Sweeteners are a popular alternative to sugar, but not all are created equal when it comes to brain health and blood sugar ...

Pure sugar raises blood glucose levels by 65 on a scale from 0 to 100 ... Allulose does not have a strong aftertaste, meaning it's a useful sweetener for commercial foods like chocolate.

It is 200 times sweeter than sugar so, although it contains calories, much less is needed to give the same level of sweetness. Research has suggested that artificial sweeteners may have adverse ...

Not all artificial sweeteners are created equal ... and more fatty plaques in their arteries and experienced higher levels of inflammation, a major contributor to heart disease.

Compared to mice without a sweetener-infused diet, aspartame-fed mice developed larger and more fatty plaques in their arteries and exhibited higher levels of inflammation, both of which are ...

Advocates argue sweeteners reduce calorie intake, control blood sugar levels and prevent tooth decay. However, studies have suggested sweeteners can stimulate appetite and therefore increase the ...

These mice developed larger and more fatty plaques in their arteries compared to mice whose diets did not include the sweetener. The experimental group also exhibited higher levels of inflammation ...