Researchers found that apple peels from local and commercial varieties are rich in phenolic compounds with antioxidant and ...

Key Takeaways Young children have become seriously ill after drinking sugar-free slushies containing glycerol'Glycerol ...

For millennia, humans have had an unwritten trade deal with the microbes that inhabit our guts. We feed them fiber, and they ...

Gut microbes that were thought to feed exclusively on dietary fiber also get fed sugar from our guts, from which they produce ...

Some companies claim that taking beneficial bacteria can reduce the desire for sugar. But the evidence comes from mice, not people.

Nearly all of the children in the study -- 94% -- experienced a drop in consciousness, 95% had dangerously low blood sugar, and 94% developed a buildup of acid in the body. Other symptoms included low ...

The intake of added sugars, such as from table sugar (sucrose) and high-fructose corn syrup has increased dramatically in the last hundred years and correlates closely with the rise in obesity ...