Not all sweeteners are created equal—discover which sugars sabotage your brain and which ones might actually help it thrive.

A slide containing the sweetener allulose is magnified by a microscope and visible on a screen at Tate & Lyle on July 23, 2019, in Hoffman Estates.

Recent research from the University of Colorado Boulder indicates that erythritol, a common sugar substitute, may harm brain cells and elevate the risk of stroke and heart attack. The study revealed ...

Sucralose, better known as Splenda, is a no-calorie artificial sweetener that's unique in that it’s actually made from real sugar. Sucralose, better known as Splenda, ...

The Artificial Sweetener Splenda Promotes Gut Proteobacteria, Dysbiosis, and Myeloperoxidase Reactivity in Crohn’s Disease–Like Ileitis. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. 2018;24(5):1005–1020. de ...

Allulose May Be The Next Popular Alternative Sweetener…But Is It Safe? There’s a new kid on the block of alternative sweeteners that may just offer the best one yet…and it’s called allulose.

One alternative to Splenda is stevia, which is a naturally derived, calorie-free sweetener. It comes from the leaves of the stevia plant, which are harvested, dried, and steeped in hot water.

Erythritol, a widely used sugar substitute found in many low-carb and sugar-free products, may not be as harmless as once believed. New research from the University of Colorado Boulder reveals that ...

Sugar reduction and sweetener trends: From stevia and allulose to isomaltulose... 'not all carbohydrates are the same' By Elaine Watson. 26-Aug-2020 Last updated on 28-Aug-2020 at 17:47 GMT.

Allulose is a rarer form of sugar first identified in wheat leaves in the 1940s. Since then it remained seldom used and under-researched. That was until the 1990s, when Ken Izumori, a professor in ...

CHICAGO -- People looking to cut back on sugar may soon start seeing more of a novel ingredient: allulose, a substitute that tastes and performs much like the real thing but with a tenth of the ...