Calorie-free sweeteners have long been popular for satisfying a sweet tooth. You’ll find them in diet sodas, sugar-free candy, syrups, ice cream and more. But although they contain zero calories, they ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Not all zero-calorie sugar substitutes are as sweet as they might seem. New research suggests that sucralose — one of the most ...

Over the past thirty years, rates of obesity have surged. Alongside this trend, people have turned to calorie-free sugar substitutes in hopes of cutting calories without giving up sweetness. Yet while ...

The words "calorie-free" may not seem very appealing after finding out that sugar substitutes can actually make you hungrier. Often, people opt for products that contain artificial sweeteners to ...

While natural sugar contains calories, an artificial sweetener like sucralose could “trick” the brain into believing calories are being ingested, leading to stronger cravings to replace the now ...

Compared to sugar, consuming sucralose—a widely used sugar substitute—increases activity in the hypothalamus, a brain region that regulates appetite and body weight, according to a new USC study.

Erythritol, a zero-calorie sugar substitute used to sweeten low-cal, low-carb and "keto" products, is linked to higher risk of heart attack, stroke and death, according to a new study. Researchers at ...

Diet soda has no calories or sugar, but usually contains no-calorie (non-nutritive) sweeteners. Some studies have linked the consumption of specific calorie-free sweeteners to diabetes, kidney disease ...

A randomized crossover trial published in Nature Metabolism found that sucralose, the calorie-free sweetener in thousands of consumer products, increased blood flow to the brain’s hunger center and ...

People looking to lose weight should skip sugar substitutes, according to new guidance from the World Health Organization. The United Nations agency said Monday that a systematic review of the ...

Q: Are there any downsides to the sweetener stevia? Is it associated with negative effects or gastrointestinal symptoms? Does it cause sugar cravings if you’ve given up sugar? A: Major health and food ...