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Sweet tooth: Sugar substitutes and your heart

Posted by Staff on Thursday, June 27, 2024

By Karen Kier
Pharmacist on behalf of the ONU HealthWise team

The idiom “sweet tooth” describes an individual who craves chocolate, candies, cake, cookies or sweet desserts. Healthcare professionals including dentists warn of the dangers of too much sugar. These include heart disease, obesity, diabetes and tooth decay. An option to reduce sugar intake is a sugar substitute. 

In 1963, the FDA approved the sugar substitute xylitol as a food additive to help patients with diabetes. Xylitol has been approved in 35 countries as a replacement for sugar. Xylitol is a 5-carbon sugar alcohol found naturally in small quantities in fruits and vegetables. When xylitol is used to enhance the sweetness of food, the levels can be 1000-fold higher than those found in nature. 

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Fireworks will reflect "Pride of Ada" spirit on June 29

Posted by Staff on Thursday, June 27, 2024

Stay tuned to the Ada Icon for updates. No rain date has been announced.

By Paula Pyzik Scott

On Saturday, June 29, the fourth annual Pride of Ada Fireworks will take place at approximately 9:45 p.m. in Ada’s War Memorial Park. Fireworks will launch from baseball fields on the east side of the park.

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Arthur Harold Norberg taught at Ada High School

Posted by Staff on Wednesday, June 26, 2024

Arthur Harold Norberg, age 88, of Lima and formerly of Ada, passed away on Wednesday, June 26, 2024 at Mercy Health-St. Rita’s Medical Center, Lima. 

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High drama over the Freed Center

Posted by Paula Scott on Wednesday, June 26, 2024

Ohio Northern University's Facebook page features several spectacular images of a shelf cloud that processed through area skies on June 25. In this dramatic image, the cloud slices through the sky over the Freed Center for the Performing Arts.

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Ada Gators fall short at Findlay

Posted by Paula Scott on Wednesday, June 26, 2024

Gator Lydia Demascio, pictured here, won three events at Monday's meet

By Cort Reynolds

FINDLAY __ The Ada Gators summer swim team competed at Findlay on a warm Monday evening, June 24, roughly midway through the 2024 West Ohio Aquatic League calendar.

The team lost a very close boys dual meet. The Findlay Frogs nipped the Gator boys by the narrowest of margins, 225-224. The Findlay females beat the Gator girls, 351-146.

The Frogs won the combined boys/girls team meet, 576-370.

The Gator boys fell to 1-4 with the loss, while the Ada girls are 0-5 in dual meets.

Gator brothers Luke Harriger (boys 8-and-under) and Landry Harriger (boys 11-12) each touched first in four races.

Ada boys Kaden Clum and Jacob Szippl both won three events in the boys 15 & over age group.

Adaite Lydia Demascio (girls 15 and over) also captured first in three races.

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June 27 is Make & Take craft day at APL

Posted by Paula Scott on Wednesday, June 26, 2024

This Thursday, June 27, it’s time for tie-dye at the Ada Public Library.  Bring a shirt to dye and create a wearable masterpiece.

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