Food is sustenance, providing macronutrients, vitamins, minerals, and, of course, calories. But whether naturally or through artificial ingredients like non-caloric sweeteners, some foods and drinks ...

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 ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- New research looks at your brain on fake sugar. About 40% of Americans regularly consume sugar substitutes, usually as a way to reduce calories or sugar intake. But could these ...

If you have been advised to go on a low-calorie diet, you may be scratching your head trying to understand exactly what it entails. Since there is no true definition of the term “low-calorie diet,” ...

I’ll be honest – I used to eat a sad desk salad at 2 PM, then raid the pantry at 9 PM wondering why I felt terrible. Sound familiar? After about my tenth failed attempt at “eating clean,” I finally ...

US consumers favor caloric sweeteners like honey, brown sugar and sucrose over their no- or low-calorie counterparts, despite shoppers acknowledging the health benefits of sweeteners like stevia, ...

It’s time to pull back the curtain on this popular myth. Reviewed by Dietitian Kelly Plowe, M.S., RD Dietitians agree that diet soda, often painted as a “bad” drink, can be a part of a healthy diet.

As public health officials clamor to remove added sugars from food and beverage products, a new study published by the Georgetown University Business for Impact Center signals that there is much heavy ...

This week, the World Health Organization is set to issue new guidance about aspartame, the most common artificial sweetener in diet sodas. But low- and no-calorie sugar substitutes aren’t just in diet ...

It’s no secret that if we burn more calories than we take in, we’ll lose weight. It boils down to simple mathematics. There are a lot of calorie-counting apps and calculators that will tell you how ...