Carbohydrate Nutrition News


May 22, 2013 - Carbohydrate Nutrition News

Sugar and metabolic health – a systematic review of human intervention studies

The effects of sucrose on metabolic health: a systematic review of human intervention studies in healthy adults....

May 6, 2013 - Carbohydrate Nutrition News

CSI presented at the Student & Trainee Symposium at the Canadian Nutrition Society Annual Meeting

The Canadian Sugar Institute's Manager of Nutrition and Scientific Affairs, Dr. Tristin Brisbois, presented at the 2013 professional development Student & Trainee Symposium "Communicating your professional brand" offered as part of the Canadian Nutrition Society Annual Meeting program....

January 7, 2013 - Carbohydrate Nutrition News

Sugar is NOT toxic: Scientific perspectives on an unfounded hypothesis

Robert Lustig, a pediatric endocrinologist at the University of California, has garnered significant media and public attention by promoting his controversial view that sugar (or more specifically fructose) is “toxic” and responsible for obesity and other serious chronic diseases....

January 4, 2013 - Carbohydrate Nutrition News

New Resources: Breakfast Consumption, Brain Function, and School Performance

The Canadian Sugar Institute Nutrition Information Service is pleased to provide you with the newest editions of our health professional and consumer resources....

October 22, 2012 - Carbohydrate Nutrition News

CSI is exhibiting and presenting at the Canadian Diabetes Association Conference in Vancouver, BC, October 10-13, 2012

The Canadian Sugar Institute (CSI) will be exhibiting at the Canadian Diabetes Association / Canadian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism Professional Conference in Vancouver, BC from October 10-13, 2012....

October 12, 2012 - Carbohydrate Nutrition News

Concerned Children's Advertisers and Canadian Sugar Institute create Science of Food classroom video

The Canadian Sugar Institute (CSI) has worked with Concerned Children's Advertisers (CCA), the Digital Video Group and a teacher consultant to create an interactive video for the integrated teaching resource Nature's Sweet Mystery....

August 23, 2012 - Carbohydrate Nutrition News

Four-part series reviewing the science of sugars: Role in foods, diet and health

A four-part examination of the science of sugars, produced by the International Food Information Council (IFIC) Foundation, will be published in editions of the peer-reviewed journal Nutrition Today. Part one of the series is currently available on the journal’s website....

June 14, 2012 - Carbohydrate Nutrition News

CSI is exhibiting and presenting at the Dietitians of Canada National Conference in Toronto, ON, June 14 -16, 2012

The Canadian Sugar Institute (CSI) will be exhibiting at the Dietitians of Canada National Conference in Toronto, ON from June 14-16, 2012....

June 4, 2012 - Carbohydrate Nutrition News

Consumer understanding of sugars claims on food and drink products

Consumer understanding of nutrition and health claims is a key aspect of current regulations in the European Union (EU)....

May 7, 2012 - Carbohydrate Nutrition News

CSI is presenting at the Canadian Nutrition Society Annual Meeting in Vancouver, BC, May 23-25, 2012

The Canadian Sugar Institute's Manager of Nutrition and Scientific Affairs, Dr. Tristin Brisbois, will participate in the research poster presentations at the Canadian Nutrition Society Annual Meeting in Vancouver, BC....