Sugar

Added Sugar Addiction

Blinded by sugar

Sugar substitutes are low in calories, but may disrupt your metabolism, study says

Artificial Sweeteners Health

Sugar starts corroding your teeth within seconds – here's how to protect your pearly whites from decay

Doughnuts Sugar Teeth

Children's Health

Most infant formula in the U.S. contains a high amount of added sugars

Infant Formula Sugar

Some added sugar sources, like soda, increase risk of heart disease more than others, study finds

Companies keep selling harmful products – but history shows consumers can win in the end

The FDA wants to put nutrition warnings on the fronts of food packages to reduce obesity, other health conditions

Worried about the health effects of the sugar in your breakfast cereal?

Cereal Added Sugars

Why drinking soda is bad for your health – and how to quit

soda health effects

Women who consume sugary drinks every day are at higher risk for liver cancer, study finds

Sugary drinks liver disease

Can we train our taste buds for health? A neuroscientist explains how genes and diet shape taste

Taste Buds Health Foods

Regular exercise may lower type 2 diabetes risk, study finds

Exercise Type 2 Diabetes

Artificial sweeteners shouldn't be used for weight loss, WHO says

Why kids shouldn't eat added sugar before they turn 2, according to a nutritional epidemiologist

Babies Added Sugar

Eating frozen honey, the latest TikTok trend, may cause unwanted side effects, health experts warn

Viral Frozen Honey TikTok Trend

Trying to reduce sugar from your diet? These foods contain more than you might realize

Hidden sugar in food

5 healthier cocktails for your Fourth of July weekend

healthy cocktails

Children's Health

High-sugar diets put kids at increased risk for liver disease, experts say

High sugar diet

Artificial sweetener saccharin doesn't increase diabetes risk, researchers say

Artificial sweeteners in diet soda

New U.S. dietary guidelines may alter a memorable first birthday tradition

Toddlers Cake Guidelines

Some foods are designed to keep you eating – even when you're full

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Children's Health

Fewer U.S. kids are drinking soda and other sweetened drinks

Soda consumption children

The average American still eats too much sugar and red meat

American diet red meat

Children 5 and younger should only drink milk and water, scientists recommend

children juice milk water

Nestle creates game-changing chocolate – and holds the added sugar

nestle chocolate no added sugar

Many bottled coffee drinks are absolute sugar bombs — here's the healthiest ones to sip

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Sugar substitutes: Is one better or worse for diabetes? For weight loss? An expert explains

Apple's high-tech blood glucose monitors are slowly hitting store shelves

apple one drop diabetes

A team of researchers myth-busted the idea of 'sugar rushes'

sugar rush myth

Eating an unhealthy diet might be more deadly than smoking, study finds

poor diet death

Petition asks FDA to regulate misleading advertising on food packaging

misleading food packaging petition

Peeps will open its Bethlehem factory to the public for the first time ever

New study finds soda more likely to cause diabetes than other sweets

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6 ways to recover from a Halloween-induced sugar hangover

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The scientific reason you can’t eat just one piece of Halloween candy

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This 'healthier' Halloween candy option is not worth your time – and 'troubles'

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Children's Health

The big problem with our over-sugared children in America

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Drexel study shows at least one benefit of the Philadelphia soda tax

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Federal Donuts made a Peeps-inspired doughnut that looks way better than actual Peeps

peeps

There are 15 teaspoons of sugar in a grande Starbucks Unicorn Frappuccino

Infrequently Asked Questions: What's the difference between the sugar substitutes?

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