Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There are various natural sugars and also artificial sweeteners with varying degrees of sweetness. One stands out for potential ...

For decades, zero calorie sweeteners have been marketed as the smarter swap for sugar, a simple label choice that promises weight control without metabolic fallout. A growing body of vascular and ...

Found in everything from protein bars to energy drinks, erythritol has long been considered a safe alternative to sugar.

Is that bubbly diet soda doing more than quenching your thirst? From neurotransmitters to cravings and the gut-brain axis, here’s what science says about its impact on your brain. Aspartame may ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sweetener tablets and hand with box whit cup of tea The artificial sweetener aspartame can be found in everything from chewing gum ...

Two months on from it being declared safe by the FDA, aspartame is again making headlines for the wrong reasons, this time for its potential negative impact on learning and memory. Researchers at ...

The World Health Organization on Thursday classified the soda sweetener aspartame as a possible carcinogen, but said it is safe for people to consume within the recommended daily limit. The ...

An agency of The World Health Organization, The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), has declared that the artificial sweetener aspartame is a possible human carcinogen. This could have ...

Diet Coke fanatics have been screaming, crying, and throwing up since aspartame, the sweetening agent in the soda, was declared “possibly carcinogenic to humans” last week. The new, worryingly worded ...

Aspartame may influence brain health over time, potentially affecting neurotransmitters, mood and headaches, but more research is needed. A daily diet soda could impact the gut-brain connection, which ...