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 ...

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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New data may ignite debate about whether artificial sweeteners can alter the gut microbiome and, in turn, reduce how effective immunotherapy is in patients with cancer. A study in Cancer Discovery ...

Carmel-based Heartland Food Products Group, which manufactures the Splenda brand of low-calorie sweeteners, has agreed to acquire the struggling Slimfast US brand, the company announced Wednesday.

Sylvetsky is an associate professor of nutrition and vice chair in the Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences at the George Washington University. Fielding-Singh is the director of policy and ...