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Simple Machines link to a website that has been helping us as we go...

@http://www.edheads.org/activities/simple-machines/

The following links will be used for our Nutrition Unit: Please note, due to the source of the videos, there are some advertisements embedded in the videos.

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= Magic of Healthy Living -- Kickoff -- [|Disney] Channel Official =

media type="custom" key="13825246" align="right" =Is sugar toxic?= April 1, 2012 4:00 PM Dr. Sanjay Gupta reports on new research showing that beyond weight gain, sugar can take a serious toll on your health, worsening conditions ranging from heart disease to cancer.

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=Sugar and kids: The toxic truth= April 1, 2012 6:48 PM By[| 60 Minutes Overtime Staff]

=From fructose to fat media type="custom" key="13825296" align="right"= April 1, 2012 4:00 PM Biochemist Jean-Marc Schwarz uses cutting edge mass spectrometry to show how fructose turns into a type of fat that can increase risk factors for heart disease.

=media type="custom" key="13825312" align="right"= =Calories: not all created equal= April 1, 2012 4:00 PM A groundbreaking study by nutritional biologist Kimber Stanhope shows that calories from added sugars are associated with an increased risk of heart disease in just two weeks.

media type="custom" key="13825330" align="right" =Fruit vs. sugary drinks= April 1, 2012 4:00 PM Though fruit contains sugars, nutritional biologist Kimber Stanhope says it also has nutritional value and isn't absorbed by the body in the same way as sugary drinks.

media type="custom" key="13825376" align="right" =How fructose builds belly fat= April 1, 2012 4:00 PM Dr. John McGahan of U.C. Davis explains his research, which shows that in overweight and obese people, consumption of 25% of their calories as fructose quickly leads to an increase in belly fat.

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