She also eliminated bread and pasta and reduced her intake of sugar, salt and processed foods.

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They reduced the amount of sugar they were eating, swapped white bread for whole grain and started planning high-protein meals with lots of vegetables.

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By looking at the two statements, it will be seen that West India sugar was actually reduced in quantity 1, 717, 868 cwts.

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Heavy rain in the UK and Spain reduced sugarbeet yields - which helped to raise sugar prices in the short-term, but is expected slow down the rate of sugar production in factories this year.

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These patients saw their LDL cholesterol reduced 25%, as compared to 4% who took a sugar pill instead of Zetia.

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More research is being conducted on this subject, but what seems clear in any case is that a reduced level of BDNF is bad news for our brains, and chronic sugar consumption is one of the worst inhibitory culprits.

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Within three seasons he could claim two national titles, but after an Orange Bowl loss in his sixth year (not to mention an upset national title game loss to Alabama in the 1993 Sugar Bowl) the one-time hottest coach in football was reduced to challenging a disgruntled Hurricanes fan to a fight after the previously mentioned loss.

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