Cutting back on refined sugar doesn’t mean you have to sacrifice sweetness. The average American consumes around 17 teaspoons ...

Use these six natural sugar substitutes to help you monitor your refined sugar intake. The best part is that they are likely in your pantry already.

Foods containing fast-acting carbohydrates can raise your blood sugar quickly when it drops, but they're not always "healthy" ...

Sugar substitutes add sweetness with little effect on blood sugar, helping manage blood sugar levels. Natural options like stevia, monk fruit and allulose are low-calorie and gentle on blood sugar.

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. A new study found a link between consuming more ...

A common artificial sweetener could make cancer treatments less effective, a new study has found. Sucralose, a sweetener found in many diet sodas, low-calorie snacks and powdered sugar substitutes, ...

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Consuming low- and no-calorie artificial sweeteners may harm cognitive function, results of a longitudinal study of middle-aged and older adults showed. In adjusted analyses, people who consumed the ...

Some sugar substitutes may come with unexpected consequences for long-term brain health, according to a study published in Neurology. The study examined seven low- and no-calorie sweeteners and found ...