Cutting Back on Sugar

CBNNews.com - Americans swallow about 22 teaspoons of sugar each day.
    
The majority of the excess sugar comes from drinking soft drinks. Eating candy, cakes and cookies doesn't help either.
    
Now in a newly released scientific statement, the American Heart Association says it is time to cut way back.

"Take a good hard look at your diet," said Rachel K. Johnson, the statement's lead author and a professor of nutrition at the University of Vermont in Burlington.

"Figure out where the sources of added sugars are and think about how to cut back on that."       
    
Women should have no more than six teaspoons of sugar a day. It is the equivalent of about 100 calories.

All About Vitamin B

Health & Age - Would B vitamin treatment be indicated for an 82-year-old woman who experiences sleeping problems, fatigue, and muscle pain? If B vitamin treatment would be appropriate, which vitamin should be used and what would be the preferred method of treatment?

There are a few disorders attributed to the loss of Vitamin B. As there are several types of vitamin B, I have listed them for you.

A deficiency of vitamin B12, also called pernicious anemia, is a common disorder causing muscle aches, numbness, paresthesiae (pins and needles) and loss of vibratory sense in the legs. The associated anemia could cause tiredness and fatigue.

Vitamin B12 is absorbed in the intestines. A substance called intrinsic factor secreted by the cells lining the stomach is needed for the absorption of this vitamin. If intrinsic factor is absent then the vitamin is not able to be absorbed into the system. People that have had previous stomach surgeries are susceptible to loss of intrinsic factor.