Sugar In Diet Linked To Type 2 Diabetes

Dr. Robert Lustig is the anti-sugar man. In his popular YouTube lecture, "Sugar: The Bitter Truth,", a subsequent profile in the New York Times Magazine and his best-selling book, Fat Chance: Beating the Odds Against Sugar, Processed Food, Obesity and Disease he explains how the sweeteners in our food contribute to metabolic disorders associated with obesity. But Lustig believes we shouldn't associate these illnesses only with a high body mass index (BMI). In a new study published in PLoS One, Lustig of the University of California, San Francisco, and Dr. Sanjay Basu of Stanford University set out to show that the availability of added sugar in the human diet may have a direct effect on Type 2 diabetes rates, independent of obesity levels, calorie intakes and many other related factors. Opinion: My mom has Type 2 diabetes, and I make her eat as healthy as she can, and she has been losing a lot of weight which her doctor says is great.

Hawaii Makes You Happy!

According to the poll, Aloha State residents were most likely to rate their lives as "thriving," scoring themselves high in areas such as emotional health and work environment. My Opinion: I have always wanted to go to Hawaii, I thought it would be a very nice trip for summer.

Police On The Search

Police are on an "intense" and "extremely focused" nationwide manhunt for the occupants of a black Range Rover at the center of a shooting on the Las Vegas strip that claimed three lives. The incident involved a Maserati that was shot at and subsequently crashed into a taxi, which caught fire.

Xbox 720

It looks like this week’s unveiling of the PlayStation 4 caught one company by surprise and are deciding to unveil their new console earlier than expected. According to a handful of developers and industry professionals, including a Sony official, it’s said that the Redmond-based company was caught “off-guard” by the PS4 announcement and is currently scrambling to get the Xbox 720 revealed earlier than expected.

Medical Marijuana

A bipartisan bill introduced in the state House this week would amend Michigan’s Medical Marijuana Act to explicitly allow local governments to permit and regulate dispensaries as “medical marijuana provisioning centers.” The bill comes on the heels of a Feb. 8 opinion by the Michigan Supreme Court ruling the existing law does not allow dispensaries where marijuana is sold or transferred. Following that ruling, Attorney General Bill Schuette notified the state’s 83 county prosecutors that dispensaries can be shut down as public nuisances.

Asteroid!!!

Nearest approach at 2:24 p.m. EST/1924 GMT on Friday * No chance of impact, scientists say * Encounter will cause asteroid's orbit to change The article will tell you all about this asteroid!

Stranded Carnival Cruise Ship

A Carnival cruise ship in the Gulf of Mexico with more than 4,200 passengers and crew will be towed to port after a weekend engine fire left it dead in the water, a cruise line official said. The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Vigorous arrived early Monday to aid the stranded ship. The first of two tugboats is expected on the scene by midday, said Greg Magee, commander of the Vigorous. This Article will tell you more about the cruise ship.