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Common artificial sweeteners may be causing serious damage to your gut, scientists have warned. Not only that, but according to new research these additives could be transforming otherwise healthy gut ...

Savvy food scientists and globe-trotting health explorers are always on the lookout for the next best sugar substitute, whether found in nature or formulated in a lab. That means we’ve never had more ...

If you're trying to avoid sugar in your diet, you'll want to be careful about how you choose and use your artificial sweeteners. A study led by physiologists from the University of Colorado Boulder ...

A new sugar substitute called advantame was approved on Monday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The sixth artificial sweetener to receive the agency's blessing, advantame can be used in baked ...

This discovery might leave a bad taste in your mouth. A new study found that a popular low-calorie sweetener commonly used in ...

Sugar alcohol is a carbohydrate sometimes used as a reduced-calorie sweetener. Despite its name, it will not get you drunk. The Cleveland Clinic says you should limit yourself to 10 to 15 grams of ...

The discovery wasn’t intentional — just sloppy safety practices. Chemist James M. Schlatter was hunting for an anti-ulcer drug in his lab in 1965 when he licked his finger to pick up some paper.

The World Health Organization’s cancer agency has deemed the sweetener aspartame — found in diet soda and countless other foods — as a “possible” cause of cancer, while a separate expert group looking ...

In a study that has implications for humans with inflammatory diseases, researchers have found that, given over a six-week period, the artificial sweetener sucralose, known by the brand name Splenda, ...

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