Sugar or artificial sweeteners? This may become quite the head scratcher when people are debating which of these is "healthier." Experts do agree, though, that these products are virtually ...

New research suggests that sucralose — one of the most popular artificial sweeteners on the market — messes with a brain region responsible for controlling hunger, particularly in people with ...

“Replacing free sugars with non-sugar sweeteners does not help people control their weight long-term,” Dr. Francesco Branca, director of WHO’s department of nutrition and food ...

Not all artificial sweeteners are created equal. “One of my students was sipping on this sugar-free drink, and I said, ‘Why don’t you look into that?’” recalled senior study author Yihai ...

A study led by the Cleveland Clinic published Thursday in the medical journal Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology found the sweetener made blood platelets more active, increasing the ...

Although WHO said in a separate decision in May that people shouldn’t rely on non-sugar sweeteners for weight control, aspartame is often used in “diet” drinks because it has fewer calories ...

Sweeteners used to boost coffee, tea, oatmeal, plain yogurt and other beverages come in so many varieties, they should have a menu of their own. The many options include white sugar, brown sugar ...

Your Diet Coke is safe. Sort of. After an extensive review of the data, the World Health Organization has concluded the sweetener aspartame can potentially cause liver cancer and maybe other ...

The sixth artificial sweetener to receive the agency's blessing, advantame can be used in baked goods, soft drinks and other non-alcoholic beverages, chewing gum, candies, frostings, frozen ...

As more Americans shy away from sugar, artificial sweeteners have stepped in to fill the gap in people's favorite recipes, with more than 6,000 products manufactured with aspartame. However ...

Not all artificial sweeteners are created equal. A new study out of Sweden reports that one of the most popular sugar ...