Is Blood Sugar Monitoring the Next Fitness Metric Everyone Needs?
Once reserved for people with diabetes, blood sugar monitors are now available over-the-counter. Two doctors explain what ...
Sugary Drinks Are Fueling a Global Epidemic of Chronic Illness, According to a New Study
A new study analyzed data from 2.9 million individuals across 118 countries and found that consumption of sugar-sweetened ...
Abbott launches its first over-the-counter continuous glucose monitor in the U.S.
Glucose is a sugar molecule that comes from food, and it's the body's main energy source. Continuous glucose monitors have ...
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Lesson 5.4: Why Does Water Dissolve Sugar?
The sucrose molecule has many oxygen-hydrogen (O–H) bonds which are polar. The charge-density model shows the positive areas near the hydrogen atom as blue and the negative area near the oxygen atom ...
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Sugary Drinks Are Fueling a Global Epidemic of Chronic Illness, According to a New Study
However, it does need glucose, a sugar molecule, for energy. Your body typically gets glucose from breaking down carbohydrates, although it can also get glucose from proteins and fat. Still ...