sugar
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The diet emphasizes fresh fruits and vegetables, fish, nuts, and olive oil — and limiting foods like red meat, cheese and sugar.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 16, 2026
Cook the carrots: Cook the carrot, butter, brown sugar, zest and salt over medium-low heat for about 20 minutes, stirring occasionally, until soft and jammy.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
Hyaluronic acid is a naturally occurring sugar molecule in the body and is known as a "moisture magnet" as it grabs hold of water.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Medical practices collect their payments in full only when their patients’ blood pressure or blood sugar actually improves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
"Tell me your secret, Kendra. Please? Pretty please? With sugar on top?"
From "Scream for Ice Cream: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #2" by Carolyn Keene
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"An hour or two of exposure is enough to trigger glycosylation, or the binding of smoke to the sugars in the grapes," said oenology consultant Clement Prelat, who is advising winemakers in the area.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
Sodha says that limiting each plant to 750ml of water a day produces "rich, highly concentrated sugars and aromas instead of water-logged, bland fruits".
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
During photosynthesis, plants use sunlight to convert CO2 and water into sugars while releasing oxygen back into the atmosphere.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026
To investigate how the sugars influence the brain, researchers recorded neural activity in mice after exposure to fructose and glucose.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 26, 2026
Mixed in with the sugars are important minerals the grasses have drawn up from the soil.
From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan
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"Nah, nah, nah. I used to use sugared hot water, before the days of hair lacquer. And I couldn't afford hair lacquer, anyway."
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2025
The sugared cranberries on top, of course, stole the show.
From Salon ● Dec. 19, 2024
Generations of rockers would strive to replicate the sugared hard rock of the Raspberries but Carmen wound up softening his attack after he parted ways with the group.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2024
Takeout: The Much Ado About Stuffing pickup feast includes a 14-pound natural turkey ready to roast in your oven, gravy, stuffing, mashed potatoes, brown sugared yams, roasted Brussels sprouts and roasted delicata squash.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 15, 2023
When Wragg returned and told us that the corridor had been successfully sugared from one end to the other, I began shivering with excitement.
From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl
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"The sugaring season has come early this year and is still underway," he said.
From BBC ● Mar. 25, 2024
But she soon found that before she could provide services for clients, and earn more, she was required to attend trainings on such things as sugaring to remove unwanted hair and lash and brow maintenance.
From Reuters ● Oct. 17, 2022
Van den Berg remains optimistic that technological advances the modern sugaring operation affords can provide a buffer.
From Salon ● Jul. 13, 2022
Now we can add another hobby to a year of quarantine trends: backyard maple sugaring.
From New York Times ● Apr. 7, 2021
Mother said, “You know, Chrissie, I’ve never been here in sugaring season before? I always wanted to, I remember, and Grandma was always insisting. But we could never get here until school was out.”
From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen
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