Your brain is so hungry for glucose that it uses between 20% to 25% of your body’s glucose to keep functioning. That might make you assume more sugar is better, but that’s not ...

When you consume too much sugar, your blood sugar spikes rapidly and then drops rapidly. This increases the risk of brain fog ...

Sugar hides in plain sight, tucked into cereals, snacks, and drinks that kids love. While it sweetens moments, its impact on young brains runs deep, quietly reshaping how children think, feel, and ...

Recent studies suggest a connection between higher levels of erythritol — a popular sweetener — in the blood and an increased risk of vascular health issues, such as blood clotting, heart disease, and ...

Sugar is among the most popular villains in nutritional health conversations. But depending on the content you consume, you may have heard everything from “It’s harmless in moderation” to a suggestion ...

Health risks: Findings from a new study found that a popular low-calorie sugar substitute can increase the risk of brain and heart health. Changes on a cellular level: The researchers found that ...

Christmas and New year revelries are around the corner. It is a season in which many persons eat and drink to stupor. I am concerned more about sugary drinks and their inescapable effects on blood ...

The widely used sugar substitute sucralose may affect “key mechanisms” in the brain’s hypothalamus responsible for appetite regulation, a small randomized crossover trial suggested. Compared with a ...

The brain has a hidden "sugar code" that could lead to better treatments for neurological diseases like Alzheimer’s, according to new research. A study recently published in the journal Nature ...

In a recent study published in the journal Science Advances, researchers tested whether low, clinically relevant doses of metformin lower blood glucose via inhibition of Ras-related protein 1 (Rap1) ...

This comprehensive review synthesizes a decade of human and animal research to explain how the gut and brain communicate ...