From breakfast to dinner, sugar has become an integral part of our diet. Sugar enhances the taste of food, but it's ...

While we're all clued up on the downsides of a sugar-packed diet, kicking the sweet stuff to the curb isn't without its own set of challenges. The BBC has highlighted a dip sugar consumption in the UK ...

Given the health concerns that come with drinking soda regularly, we tried to quit cold turkey. We faced caffeine withdrawal, headaches, sugar cravings and were surprised by the results. Here's what ...

There are accounts of those in “sugar withdrawal” describing food cravings, which can trigger relapse and impulsive eating. There are also countless articles and books about the boundless energy and ...

More than 60% of American adults report drinking sugar-sweetened beverages one or more times daily, according to the CDC.

That innocent-looking donut might be triggering more powerful brain responses than the vodka it’s sometimes paired with. While society readily acknowledges alcohol’s addictive potential, we still ...

If a well-intentioned colleague brings in a homemade cake to celebrate a birthday, are you someone who can enjoy a slice and then move on with your day? Or are you someone who, faced with the sight, ...

Mice that switched from a high sugar/butter diet to a standard diet developed a strong preference for alcohol over water, in ...

In a 2002 study by Carlo Colantuoni and colleagues of Princeton University, rats who had undergone a typical sugar dependence protocol then underwent “sugar withdrawal.” This was facilitated by either ...

Anyone who knows me also knows that I have a huge sweet tooth. I always have. My friend Andrew is equally afflicted, and living in Hershey, Pennsylvania—the “Chocolate Capital of the World”—doesn’t ...