Are you managing a sweet tooth while also trying to reduce or avoid your added sugar intake? If so, you’re in good company. Low-carb, sugar-free, and keto products are all the rage, yet they often ...

Calorie-free sweeteners have long been popular for satisfying a sweet tooth. You’ll find them in diet sodas, sugar-free candy, syrups, ice cream and more. But although they contain zero calories, they ...

A new chapter has emerged in the debate over sugar alternatives as the World Health Organization released new guidelines this week, recommending against the use of sugar-free sweeteners to control ...

Not all zero-calorie sugar substitutes are as sweet as they might seem. New research suggests that sucralose — one of the most popular artificial sweeteners on the market — messes with a brain region ...

Cutting down on refined sugar doesn’t mean giving up sweetness. This article explores the best natural sweeteners like stevia ...

Artificial sweeteners, like aspartame and xylitol, offer sweetness without the calories of sugar. But are they actually healthy for your heart and brain?

Aspartame has long been marketed as a guilt-free alternative to sugar in popular food products, ranging from zero-calorie Diet Coke to sugar-free Jell-O. It's also had a pretty bad rap, and the ...

Sorbitol, a sugar alcohol, is commonly found in low-calorie sweets, gums and so-called health foods. (Picture Credit: Pexels) For years, the promise of “sugar-free” has sounded like a free pass. No ...

Replacing sugars with non-sugar sweeteners doesn't help with long-term weight control and could cause harm, new guidance from the World Health Organization says. Research has found that these sugar ...

Sweeteners such as aspartame, found in Equal packets, sucralose (Splenda), or sugar alcohols are often seen as healthier alternatives to food with refined sugar (glucose). But that assumption is being ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO), in a fresh inquiry, has understated the influence of non-sugar sweeteners (NSS) on health in the long term. Non-sugar sweeteners are frequently used in the foods ...