You've likely switched to honey, agave, or fruit juice sweeteners thinking you're doing your liver a favor. Let's be real, the natural sugar industry has spent decades convincing us these sweeteners ...

A new study suggests that even modest amounts of this carbonated beverage may be associated with higher rates of metabolic ...

High-fructose corn syrup, a sweetener made from corn starch, is widely found in common foods. Due to its widespread use, the consumption of fructose has increased over the past five decades. “If you ...

Fructose, the most common food sweetener, is widely used in processed sugary beverages, candies, and baked goods. Excessive fructose intake is closely associated with metabolic diseases like obesity, ...

Figure 1. Sucrose, which is composed of one glucose and one fructose molecule, is rapidly metabolized to these two sugars upon ingestion. Bottom line The authors of the Nature paper clearly ...

You've probably heard it a hundred times: swap white sugar for honey, agave, or fruit juice and you're making a healthier choice. Natural sweeteners are better, right? They're marketed that way, ...