The recent 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans takes a sharper tone on sweeteners, urging consumers to pull back on foods and beverages that contain “low-calorie non-nutritive sweeteners” and ...

Sucralose continues to be safe in its currently used form, but for some uses, such as those involving heat, EFSA cannot confirm its safety. According to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), the ...

Federal health officials have long advised Americans to limit sugary drinks. Now they are recommending consumers ditch artificial sweeteners, too. The Trump administration’s overhaul of federal ...

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. Artificial sweeteners are virtually calorie-free, but ...

Sweeteners such as aspartame, found in Equal packets, sucralose (Splenda), or sugar alcohols are often seen as healthier alternatives to food with refined sugar (glucose). But that assumption is being ...

Lindsey DeSoto, RD, is a nutrition writer, medical reviewer, and registered dietitian who helps clients improve their diet for health-related reasons. Her writing covers a variety of topics, including ...

Seasonal eating is more than a trend. According to Dr. Mercola, a board-certified family medicine osteopathic physician (DO) and multi-best-selling author, your digestive system naturally shifts with ...

Using low-calorie sweeteners in place of sugar seems to give beneficial gut microbes a boost and help people maintain weight loss. The finding, from one of the longest trials of sweeteners to date, ...

As summer fades and fall approaches, many people find themselves more susceptible to colds, flu, and other seasonal viruses. According to Dr. Mercola, a board-certified family medicine osteopathic ...

A new partnership aims to reshape and profit from society’s obsession with being thin. Some may say, “Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels.” This diet culture mindset has long infiltrated popular ...

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