. Fat tissue growth increases our risk for chronic diseases, such as diabetes, cancer, heart disease etc. By this logic, if we lose fat tissue, we also reduce our risk for these diseases at the same time. So, what makes us fat?