Here’s what the latest evidence says about sugar, artificial sweeteners and other sugar substitutes — and how they compare.

Part of the solution includes reformulating foods with sugar replacements. Artificial sweeteners give a sweet taste with few or no calories. But are they healthier? There are lots of different ...

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 ...

Psychologists at Purdue University's Ingestive Behavior Research Center reported that relative to rats that ate yogurt sweetened with glucose (a simple sugar with 15 calories/teaspoon ... explain in ...

We recruited 15 volunteers, who did not normally consume artificial sweeteners. They all had their blood sugar levels measured (having fasted for 12 hours), and then were split into two groups.

Artificial sweeteners can have a not-so-sweet side ... Saccharin is 300 times as sweet as sugar, and cyclamate is 30 to 40 times as sweet as the real deal. Saccharin has been in use since ...

a sugar-free dessert or sweet, or even a ready-meal, artificial sweeteners have been fully adopted into modern diets. But what if the very things thought to help us eat less sugar and stay slimmer ...

"We believe it is the holy grail of sugar replacement," says Ziv Zwighaft ... There are older artificial sweeteners like aspartame, saccharin and sucralose - typically used in diet drinks ...

Recent headlines declared that the artificial sweeteners Xylitol and Erythritol could increase your risk of stroke and heart attack. Now that the media excitement has died down, let's take a closer ...

So I would look on any pre-mixed alcoholic drinks for the sugar content of those drinks. The Food and Drug Administration states that artificial sweeteners, or sugar substitutes, are safe to ...