We’re encouraged to limit sugar and sweeteners in our diet, but what about honey? Is it better than refined sugar?
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Enticing highly processed foods rose by 20 percent in three decades and now make up 70 percent of available foods in the US according to a new study
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A new study finds that half of daily calories US adults consume are from from junk food, and it's hardly a surprise, given our food environment
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The new glycemic index chart lists many more foods and is more accurate, but beyond that, it teaches us is that whole plant-based foods are better, fruits and vegetables are excellent, and that lack of processing really matters.
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A famous actor’s death is a stark reminder of colon cancer’s rising rates among younger people; lifestyle choices can reduce that risk
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Chocolate lovers devour proof of chocolate’s health benefits, but are those health benefits for real?
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There’s disturbing evidence showing a correlation between the consumption of diet drinks and the metabolic syndrome as well as type 2 diabetes, independent of obesity, and new research reported in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology looks at artificial sweeteners and heart health.
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Highly processed foods make up half the caloric intake of the average American; a new study finds that these foods are associated with a 30 percent higher risk of early death.
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Are you considering Sugar-Free-January, a Sugar-Free-2019? A new study makes the case for avoiding the extremes of sugar intake — surprisingly, both high and very low sugar intake were linked with bad outcomes.
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A group of heart experts studied trending nutrition controversies. Here's the latest on dairy, sugar, coffee, alcohol, energy drinks, mushrooms and hummus.
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There’s nothing wrong with a cup of coffee. Coffee by itself is actually part of a healthy diet and lifestyle. But coffee and sugar are connected in more than one way.
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New studies find that he more sugary drinks people have, the lower their brain volume and the poorer their memory scores. Diet soda fared no better.
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Low-sugar, low-fat, reduced-salt, but is it healthy? In many cases, foods containing low-sugar, low-fat or low-salt claims had a worse nutritional profile than those without claims, finds a new study
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New research helps explain why diet soda hasn’t yielded the expected weight loss. Even if we can’t be sure that diet soda directly causes obesity and metabolic syndrome, it’s fair to say thi experiment isn’t going too well.
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A new study found that the more chocolate and candy kids ate, the slimmer they tended to be. The odds of being overweight or obese were 18 percent lower among the most avid consumers of chocolate and candy.
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Which-is-Worse games can be silly, but the fat vs. sugar question might have real health implications. The 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans target both saturated fats and added sugars as nutrients to limit and seem to give them equal weight. A new paper comes to a very different conclusion.
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The image repeatedly attached to the new Dietary Guidelines for Americans is one of puzzle pieces, in which foods – and exercise – fit in to create a healthful whole. It’s an apt one.
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68 percent of US packaged foods and beverages contain added sugars. Governments around the world are looking to reduce sugar in the diet, and a new paper looks at what might work.
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