Dr. Rippe is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Medical School with post graduate training at Massachusetts General Hospital. He is currently the Founder and Director of the Rippe Lifestyle Institute, Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) at Tufts University School of Medicine and Professor of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Central Florida. Over the past 20 years Dr. Rippe has established and run the largest research organization in the world exploring how daily habits and actions impact short and long-term health and quality of life. This organization, Rippe Lifestyle Institute (RLI) has published hundreds of studies that form the scientific basis for the fields of lifestyle medicine and high performance health. Rippe Lifestyle Institute also conducts numerous studies every year on nutrition and healthy weight management. Dr. Rippe also serves as the Chairman of the Center for Lifestyle Medicine at the University of Central Florida (CLM at UCF). The CLM at UCF is the first University based organization to conduct basic research and teach students at all levels in the area of lifestyle medicine. The CLM at UCF is located in a state-of-the-art 8,000 square foot facility in the Research Park adjacent to the UCF campus. Dr. Rippe leads a team of UCF faculty conducting basic research in all aspects of lifestyle medicine at the CLM at UCF.

From the book reviews: "The book is divided into 5 sections: An Overview, a focus on the global perspectives, on the functional effects of sugars, on sugars and health and on sugars in chronic disease. ... this book is an essential addition to the library shelves of universities, food companies and governmental organisations." (Mike J. Gibney, Frontiers in Nutrition, November, 2014)

• Fructose, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Sucrose, and Health: Modern Scientific Understandings.- Sucrose, HFCS, and Fructose: History, Manufacture, Composition, Applications, and Production.- Metabolism of Nutritive Sweeteners in Humans.- Solid Versus Liquid Calories: Current Scientific Understandsings.- Non-Nutritive Sweeteners.- Worldwide Consumption of Sweeteners and Recent Trends.- Added Sugars and Health: Evidence from Prospective Cohort Studies and Controlled Dietary Trials.- Crystalizing Global Sugar Policy: Public Promise or Perception.- Evolution of High Fructose Corn Syrup within the Sweeteners Industry.- Sweeteners and Dietary Quality.- The Effects of Sweeteners on Energy Regulating Hormones.- Sweeteners and the Brain.- Are Sugars Addictive? Perspectives for Practitioners.- Sugar Intake in Children and Adolescents in Effects on Health.- Flavored Milk, Dietary Quality, And Childhood Nutrition.- Childhood Obesity and the Consumption of 100% Fruit Juice: Where are the Evidence-Based Findings?.- Sugar Sweetened Beverages and Hydration.- Sugar, Sports Drinks, and Performance.- Sweeteners and Diabetes.- Fructose, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Sucrose and Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.- Sugars and Cardiovascular Disease.

Dr. Rippe is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Medical School with post graduate training at Massachusetts General Hospital. He is currently the Founder and Director of the Rippe Lifestyle Institute, Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) at Tufts University School of Medicine and Professor of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Central Florida. Over the past 20 years Dr. Rippe has established and run the largest research organization in the world exploring how daily habits and actions impact short and long-term health and quality of life. This organization, Rippe Lifestyle Institute (RLI) has published hundreds of studies that form the scientific basis for the fields of lifestyle medicine and high performance health. Rippe Lifestyle Institute also conducts numerous studies every year on nutrition and healthy weight management. Dr. Rippe also serves as the Chairman of the Center for Lifestyle Medicine at the University of Central Florida (CLM at UCF). The CLM at UCF is the first University based organization to conduct basic research and teach students at all levels in the area of lifestyle medicine. The CLM at UCF is located in a state-of-the-art 8,000 square foot facility in the Research Park adjacent to the UCF campus. Dr. Rippe leads a team of UCF faculty conducting basic research in all aspects of lifestyle medicine at the CLM at UCF.

From the book reviews: "The book is divided into 5 sections: An Overview, a focus on the global perspectives, on the functional effects of sugars, on sugars and health and on sugars in chronic disease. ... this book is an essential addition to the library shelves of universities, food companies and governmental organisations." (Mike J. Gibney, Frontiers in Nutrition, November, 2014)

• Fructose, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Sucrose, and Health: Modern Scientific Understandings.- Sucrose, HFCS, and Fructose: History, Manufacture, Composition, Applications, and Production.- Metabolism of Nutritive Sweeteners in Humans.- Solid Versus Liquid Calories: Current Scientific Understandsings.- Non-Nutritive Sweeteners.- Worldwide Consumption of Sweeteners and Recent Trends.- Added Sugars and Health: Evidence from Prospective Cohort Studies and Controlled Dietary Trials.- Crystalizing Global Sugar Policy: Public Promise or Perception.- Evolution of High Fructose Corn Syrup within the Sweeteners Industry.- Sweeteners and Dietary Quality.- The Effects of Sweeteners on Energy Regulating Hormones.- Sweeteners and the Brain.- Are Sugars Addictive? Perspectives for Practitioners.- Sugar Intake in Children and Adolescents in Effects on Health.- Flavored Milk, Dietary Quality, And Childhood Nutrition.- Childhood Obesity and the Consumption of 100% Fruit Juice: Where are the Evidence-Based Findings?.- Sugar Sweetened Beverages and Hydration.- Sugar, Sports Drinks, and Performance.- Sweeteners and Diabetes.- Fructose, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Sucrose and Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.- Sugars and Cardiovascular Disease.

Dr. Rippe is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Medical School with post graduate training at Massachusetts General Hospital. He is currently the Founder and Director of the Rippe Lifestyle Institute, Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) at Tufts University School of Medicine and Professor of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Central Florida. Over the past 20 years Dr. Rippe has established and run the largest research organization in the world exploring how daily habits and actions impact short and long-term health and quality of life. This organization, Rippe Lifestyle Institute (RLI) has published hundreds of studies that form the scientific basis for the fields of lifestyle medicine and high performance health. Rippe Lifestyle Institute also conducts numerous studies every year on nutrition and healthy weight management. Dr. Rippe also serves as the Chairman of the Center for Lifestyle Medicine at the University of Central Florida (CLM at UCF). The CLM at UCF is the first University based organization to conduct basic research and teach students at all levels in the area of lifestyle medicine. The CLM at UCF is located in a state-of-the-art 8,000 square foot facility in the Research Park adjacent to the UCF campus. Dr. Rippe leads a team of UCF faculty conducting basic research in all aspects of lifestyle medicine at the CLM at UCF.

From the book reviews: "The book is divided into 5 sections: An Overview, a focus on the global perspectives, on the functional effects of sugars, on sugars and health and on sugars in chronic disease. ... this book is an essential addition to the library shelves of universities, food companies and governmental organisations." (Mike J. Gibney, Frontiers in Nutrition, November, 2014)

• Fructose, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Sucrose, and Health: Modern Scientific Understandings.- Sucrose, HFCS, and Fructose: History, Manufacture, Composition, Applications, and Production.- Metabolism of Nutritive Sweeteners in Humans.- Solid Versus Liquid Calories: Current Scientific Understandsings.- Non-Nutritive Sweeteners.- Worldwide Consumption of Sweeteners and Recent Trends.- Added Sugars and Health: Evidence from Prospective Cohort Studies and Controlled Dietary Trials.- Crystalizing Global Sugar Policy: Public Promise or Perception.- Evolution of High Fructose Corn Syrup within the Sweeteners Industry.- Sweeteners and Dietary Quality.- The Effects of Sweeteners on Energy Regulating Hormones.- Sweeteners and the Brain.- Are Sugars Addictive? Perspectives for Practitioners.- Sugar Intake in Children and Adolescents in Effects on Health.- Flavored Milk, Dietary Quality, And Childhood Nutrition.- Childhood Obesity and the Consumption of 100% Fruit Juice: Where are the Evidence-Based Findings?.- Sugar Sweetened Beverages and Hydration.- Sugar, Sports Drinks, and Performance.- Sweeteners and Diabetes.- Fructose, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Sucrose and Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.- Sugars and Cardiovascular Disease.